And Then Came Breast Cancer - A Future Dreams Podcast

Getting a breast cancer diagnosis is for many women the beginning of a gruelling journey that thankfully ends with a doctor telling them that after all the treatment, they are now cancer-free. It is a moment of great joy and relief, but for some of those women, they then have to deal with the almost daily fear that it might come back. This episode brings Victoria together with women who share their advice and experiences on how to deal with those feelings.

Brought to you by the Future Dreams Breast Cancer Charity, "And Then Came Breast Cancer" is for everyone whose lives have been touched by the disease. If you would like to contact us for help and advice please email [email protected] or donate at www.futuredreams.org.uk/donate.

Victoria is @VicDerbyshire on Twitter and Instagram.

If you have been touched by Breast Cancer – Future Dreams is here to help.

And Then Came Breast Cancer, is a podcast series co-produced by Factory Originals and 6Foot6 Productions

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How does a breast cancer diagnosis affect your work? Will you be treated sympathetically or seen as a "problem"? In this episode, Victoria talks to three women about their jobs- and how they handled them before, during, and after treatment. A QC gives advice on what happens when your boss isn't as compassionate as they should be- and what action you can take.

Brought to you by the Future Dreams Breast Cancer Charity, "And Then Came Breast Cancer" is for everyone whose lives have been touched by the disease. If you would like to contact us for help and advice please email [email protected] or donate at www.futuredreams.org.uk/donate.

Victoria is @VicDerbyshire on Twitter and Instagram.

If you have been touched by breast cancer – Future Dreams is here to help.

And Then Came Breast Cancer, is a podcast series co-produced by Factory Originals and 6Foot6 Productions

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The deeply personal relationship women have with their hair is discussed in this episode of "And Then Came Breast Cancer". Host Victoria Derbyshire talks to Nicky, Nicole and Natasha about how they dealt with the effect chemotherapy had on their hair, and she gets advice from cold cap expert Claire Paxman. They talk about the psychological trauma of facing up to hair loss and Victoria reveals that losing hers was more difficult than having a mastectomy.

Brought to you by the Future Dreams Breast Cancer Charity, "And Then Came Breast Cancer" is for everyone whose lives have been touched by the disease. If you would like to contact us for help and advice please email [email protected] or donate at www.futuredreams.org.uk/donate.

Victoria is @VicDerbyshire on Twitter and Instagram.

If you have been touched by breast cancer – Future Dreams is here to help.

And Then Came Breast Cancer, is a podcast series co-produced by Factory Originals and 6Foot6 Productions

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There’s a lot of help and information out there for women who have to undergo chemotherapy. Perhaps there’s a bit less about radiotherapy for two reasons - it is not perceived as being as debilitating as chemo and possibly because it comes afterwards, hopefully when you are almost on the ‘home straight’.

For many women it isn’t straightforward, neither mentally nor physically. In this episode Victoria talks to women who tell their stories and how they developed coping mechanisms for handling their radiotherapy programme joined by an expert in breast cancer and radiotherapy.

Brought to you by the Future Dreams charity, "And Then Came Breast Cancer" is for everyone whose lives have been touched by the disease. You can contact us at FutureDreams.org.uk for help and advice and Victoria is @VicDerbyshire on Twitter and Instagram. Please rate, like and subscribe to the podcast and we welcome your ideas for future episodes.

If you have been touched by Breast Cancer – Future Dreams is here to help.

And Then Came Breast Cancer, is a Podcast Series co-produced by Factory Originals and 6Foot6 Productions

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It would be impossible to do a series helping women when they get a breast cancer diagnosis if we don’t talk about dying-or the fear of dying. For many people that is a conversation they don’t want to have or it may be a conversation they don’t want to have right now- which is understandable. Others find it therapeutic and helpful to have frank conversations about it. If this is you, please listen to this special episode, where guest presenter Louise Court talks to three women about how they have dealt with this most difficult subject, from facing up to the possibility of the end of life, to grief itself.

They are joined on the panel by Dr Kathryn Mannix, who is a palliative care expert, and she provides down-to-earth advice and practical steps to manage such a traumatic experience. If this episode might be too distressing to contemplate, please listen to any of our other programmes, and return to this if -and when- you feel ready.

Brought to you by the Future Dreams charity, "And Then Came Breast Cancer" is for everyone whose lives have been touched by the disease. You can contact us at FutureDreams.com for help and advice and our usual presenter Victoria Derbyshire is @VicDerbyshire on Twitter and Instagram.

If you have been touched by Breast Cancer – Future Dreams is here to help.

And Then Came Breast Cancer, is a podcast series co-produced by Factory Originals and 6Foot6 Productions

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.