Jake: Leg funerals, Paratriathletes and Controlling Your Own Narrative - a podcast by Toby Peach & Alice-May Purkiss

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

For episode four of AfterThoughts, Series Five, our storyteller is Jake. We didn't intend to have two people diagnosed with osteosarcoma  back to back, that's just how it happened. But it's pretty interesting to hear these two stories alongside each other. Jake joins us to talk about saying goodbye to his leg with an incredibly unique leg funeral, going through treatment during COVID-19, looking like (his words, not ours) 'a big fleshy moon' and training to be a paratriathlete. He's also a swimmer and a fellow Northerner so he and Alice got on like a house on fire. 

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AfterThoughts is supported by Trekstock and Alike. Trekstock gets young adults moving again, physically, emotionally, socially and psychologically, after cancer has stopped them in their tracks. Alike is a game-changing peer support platform because living with cancer can be lonely. Speak to others who have been there, done that, and worn the unflattering hospital gown.

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 get in touch with our friends at Trekstock or find peer support on the Alike app.

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

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