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SEASON 2, EPISODE 6: Meet Sophie and her Mum Amanda

Series 2 concludes with an introduction to Sophie and her mum Amanda. 
In this episode, Sophie and Amanda discuss how cancer has shaped their outlook on life and how Sophie's positivity helps those close to her. 
Sophie shares the impact of fatigue, exercise tolerance and brain fog on her day to day life and her studies, and describes the difficult decision to defer her studies as a medical student and how hard it's been to see her friends progress without her. 
They discuss the advantages and disadvantages of Sophie's medical knowledge and how living with a long term condition will impact her medical practice in the future. 
Amanda shares how she's coming to terms with having a daughter with cancer and describes her feelings of helplessness as a parent being 'unable to fix things'. 
The episode concludes with a discussion about who supports Sophie, including her Teenage Cancer Trust CNS and her Consultant Haematologist. Sophie also shares details of her own Instagram page where she shares her experience of being a young person living with chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML)
Season 2 is sponsored by the Beatson Cancer Charity Home | Beatson Cancer Charity and is recorded by Go Radio in Glasgow Go Radio | 90's 00's & Now | Number 1 for Glasgow & The West (thisisgo.co.uk) 
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SEASON 2, EPISODE 5: Meet the Parents: Grace and her Mum Carole Anne

In this episode Grace introduces us to her mum Carole Anne. 
Carole Anne describes her initial feelings of numbness and denial at Grace's diagnosis and the overwhelming responsibility of telling the wider family and coping with their reactions. She talks about being back in 'Mummy Mode' and her fears of not feeling equipped to look after Grace at home after the safety of being in hospital. 
Grace shares the worst parts of her treatment and the impact of the side effects on her day to day life. She explains how she finds it hard to plan for her future, but feels grateful and privileged to have her family and friends around her. She described her fear of 'graduating' from peer support but reflects on how much her life has moved on and recognises that Cancer is no longer the biggest part of her life. 
Season 2 is sponsored by the Beatson Cancer Charity Home | Beatson Cancer Charity and is recorded by Go Radio in Glasgow Go Radio | 90's 00's & Now | Number 1 for Glasgow & The West (thisisgo.co.uk) 
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SEASON 2, EPISODE 4: Meet the Parents: Hollie and her Mum Jennifer

In this episode Hollie introduces us to her Mum Jennifer. 
Jennifer and Hollie discuss the importance of communication, and how their communication preferences differ. They describe their feelings and emotions at the time of diagnosis and throughout treatment, and who was around to support them.
Hollie explains the importance of not wanting to feel like a patient and wanting to maintain some normality. She describes her ongoing struggles with remission and her fears leading up to clinic appointments. Hollie explains that she feels stronger as a result of cancer and how peer support helped with that.
The episode concludes with Jennifer giving some helpful advice to other  parents who are listening.
Season 2 is sponsored by the Beatson Cancer Charity Home | Beatson Cancer Charity and is recorded by Go Radio in Glasgow Go Radio | 90's 00's & Now | Number 1 for Glasgow & The West (thisisgo.co.uk) 
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SEASON 2, EPISODE 3: Meet the Parents: Abby and her Mum Karen

 In this episode Abby introduces us to her Mum Karen. They talk about their feelings at hearing the diagnosis and describe how Abby's symptoms had initially been attributed to anxiety and other conditions. 
Karen describes her feelings of helplessness as a mum seeing her daughter being so unwell, and reflects on how she felt needed again as a parent. 
Abby shares with us the importance of having her mum stay with her during her treatment on the Teenage Cancer Trust Unit, and how reassuring that was for her. She also shares her feelings of empowerment when she shaved her head, and her overwhelming sense of joy ringing the 'end of treatment' bell. 
Season 2 is sponsored by the Beatson Cancer Charity Home | Beatson Cancer Charity and is recorded by Go Radio in Glasgow Go Radio | 90's 00's & Now | Number 1 for Glasgow & The West (thisisgo.co.uk) 
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SEASON 2, EPISODE 2: Meet the Parents: Dana and her Dad Paul

In this episode Dana introduces us to her Dad Paul, giving us a glimpse into their family life. They share how they coped with Dana's diagnosis as a family, and describe how they all gained strength from each other.
Paul reads some quotes from his journal where he chronicled their journey and talks about focussing on 'golden nuggets' of information to get them through each stage.
Dana talks about the support she received, and shares a very intimate insight into her special relationship with her sister Sarah. She also describes how she is re-building her trust in her own body and how cancer has made her the best version of herself.
Season 2 is sponsored by the Beatson Cancer Charity Home | Beatson Cancer Charity and is recorded by Go Radio in Glasgow Go Radio | 90's 00's & Now | Number 1 for Glasgow & The West (thisisgo.co.uk) 
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SEASON 2 , EPISODE 1: Meet Eden and her Parents

WARNING. This episode contains discussions that listeners might find upsetting. 
 
This extended episode has been released in memory of Eden, one of our podcasters from series 1, who passed away peacefully with her family by her side. Eden and her family were grateful for the opportunity to record this podcast and have requested that this be released in Eden's memory. 
 
In this episode Eden introduces us to her parents Alan and Geraldine. You will hear them discuss how, as a family they have navigated Eden's experience of cancer, particularly during the latter months of her life, which includes a raw and open discussion about death and dying that listeners may find distressing.  
 
At RadioTherapy Podcast, it's important to everyone involved that we represent the many experiences of young people, including the topics that can be hard to talk about.  Like Eden and her family we hope that this episode will add to the conversation about teenage and young adult cancer, but we encourage listeners to think about when this is a helpful conversation to hear.
 
 

SEASON 1, EPISODE 6: Surviving cancer

In this episode Eden, Abby and Hollie discuss what 'surviving' means to them. They challenge the misconception that surviving solely relates to finishing treatment and being told you are in remission. Whilst that may be true for some, this episode explores the everyday reality of surviving cancer and the unique interpretations of this for each young person 
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SEASON 1, EPISODE 5: Living life

In this episode Grace, Mairi and Molly share their personal experiences of living life with cancer. They talk about navigating the changes to their lives and the adjusting to their circumstances  
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SEASON 1, EPISODE 4: Living with cancer

In this episode Grace, Abby and Mairi discuss the reality of living with cancer and coping with the side effects of treatment. They share their with conflict with maintaining your self identity whilst struggling with social media and society's beauty standards. Mairi shares her thoughts on how ' body neutrality' helps her.
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SEASON 1, EPISODE 3: Mental Health and Cancer

In this episode Molly, Mairi and Eden discuss the emotional impact of their diagnosis on them, their families and those around them. They talk about the physical effect treatment had on their bodies and how they coped with those changes.  You will also hear about Mairi's perspective on 'Body Neutrality'.
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