My Breast My Health

Welcome to the My Breast, My Health podcast. In this episode, our host and breast surgeon, Tasha Gandamihardja, dives into the different types of breast cancers.
Tasha discusses the common types encountered in clinical practice, including invasive ductal carcinomas, invasive lobular carcinomas, triple-negative breast cancers, inflammatory breast cancers, and DCIS.
She provides insights into the origins of these cancers, their presentation, and the potential treatment approaches. Tune in to gain a deeper understanding of these prevalent breast cancer types and their implications for health and treatment.
You can connect with Tasha on IG and TikTok @DrTashaG.
You can check out her YouTube channel at www.YouTube.com/@DrTashaG
Thank you for listening.

Welcome to "My Breast My Health," the podcast where we discuss everything related to breast health and breast cancer. In this episode, our host Tasha delves into the important topic of breast cancer recurrence.
Tasha covers the areas where cancer can recur and explains the significance of early detection. She provides valuable insights on self-examinations, signs to look out for, and the role of scans in detecting recurrences. Tasha also highlights the red flag symptoms of distant recurrence and the importance of seeking medical attention if any of these symptoms are experienced.
Stay tuned for an informative and insightful discussion on this crucial aspect of breast cancer care.
You can connect with Tasha on IG and TikTok @DrTashaG.
You can check out her YouTube channel at www.YouTube.com/@DrTashaG
Thank you for listening.

Life is predictably unpredictable. Things happen randomly, unexpectedly, and out of our control.
A breast cancer diagnosis for example is such a life event. Similarly, after breast cancer treatment has finished, you can't predict how you recover. You may find changes to the breast. You may be feeling certain symptoms that you are not particularly sure of. You may need support for your mental well-being. All of these don't happen on a particular day at a particular time. So, what happens when you do find unusual symptoms and need help?
An open-access follow-up service may be the solution. This is an alternative way of following up with those who have finished treatment for their primary breast cancer. Instead of going to a follow-up clinic once a year, you can get support at a time that is suitable for you.
In this episode, Kieva Noble who runs such a service discusses how an open-access follow-up service works. We talk about how she ensures the holistic needs of patients are addressed, who is eligible to join and what happens when someone does indeed need help and support.
It was a great conversation, which I know you'll enjoy.
Let me know what you think about this episode and all the others by saying hi to me on social media @DrTashaG.
Happy listening.
Tasha x

Hello again and welcome to the second part of a two part series where we talk all things benign.
Today's conversation is with Dr Peter Davis, who works as a histopathologist. He and his team are responsible for analysing any tissue that we take either from a biopsy or at surgery. They process it, examine it under the microscope and deliver a diagnosis.
It is really clever stuff.
We left off following our previous conversation, and talk about a few other commonly encountered benign conditions we find in the breast. These included, fibrosis, ADH (atypical ductal hyperplasia and microcalification).
Once again, it was an extremely educational conversation, and I hope you enjoy it.
If you haven't done yet, I would love you to connect with on social media.
You can find me @DrTashaG on twitter and Instagram.
Happy listening!
Tasha x

Metastatic (stage 4) breast cancer is when the primary breast cancer has spread to other parts of the body and so the disease is therefore incurable.
The number of people living with stage 4, metastatic breast cancer (MBC) is increasing every year. It is estimated that around 35000 people in the UK are currently living with MBC.

In this episode, I have a conversation with Mary Huckle. Mary is a personal trainer and pilates instructor. She has also been living with MBC since 2014 following her primary breast cancer diagnosis 7 years earlier, just shy of her 42nd birthday.
It was an amazing and honest conversation and I thank Mary for sharing her story.
You can check out the show notes at https://mybreastmyhealth/episode18.
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Enjoy listening.
Tasha x