Not Your Grandma‘s Cancer Show

Oct 30 2024 56 ep. 51 mins 9
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Got cancer in your 20s, 30s or 40s? Sending you the biggest welcome, you’re in the right place. In this podcast we dive into all the topics that don’t often get talked about after a diagnosis. We explore sex, menopause, disappearing friends, long-term effects, gender, neurodiversity and lots more. Take a scroll through our podcasts, grab yourself a tea (or margherita) and have a listen. We bring you a new podcast on the 1st Monday of every month! For more information on Shine and how you can be part of our community please head to our website: www.shinecancersupport.org

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Reimagining Resilience - Live at Shine Connect 2024

Oct 30 2024 43 mins  
In this special live episode, Tatum hosts the podcast with Shine Co-CEO, Ceinwen, and speaks to guests Rena, Matt, Becca and Adam about how they've coped with their diagnoses and what resilience means to them (and whether it's useful). Rena was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer and underwent 15 months of surgery. Matt was diagnosed with two brain tumours at the age of 1

What does time mean to us now?

Aug 29 2024 49 mins  
Jesse, Farman and Meera join Tatum to share how their sense of time has been impacted by their cancer diagnoses. All three of our guests are living with an incurable cancer diagnosis and they discuss with Tatum how they live now, including how they cope with the pressure to make the most of their time - whether that means keeping busy or chilling out with their cat and watching Eas

Experiences of being a South Asian Woman with cancer.

Aug 29 2024 33 mins  
Benisha and Poornima chat with Tatum about feminist fathers, younger brother’s weddings and being single.

When friends ghost you after cancer

Jul 28 2024 45 mins  
What do you do when your BFF disappears? Or your other friends ghost you? If you’ve found that some of your friendships haven’t lived up to the hype, you’re not alone. In this episode, we look how and why this can happen and how you can cope with changing relationships.

Bonus episode: When cancer is a marathon and not a sprint - living with chronic cancer

Jul 09 2024 48 mins  
In this bonus episode, Tatum talks to Christopher, Maddie and Amber who are all living with cancer long-term. All three guests reflect on the mental and physical stamina they’ve needed to live with a diagnosis few people understand.

The emotion of numbers: Understanding cancer science and statistics

Jun 26 2024 43 mins  
In this episode, we dive into the feelings that numbers and stats can bring up when you’re diagnosed with cancer, and talk about how we can put them into context.

Pride Special: Gender identity and cancer

May 17 2024 41 mins  
This month we're looking at gender identity and cancer. Whether you're non-binary, trans or questioning, Tatum and our guests are here for you, and they're looking at what it feels like when cancer care is set up to affirm a gender that isn't yours. Matt and Angie tell their stories of cancer and treatment, how they coped with assumptions about what surgeries and drugs they should

Mental health and cancer: Reconnecting with your mind

May 05 2024 50 mins  
This episode looks at the mental health impact of cancer. Not feeling like yourself? Unable to "get back to normal"? You're not alone - and you're not losing it. Cancer is particularly tough for younger adults and in this episode Tatum speaks to three great guests: - David talks about how he coped after his diagnosis, including scheduling in "crying time". - Dr. Harriet Forbes talk

Reconnecting with your body

Mar 25 2024 51 mins  
Many people find that they feel different in their bodies after cancer - you might have lost trust in your body, or feel like your body has turned against you. In this podcast, Tatum talks to Claudia Knowles, a Research Assistant in the Heathcote Lab / working with Dr Lauren Heathcote looking at the mind-body connection in people who have had cancer. They talk about interoception -

Doctors get cancer too: hearing from healthcare professionals

Feb 20 2024 41 mins  
Most of us are used to talking to healthcare professionals about our cancer but we don't usually talk to them about *their* cancer. In this podcast, we hear about what it's like to go from being the person giving a diagnosis to being the one who receives it. Hannah, a GP, shares how she received the news of her brain tumour while at work with a waiting room full of people. Simon,