Philippa Kaye - Doing Hard Things, Honesty, fear and Doctors Get (bowel) Cancer Too - 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.

When you’ve spent your life working to care for others, what’s it like when you suddenly find yourself on the receiving end of the care? When you’ve spent your career advocating for other people’s health, and your own suddenly hangs in the balance? Well in 2019, Dr Philippa Kaye faced those realities when she was diagnosed with bowel cancer. She said she saw the cancer on the screen herself during a colonoscopy. She joins us to chat cancer sucker punches (you know, the ones that side swipe you and knock the wind from your lungs), navigating cancer as a mum and learning that you’re fireproof.

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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 and Dinah Mullen.

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