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So Now I’ve Got Breast Cancer
Hosted by Dr Liz O‘Riordan / Bird Lime Media · EN
Everything you want to know about your breast cancer diagnosis but are too afraid to ask. If you’ve just been diagnosed, this is the show for you. Hosted by Dr Liz O’Riordan, the Breast Surgeon with Breast Cancer.
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Who Should You Trust: Understanding Cancer Misinformation with Dr Richard Simcock
4w ago00:41:44Tap to summarizeHow do you know what to trust online and even - dare I say it - in podcasts, when it comes to breast cancer? There is so much information out there nowadays including people claiming to have “cures” and alternatives to traditional treatments. That’s why I needed to get Consultant Oncologist and Chief Medical Officer for Macmillan, Richard Simcock, onto this episode to help us sift through fact and fiction. Show Notes Website - https://www.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-information-and-support/worried-about-cancer/cancer-myths-and-misinformation Cancer Research also has a guide to spotting cancer misinformation - https://news.cancerresearchuk.org/2024/02/16/sorting-fact-from-fiction-a-guide-to-spotting-health-misinformation/
Transcribe →Managing the Menopause and Cancer with Dani Binnington
May 2000:41:31Tap to summarizeCEO and Founder of Menopause and Cancer, Dani Binnington, talks to me about her own experience of the menopause with breast cancer, what menopause can look like when you are a BC patient and ways to cope. -------- Menopause and Cancer is a global support network to help every woman living with cancer manage their menopause symptoms. For free, practical and accessible support you can visit www.menopauseandcancer.org @menopause_and_cancer For a copy of Navigating Menopause After Cancer go here: https://amzn.eu/d/033PUCt6 The FB support group Dani mentioned is here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/menopauseandcancerchathub/ You can also listen to Dani’s podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-menopause-and-cancer-podcast/id1631842514
Transcribe →How to Cope with Scanxiety with Dr Lauren Heathcote
Apr 800:38:25Tap to summarizeHealth psychology expert Dr Lauren Heathcote talks to Liz about the impact of breast cancer in our mental health and how to manage the dreaded scanxiety. Find out more about Lauren and her team’s research here - https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/lauren-heathcote https://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/entrust Their paper on Scanxiety and ‘bracing for bad news' - is here: https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-52747-001. You can also watch this episode! Head to my Youtube channel @DrLizORiordan to see this season’s episodes as they are released and lots of other useful videos full of reliable information. Subscribe to my monthly newsletter here to find out what I’ve been up to and what I’m recommending each month. Here are links to buy my third book ‘The Cancer Roadmap’, or the updated edition of my first book ‘The Complete Guide to Breast Cancer: How to Feel Empowered and Take Control’. Plus, if you’re nosey and want to find out more about my life, my memoir ‘Under The Knife’ - is also available in all good bookshops. Finally, if you loved the show and want to help other women like you find it, press the thumbs up on Youtube, leave a 5-star review or comment wherever you get your podcasts, or buy me a coffee to help keep the show going. Huge thanks to everyone who’s donated so far, it means a lot.
