The MOVE Against Cancer Podcast

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Welcome to the Move Against Cancer Podcast. This podcast aspires to support and inspire people to move, exercise and live an active and fulfilling life despite a cancer diagnosis. We share the stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. We know that many people are scared to stay active during cancer treatment. We know that for some, cancer can take away the hope that comes from dreaming of a future. And we know many people diagnosed with cancer feel isolated and lonely. We hope that by sharing the stories of others finding their own way through cancer, the Move Against Cancer podcast will provide hope, support and a sense of empowerment to anyone living with or beyond cancer. Unfortunately, cancer will affect everyone either personally or through our loved ones and so whatever position you are in we hope you will learn and be inspired by our podcast. Thank you so much for listening.

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Movember - Talking Men's Health with Tony Collier and Friends

Nov 29 2023 63 mins

This episode is hosted by Tony Collier, who is an incredibly inspiring individual who despite living with incurable prostate cancer, continues to live an active and fulfilling life, and is passionate about raising awareness of men's health, particularly men's cancers.Around 52,300 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer in the UK each year.2,400 men are diagnosed with testicular can

Coping with Breast Cancer - a conversation with Dr Sarah Swan

Nov 08 2023 50 mins

Dr Sarah Swan is a clinical psychologist who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2019. Sarah shares her personal experience of the emotional impact of breast cancer along with her professional skills in how to cope with the difficult thoughts and feelings that result. She also talks about using her own experience to write a self help book for others impacted by breast cancer titled

Talking cancer in your 20's - the physical, psychological and emotional changes.

Oct 11 2023 58 mins

We kick off our new series with 2 very special guests, Mel Kelly and Gemma Bavister. These two young people were faced with a cancer diagnosis in their 20's. In this episode they discuss navigating their way through cancer treatment, whilst also dealing with the physical, psychological and emotional changes that come as a result of their diagnosis. We talk body image, confidence, s

Talking how exercise can change how we live well with and beyond cancer, with Simon Darby MBE and Mark Adams.

Jul 04 2023 54 mins

In this episode, Sophie chats to Simon Darby MBE and Mark Adams. Simon has been a Young Lives vs Cancer Social Worker for 12 years and founded the MOVE Forward Programme in Northern Ireland, which is a CrossFit based exercise programme for young adults living beyond cancer.This is an incredibly inspiring and uplifting chat and shows just how powerful exercise can be in changing the

Talking juggling junior doctor life and cancer life with Krista Bose.

Apr 18 2023 59 mins

Krista is an NHS junior doctor. She also has metastatic bone cancer.She qualified as a doctor in 2021, in-between lockdowns and chemotherapy regimes, despite having been told when her sarcoma returned that there was no way she could finish medical school.Krista likes proving her doctors wrong. As part of her primary treatment she had her femur, knee, top of her tibia and all 4 of h

Talking TV to Triathlon with special guest: Louise Minchin

Apr 04 2023 38 mins

This week’s guest is the wonderful Louise Minchin. Many of you will have woken up to Louise on your TV screens as she presented BBC Breakfast for 20 years and she’s also appeared on a number of other radio and television programmes. Louise is also known for her love of endurance sport, having completed a number of extreme triathlons, which is how she met Lucy Gossage, the co-fo

Talking supporting and caring for a partner who has a cancer diagnosis, with guest Leah Barrow.

Feb 02 2023 61 mins

In this episode we talk to Leah Barrow. Leah’s partner Andrew was on a previous episode of our podcast titled, ‘Cancer and the Comeback with Andrew McAslan’ and we really wanted to get Leah’s take on what it’s like to be a partner of someone with a cancer diagnosis. Leah talks very openly and honestly about supporting Andrew though his cancer treatment, and how she had to

Talking bucket lists with Laura and Nicola Nutall.

Dec 20 2022 58 mins

This week we talk to Laura and Nicola Nutall. Laura is 22 and is living with incurable brain cancer. When she was first diagnosed, in 2018, after being told she may have just 12 months to live, Laura wrote her ‘bucket list’. Top of this list was graduating from university. Over the last 4 years Laura has had 4 major brain surgeries alongside courses of chemotherapy, radiotherap

Talking a Neurosurgeon becoming a patient with Mr Henry Marsh

Nov 09 2022 65 mins

This week’s guest is arguably the world’s most well-known neurosurgeon, Mr Henry Marsh. Henry is nominally retired but continues to teach, lecture, write and share his knowledge and expertise, both within the UK and in Ukraine and Nepal. Henry is an acclaimed author; his first two books, ‘Do No Harm’ and ‘Admissions: A Life in Brain Surgery’ were both Sunday Times No. 1

Talking coxing, compromising, communicating and challenges with Erin Kennedy MBE

Oct 24 2022 66 mins

Erin is a full-time coxswain for the GB rowing squad. She has multiple accolades to her name, not least Tokyo 2020 paralympic champion, two-time world champion, European champion and MBE. In May this year, aged 29, Erin was diagnosed with breast cancer. The day after she was given this diagnosis, she flew to Serbia to re-join her team to claim her first ever world cup gold medal. 3