Luke Grenfell-Shaw - Bristol to Beijing, “More than Nothing” and Stage Four Sarcoma - 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.

Hello Baku, it’s London calling! No, despite Alice’s occasional propensity for bursting into song, we’re not entering Eurovision, but for this episode we’re joined all the way from Azerbaijan by Luke Grenfell-Shaw. Luke is currently cycling from Bristol to Beijing (yes, actually. It’s a really long way!) and joined us to talk about his experience of being diagnosed with Stage 4 Sarcoma when he was 24 years old in 2018. At the time of recording, he reckoned he was about 10,000km into his journey and had about 20,000km to go, but was focusing much more on the journey, rather than the destination. We chat about finding fulfillment, exercising through treatment in a way that works for you, facing your mortality head on and the power of a really bloomin’ good sunset.

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This episode of AfterThoughts was created in partnership with Life Effects by Teva - an initiative shaped by patients, for patients, to help those with chronic illness live better days. Find out more and read articles written by those living with and beyond cancer at lifeeffects.teva

AfterThoughts is supported by Trekstock. Trekstock gets young adults moving again, physically, emotionally, socially and psychologically, after cancer has stopped them in their tracks.

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.

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

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