Transcribe →How to Look After Your Skin with Fiona McCarthy
Mar 1100:39:03Tap to summarizeOncologist and skin care expert Dr Fiona McCarthy talks to Liz about the importance of skincare during treatment, why it’s ok to look after yourself, and what actually works. It’s important to be gentle to your skin during chemotherapy. Use non-perfumed products and avoid soap. You don’t have to spend a lot of money and you don’t need cancer-specific products. If you did want to spend a bit more, Fiona works with and recommends La Roche Posay who have tested their products on people living with cancer. Instead of being confused by serums and toners and drops, Fiona swears by CPM - Cleanse, Moisturise and Protect Cleanse - Try to avoid soap and look for products with syndets (synthetic detergents - this sounds horrible but it’s just soap alternatives which are nice for the skin) Moisturise- Humectants are key as they draw moisture into the skin - Urea, Hyaluronic acid, glycerin and shea butter are key ingredients which actually work for moisturising the skin (look for them in first 4 or 5 listed, and you don’t have to spend loads on it). Protect - A good spf is really important for looking after your skin. It doesn’t need to be expensive but it shouldn’t be in your moisturiser - buy it separate. And it should be SPF 30 or over. Fiona loves Altruist https://altruistsun.com/ that you can get in Boots. If you suffer from dry, flaky heels, or your hands and feet are sore during treatment, she recommends Udderly cream and Flexitol heel balm - for heels and hands And don’t bother buying collagen. There's some great advice on the Macmillan website - https://www.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-information-and-support/impacts-of-cancer/changes-to-your-appearance-and-body-image/skin-and-nail-changes-from-cancer-treatment And you can find out more about Fiona's clinic here - www.thebronteclinic.com You can also watch this episode! Head to my Youtube channel @DrLizORiordan to see this season’s episodes as they are released and lots of other useful videos full of reliable information. Subscribe to my monthly newsletter here to find out what I’ve been up to and what I’m recommending each month. Here are links to buy my third book ‘The Cancer Roadmap’, or the updated edition of my first book ‘The Complete Guide to Breast Cancer: How to Feel Empowered and Take Control’. Plus, if you’re nosey and want to find out more about my life, my memoir ‘Under The Knife’ - is also available in all good bookshops. Finally, if you loved the show and want to help other women like you find it, press the thumbs up on Youtube, leave a 5-star review or comment wherever you get your podcasts, or buy me a coffee to help keep the show going. Huge thanks to everyone who’s donated so far, it means a lot.
Transcribe →Can going flat give you freedom? With Louise Butcher
Feb 1100:36:09Tap to summarizeTo mark the return of So Now I’ve Got Breast Cancer, topless marathon runner Louise Butcher discusses her decision to go flat and how she’s come to terms with her new body. Louise admits to being an anxious hypochondriac, but when she was diagnosed with lobular cancer in 2022, she had to confront the disease she’d always feared. She had both breasts removed, and running kept her sane as she dealt with all the treatments. She now runs topless and has created a storm on the news and social media. She's raising awareness about what it can mean to be flat and how your breasts don't need to define you. Louise’s book https://pegasuspublishers.com/books/louise-butcher/going-topless Her Instagram https://www.instagram.com/louisebutcher39/?hl=en You can also watch this episode! Head to my Youtube channel @DrLizORiordan to see this season’s episodes as they are released and lots of other useful videos full of reliable information. Subscribe to my monthly newsletter here to find out what I’ve been up to and what I’m recommending each month. Here are links to buy my third book ‘The Cancer Roadmap’, or the updated edition of my first book ‘The Complete Guide to Breast Cancer: How to Feel Empowered and Take Control’. Plus, if you’re nosey and want to find out more about my life, my memoir ‘Under The Knife’ - is also available in all good bookshops. Finally, if you loved the show and want to help other women like you find it, press the thumbs up on Youtube, leave a 5-star review or comment wherever you get your podcasts, or buy me a coffee to help keep the show going. Huge thanks to everyone who’s donated so far, it means a lot.
