In this week’s episode Sam shares details on the side effects she experienced throughout her 6 rounds of chemo.

From what her routine the evening and morning before treatment to how it impacted her mouth, the fatigue, a trip to the ED and a visit from the paramedics.

Trigger warning: This may trigger my beautiful family as well as those that have been through chemo.

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Join us as we talk to Jodie Hampshire.

Jodie is a mum of 4 and was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 37, out of the blue, only a couple of months into a new executive role in finance.

10 years on, she is now cancer free, a non-executive director, speaker and meditation teacher, and is writing a book about ways of coping when life is tough.

Jodie publishes monthly emails on intentional living and meditation, check out this one that covers cancer - https://view.flodesk.com/emails/65e6812854a01e47d01a2774

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Join us as we talk to Elle

Elle is a Property Manager and Barre and Pilates instructor. On March 16th March 2023, at the age of 34 she was diagnosed with HER2 triple positive breast cancer and become one of the 58 women that are diagnosed every day in Australia.

Elle says it has absolutely changed her life and she can confidently say she is now loving life and so excited for her future.

Sam and Elle share a special bond as they quickly went from strangers to friends after being diagnosed with the same cancer and were connected by a mutual friend. Being on on the same treatment cycle, they supported each other every step of the way.

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Join us as we talk to Ben Smith.

Ben shares his experience of loss, grief and guilt having lost both his Dad and his Sister to cancer.

Ben was born in the UK, to his English dad and French mum. He lived in the UK until February 2022, when Ben and his young family made the decision to move to Australia. Ben now lives in Sydney with his wife and two young boys.

Ben’s Dad died from a glioblastoma in 2018, 3 months after the birth of his first child. Ben’s sister died from Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma in 2022, 9 months after his move to Australia.

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Join us as we talk to Caitlin about living with stage 4 ovarian cancer.

Caitlin is an IVF Scientist and leader in healthcare with 25 years’ experience, Caitlin became ‘the patient’ herself when diagnosed with stage 4 clear cell ovarian cancer in 2017. After witnessing the impact of compassion in healthcare she founded CareFully, a compassion education business which aims to empower and support healthcare professionals to deliver compassionate care - via webinars, keynote addresses and workshops.

Caitlin is a passionate patient advocate for person-centred care and tirelessly campaigns for equity in access to best care for ALL cancer patients. Her advocacy work has led her to collaborate with numerous patient organisations and high-profile media campaigns, and to deliver keynote presentations including to the current and former Prime Ministers. Caitlin is on the Patient Advisory Boards of both the Chris O'Brien Lifehouse and Rare Cancers Australia and chairs the VCCC Alliance National Patient Advisory Committee. She is currently co-authoring a paper on compassion education, which will be published later this year.

Visit https://www.care-fully.com.au/our-founder for more information

Checkout Caitlin sharing her story for the Camilla and Marc 'Ovaries Talk About Them' campaign here - https://www.instagram.com/camillaandmarc/reel/C_FnVrmPMIb/

*Full disclosure, this was recorded back in May and Sam was sitting in a bedroom of an Airbnb she was staying in so apologies for her terrible audio.

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Join us as we talk to Tim Baker.

Tim is an award-winning and best-selling author and journalist specialising in surfing culture. He is a former editor of Tracks, Surfing Life and Slow Living magazines, and a two-time winner of the Surfing Australia Hall of Fame Culture Award. His latest book Patting The Shark documents his experience living with advanced prostate cancer and we chat to him about that in this episode.

Visit https://www.bytimbaker.com/ for more information

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In this epsidoe we pick up from where we left in episode 3.

Nikki shares a little more of her story from when Mike was told his cancer had spread to his lungs to him passing away and within all of that, how she found her calling and created her company MyMuse.

Visit https://www.mymuse.com.au/ for more information

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Join us as we talk to Krystal Barter.

Krystal is a pioneering healthcare advocate with over 20 years of experience. Diagnosed with the BRCA1 genetic mutation in her early 20s, she underwent a preventative mastectomy at 25, sharing her story publicly on 60 Minutes and inspiring many. Krystal founded Humanise Health, a global patient-led advocacy agency, and co-founded the Genomics Coalition, where she leads policy and strategy. Passionate about women's health, she continues to advocate for better access to hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and other crucial healthcare innovations.

Visit https://wehumanisehealth.com/ or https://genomicscoalition.org/ for more information.

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