AfterThoughts: The Teenage Years - Gloria - a podcast by Toby Peach & Alice-May Purkiss

AfterThoughts: The Teenage Years was created to make visible some of the invisible cancer stories from within the young cancer community.

Our storyteller for this episode is Gloria. Gloria was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia when she was 14. Now, she's 24 and coming up for 10 years since she was diagnosed. She joined us to reflect on what she's learned in those 10 years and chats terrible haircuts, the mental health impact, labels, NG tubes and  making friends who go on to die. 

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AfterThoughts : The Teenage Years is supported by Teenage Cancer Trust. Teenage Cancer Trust support those diagnosed with cancer when they're 13-24 and provide specialised nursing care and support to get them through treatment.

As ever, AfterThoughts deals with some conversations you may find tricky to listen to. If you need any further support, please don't hesitate to reach out to a friend, or find support from any of the brilliant charities online.

Due to the social distancing restrictions we're all under at the moment, this episode was recorded via Zoom, so the sound quality might not be as good  as we'd usually hope. We hope you'll forgive us, given the exceptional circumstances.

AfterThoughts is produced by Toby Peach and Alice-May Purkiss from Beyond Arts. Sounds by Kieron Lucas.

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