Transcribe →How to deal with the fear of recurrence with Susanne Cruickshank
Dec 11, 202400:37:33Tap to summarizeHow do you cope with the fear of recurrence? What do you do when scanxiety hits? Can you make your family understand what you’re going through? This episode is all about how to cope with anxiety with Dr Suzanne Cruickshank, a breast cancer nurse who now leads research at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London about how to help people cope with the fear of recurrence. ****** Susanne spoke about the Ruth Strauss Foundation -https://ruthstraussfoundation.com/ Maggies also offer counselling services - https://www.maggies.org/ And if you’ve got children then also check out Fruit Fly Collective - https://www.fruitflycollective.com/ My amazing podcast poet is Donna Ashworth and you heard a poem from her new book ‘Growing Brave’ - available now in all online bookstores. You can find out more about Donna on her website, or follow her on Instagram and Facebook Season Three was kindly sponsored by Breast Friends CIC – an organisation that truly understands the power of peer support for anyone on the breast cancer journey. Head over to www.breastfriends.co.uk to find out more. If you would like to sponsor Season Four, please get in touch at hello@oriordan.co.uk. If you’ve got a question for the show, then please get in touch online or send me a voice note. You can find me on social media - Instagram, X and Facebook. A special thanks goes to medical student Tamara Enthoven for helping me to collate all the questions. You can also watch this episode! Head to my Youtube channel @DrLizORiordan to see this season’s episodes as they are released and lots of other useful videos full of reliable information. Subscribe to my monthly newsletter here to find out what I’ve been up to and what I’m recommending each month. And you can now pre-order my third book ‘The Cancer Roadmap’ (out January 2025), or buy the updated edition of my first book ‘The Complete Guide to Breast Cancer: How to Feel Empowered and Take Control’. Plus, if you’re nosey and want to find out more about my life, my memoir ‘Under The Knife’ - is also available in all good bookshops. Finally, if you loved the show and want to help other women like you find it, you can leave a 5-star review wherever you get your podcasts, or you can show your support to help keep the show going and buy me a coffee This is the last episode of Season 3! Thanks so much for listening and I'll see you in 2025.
Transcribe →How does an oncologist treat breast cancer? With Dr Eleonora Teplinsky
Dec 4, 202400:39:48Tap to summarizeBreast cancer can be really scary, especially when your oncologist rattles off a list of treatments and side effects. I can’t think of anyone better to help me explain what they are and why you have them than Dr Eleonora Teplinsky. She’s the Head of Breast and Gynecologic Medical Oncology at Valley Health System and Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She dedicates her free time to creating videos on YouTube and Instagram to explain breast cancer treatment and I’m a huge fan. In this episode we get quite technical about treatments, so if you’re very newly diagnosed you might first want to listen to my interview with Rachel Clifton about chemotherapy from Season 2 which you can find HERE ****** You can follow Eleonora on Instagram @drteplinsky: https://www.instagram.com/drteplinsky/?hl=en And Youtube @drteplinsky: https://www.youtube.com/@drteplinsky She also has her own podcast! INTERLUDE: Cancer Stories with Dr Teplinsky My amazing podcast poet is Donna Ashworth and you heard a poem from her new book ‘Growing Brave’ - available now in all online bookstores. You can find out more about Donna on her website, or follow her on Instagram and Facebook Season Three was kindly sponsored by Breast Friends CIC – an organisation that truly understands the power of peer support for anyone on the breast cancer journey. Head over to www.breastfriends.co.uk to find out more. If you would like to sponsor Season Four, please get in touch at hello@oriordan.co.uk. If you’ve got a question for the show, then please get in touch online or send me a voice note. You can find me on social media - Instagram, X and Facebook. A special thanks goes to medical student Tamara Enthoven for helping me to collate all the questions. You can also watch this episode! Head to my Youtube channel @DrLizORiordan to see this season’s episodes as they are released and lots of other useful videos full of reliable information. Subscribe to my monthly newsletter here to find out what I’ve been up to and what I’m recommending each month. And you can now pre-order my third book ‘The Cancer Roadmap’ (out January 2025), or buy the updated edition of my first book ‘The Complete Guide to Breast Cancer: How to Feel Empowered and Take Control’. Plus, if you’re nosey and want to find out more about my life, my memoir ‘Under The Knife’ - is also available in all good bookshops. Finally, if you loved the show and want to help other women like you find it, you can leave a 5-star review wherever you get your podcasts, or you can show your support to help keep the show going and buy me a coffee
