S1 #E13 Toby Trice; Racing for fertility

07/05/23 • 56 min

Toby began Karting with Russ Mead to help him overcome depression, give him a new focus and a chance to escape from dealing with fertility issues. In 2019 Toby started a campaign to raise awareness for fertility with the goal to end the stigma of fertility through motorsport and the same year he claimed his first podium at Donington Park. In 2022, Toby joined Porsche to compete in the Porsche Visit Cayman Island Sprint Challenge in the Pro category. He is continuing with SVG Motorsport taking the step on the Porsche Motorsport Pyramid. In 2023, Toby joins Redline Racing for season four of Racing For Fertility with the goal to attack the title for the top step.

In this episode Toby talks about his successful career as a racing driver and how this has been affected by his infertility. He wants to remove the stigma and taboo and get guys talking. After Toby was in a BBC documentary, in 2019 he started his campaign, Racing For Fertility, is to ensure everyone knows about male fertility and infertility. He loves it when he gets the commentators and the fans at the racetrack talking about fertility. Katie and Toby had two unsuccessful rounds of IVF before Toby was diagnosed with a varicocele – a large vein in the testes. Toby and Katie have a happy story, as they have a little boy conceived naturally after Toby had surgery. Next time the lads are in the pub – we would love them to talk about their balls, sperm, and fertility.

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Date of episode recording: 2023-05-10
Duration: 56.12
Language of episode: English
Presenter:Joyce Harper
Guests: Toby Trice
Producer: Joyce Harper

For more information and to access the transcript: https://joyceharper.com/podcasts/

Date of episode recording: 2023-05-10
Duration: 56.12
Language of episode: English
Presenter:Joyce Harper
Guests: Toby Trice
Producer: Joyce Harper

Previous Episode

S1 #E12 Dr Shema Tariq: Mothering against the odds: surviving infertility, baby loss & postnatal depression

Shema is a Senior Research Fellow at UCL’s Institute for Global Health and Honorary Consultant HIV Physician at Mortimer Market Centre. Her research focuses on health inequities in HIV care. In 2014, Shema was awarded a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship to conduct HIV research at Columbia University. Since coming to UCL in 2015, Shema has built a programme of work focusing on the health and wellbeing of women living with HIV. She leads the PRIME Study, one of the largest studies in the world exploring menopause among women living with HIV. In addition to her research , Shema provides HIV and sexual health care in the NHS. She developed and leads a specialist HIV and menopause service, supporting clinics across the UK to set up similar clinics. She is former Vice-Chair of the national HIV and pregnancy guidelines, and has authored national and European guidelines on managing menopause in women living with HIV. Shema is a Trustee of Positively UK, the UK's leading HIV peer support charity, and Tommy's, which funds research into babyloss. This has allowed her to use her own experience of stillbirth to lobby for change.

In this episode, Shema shares her journey to have her two children, where she experienced infertility, fertility treatment, donation, miscarriage, babyloss, and post-natal depression. If you saw this in a TV drama you would think it was too unbelievable. Shema shares her huge experience working with women with HIV and updates us on how lives have been improved with medical advances. Shema is very active on social media and we talk about the ups and downs of being a doctor on social media. And we discuss the importance of reproductive health education. This honest and educational episode will teach you many things.

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Date of episode recording: 2023-04-12
Duration: 53.55
Language of episode: English
Presenter:Joyce Harper
Guests: Shema Tariq
Producer: Joyce Harper

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S1 #E14 Dr Liz O’Riordan: Under The Knife – Life Lessons From The Operating Theatre

Liz O’Riordan is an international speaker, broadcaster and award-winning co-author of ‘The Complete Guide to Breast Cancer: How to Feel Empowered and Take Control’. In 2015 (aged 40) she was diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer whilst working as a Consultant Breast Surgeon. A locoregional recurrence in 2018 forced her to retire as a surgeon. Her memoir, ‘Under The Knife’, is released on July 6th 2023 (pre-order here https://unbound.com/books/under-the-knife/) During chemotherapy she started an award-winning blog about her experiences (www.liz.oriordan.co.uk) and now talks all over the world about how to improve patient care. In 2020 she launched her podcast – Don’t Ignore The Elephant – that talks about the things no-one else does, like sex, death and body image. Liz is passionate about promoting the benefits of exercise for cancer patients. Dr Liz O'Riordan Speaker, Author and Storyteller - liz.oriordan.co.uk Pre-order my memoir with Unbound https://unbound.com/books/under-the-knife Podcast Host – Don’t Ignore The Elephant Co-author of ‘The Complete Guide to Breast Cancer’ Instagram @oriordanliz Twitter @Liz_ORiordan.

During this episode, Liz explains why she decided to write her memoir – Under the Knife, where she shares how she trained to be a doctor but how her life dramatically changed when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Liz explained what it was like to be a breast cancer surgeon who has breast cancer. She has also suffered with depression and suicidal thoughts. She wrote her book as she felt she could help people understand some of these issues. We also discuss the importance of exercise, Liz has done some serious challenges, and Liz’s love of wild swimming. And her love of hedgehogs.

For more information and to access the transcript: https://joyceharper.com/podcasts/

Date of episode recording: 2023-05-31
Duration: 01.01.50
Language of episode: English
Presenter:Joyce Harper
Guests: Liz O'Riordan
Producer: Joyce Harper