Transcribe →How to find your style after breast cancer with Alyson Walsh
Nov 27, 202400:36:41Tap to summarizeHow do you style your new body shape after breast cancer ? Where do you get the confidence to try something new? What do you do when your grey chemo curls mean that the colours in your wardrobe don’t suit you anymore? This episode is all about how to find your style again with Alyson Walsh, journalist, author and founder of ‘That’s Not My Age’ ****** You can find Alyson’s site That's Not My Age here: https://thatsnotmyage.com/ You can also find her on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thatsnotmyage/?hl=en And Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thatsnotmyage/ Here are some of the brands Alyson mentioned to give you inspiration: Smartworks - interview outfits - https://smartworks.org.uk/ Nrby - lovely blouses, velvet tops,floaty dresses - https://nrbyclothing.com/ Me & Em - https://www.meandem.com/ Navy Grey - jumpers - https://navygrey.co/ Kemi Telford -https://kemitelford.com/ Justine Tabak - https://www.justinetabak.co.uk/ Boden - https://www.boden.co.uk/ John Lewis - and/or denim - https://www.johnlewis.com/brand/and/or/_/N-1z04dn1 Albaray - https://www.albaray.co.uk/ Community Clothing - https://communityclothing.co.uk/ Cos - voluminous tops - https://www.cos.com/en_gbp/women/tops.html Uno bras - https://www.unobra.co.uk/ Kate Ibbotson - A Tidy Mind decluttering - https://www.atidymind.co.uk My amazing podcast poet is Donna Ashworth and you heard a poem from her new book ‘Growing Brave’ - available now in all online bookstores. You can find out more about Donna on her website, or follow her on Instagram and Facebook Season Three was kindly sponsored by Breast Friends CIC – an organisation that truly understands the power of peer support for anyone on the breast cancer journey. Head over to www.breastfriends.co.uk to find out more. If you would like to sponsor Season Four, please get in touch at hello@oriordan.co.uk. If you’ve got a question for the show, then please get in touch online or send me a voice note. You can find me on social media - Instagram, X and Facebook. A special thanks goes to medical student Tamara Enthoven for helping me to collate all the questions. You can also watch this episode! Head to my Youtube channel @DrLizORiordan to see this season’s episodes as they are released and lots of other useful videos full of reliable information. Subscribe to my monthly newsletter here to find out what I’ve been up to and what I’m recommending each month. And you can now pre-order my third book ‘The Cancer Roadmap’ (out January 2025), or buy the updated edition of my first book ‘The Complete Guide to Breast Cancer: How to Feel Empowered and Take Control’. Plus, if you’re nosey and want to find out more about my life, my memoir ‘Under The Knife’ - is also available in all good bookshops. Finally, if you loved the show and want to help other women like you find it, you can leave a 5-star review wherever you get your podcasts, or you can show your support to help keep the show going and buy me a coffee
Transcribe →How to get a good night’s sleep with Alison Gardiner
Nov 20, 202400:30:12Tap to summarizeDo you struggle to get a good nights’ sleep? Is the fear of recurrence keeping you awake? Can you ever get rid of insomnia? On this episode I'll be finding out how we can improve our sleep with Alison Gardiner - behavioural psychologist and CEO and Founder of Sleepstation, the UK’s leading online sleep support programme for insomnia. There’s also a discount code below so you can try it for free. ****** To find out more about Sleepstation just visit https://www.sleepstation.org.uk/ You can also follow them on social media Twitter/X: https://x.com/_sleepstation Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_sleepstation/ Facebook: https://en-gb.facebook.com/SleepstationApp/ LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/sleepstation Alison’s LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/alison-gardiner-74377916/ The thought blocking techniques Alison mentioned can be found here- https://www.sleepstation.org.uk/thought-blocking/ For UK listeners, Sleepstation is available for free with a GP referral in certain parts of England. There’s a helpful postcode checker on their website to check availability in your area: https://www.sleepstation.org.uk/start-now/. It's also available as part of some company health and wellbeing/benefits packages. If this doesn’t apply to you, Sleepstation have very kindly offered my listeners an exclusive discount code! Just add LR24164 at the checkout for a 50% discount on their CBTi therapy programme until 20th December 2024, and 25% discount on therapy thereafter. You might also qualify for a grant, or the Sleepstation team also have other support available for those experiencing financial difficulties, so do reach out to them to find out more. You can contact them at support@sleepstation.org.uk If you just want to ask a few questions before you decide if it’s right for you, for a limited time you can also sign up for a free Sleepstation account at the Sleepstation Hub. This means you can log into their confidential chat system and get your questions answered by experts and access free self-help resources. Just go to https://www.sleepstation.org.uk/ to find out more. My amazing podcast poet is Donna Ashworth and you heard a poem from her new book ‘Growing Brave’ - available now in all online bookstores. You can find out more about Donna on her website, or follow her on Instagram and Facebook Season Three was kindly sponsored by Breast Friends CIC – an organisation that truly understands the power of peer support for anyone on the breast cancer journey. Head over to www.breastfriends.co.uk to find out more. If you would like to sponsor Season Four, please get in touch at hello@oriordan.co.uk. If you’ve got a question for the show, then please get in touch online or send me a voice note. You can find me on social media - Instagram, X and Facebook. A special thanks goes to medical student Tamara Enthoven for helping me to collate all the questions. You can also watch this episode! Head to my Youtube channel @DrLizORiordan to see this season’s episodes as they are released and lots of other useful videos full of reliable information. Subscribe to my monthly newsletter here to find out what I’ve been up to and what I’m recommending each month. And you can now pre-order my third book ‘The Cancer Roadmap’ (out January 2025), or buy the updated edition of my first book ‘The Complete Guide to Breast Cancer: How to Feel Empowered and Take Control’. Plus, if you’re nosey and want to find out more about my life, my memoir ‘Under The Knife’ - is also available in all good bookshops. Finally, if you loved the show and want to help other women like you find it, you can leave a 5-star review wherever you get your podcasts, or you can show your support to help keep the show going and buy me a coffee
Transcribe →Why you should tell your employer you have breast cancer with Barbara Wilson
Nov 13, 202400:42:54Tap to summarizeDo you know what your legal rights are when returning to work after cancer? What should your employer do to help you get back to work? Do you have to say you’ve got cancer in a job interview? This episode is all about getting back to work with Barbara Wilson, the founder of the social enterprise Working with Cancer. ****** You can find Working with Cancer on Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/company/working-with-cancer Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/workingwithcanceruk Or head straight to their website: www.workingwithcancer.co.uk You can also email them at: admin@workingwithcancer.co.uk My amazing podcast poet is Donna Ashworth and you heard a poem from her new book ‘Growing Brave’ - available now in all online bookstores. You can find out more about Donna on her website, or follow her on Instagram and Facebook Season Three was kindly sponsored by Breast Friends CIC – an organisation that truly understands the power of peer support for anyone on the breast cancer journey. Head over to www.breastfriends.co.uk to find out more. If you would like to sponsor Season Four, please get in touch at hello@oriordan.co.uk. If you’ve got a question for the show, then please get in touch online or send me a voice note. You can find me on social media - Instagram, X and Facebook. A special thanks goes to medical student Tamara Enthoven for helping me to collate all the questions. You can also watch this episode! Head to my Youtube channel @DrLizORiordan to see this season’s episodes as they are released and lots of other useful videos full of reliable information. Subscribe to my monthly newsletter here to find out what I’ve been up to and what I’m recommending each month. And you can now pre-order my third book ‘The Cancer Roadmap’ (out January 2025), or buy the updated edition of my first book ‘The Complete Guide to Breast Cancer: How to Feel Empowered and Take Control’. Plus, if you’re nosey and want to find out more about my life, my memoir ‘Under The Knife’ - is also available in all good bookshops. Finally, if you loved the show and want to help other women like you find it, you can leave a 5-star review wherever you get your podcasts, or you can show your support to help keep the show going and buy me a coffee
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