Cornwall Cancer Cafe Podcast

More on www.cancercafe.org - Rob Stott is used to being the person who people came to in the past for help. Then he needed to discover about asking for help himself. Please SHARE on your social media so that others may benefit. Follow us on Facebook Visit our website for more information www.cancercafe.org and follow us on Facebook. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Annalisa advises patients at The Cove at Treliske Hospital in Truro on nutrition. We talk about the good habits to adopt and the all-important hydration. Find more on our website: www.cancercafe.org - follow us on Facebook too (Cornwall Cancer Cafe Podcast) Visit our website for more information www.cancercafe.org and follow us on Facebook. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati...

We discuss a lot of amazing support on this podcast - however, much of it needs some finance behind it. We talk to Leanne about fundraising for MacMillan and how that offers support to people with a diagnosis. More on www.cancercafe.org Follow us on Facebook Visit our website for more information www.cancercafe.org and follow us on Facebook. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat...

Look Good, Feel Better is an organisation which runs courses out of the Cove and around the country to help ladies and gents look good and feel better despite cancer treatment. More podcasts and information available on www.cancercafe.org Follow us on Facebook Visit our website for more information www.cancercafe.org and follow us on Facebook. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform...

Emma & Matthi discuss a range of issues this week, including; getting a disabled access card and things to bare in mind when being discharged from hospital. More podcasts available along with signposting to professional help on www.cancercafe.org Follow us on Facebook Visit our website for more information www.cancercafe.org and follow us on Facebook. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

Mick was a fireman and described himself as 'rufty tufty' - he was diagnosed with Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma - and now heads up the group supporting patients in Cornwall - and further afield. More stories on www.cancercafepodcast.org Follow us on Facebook Visit our website for more information www.cancercafe.org and follow us on Facebook. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lesley discusses some challenges to being in treatment while living alone and having family the other end of the country. She has benefitted from supportive friends in the Quaker community as well as dipping into writing poetry. More podcasts on www.cancercafepodcast.org Follow us on Facebook In females in the UK, breast cancer is the most common cancer, with around 57,900 new cases every year. Th...

Anyone with a cancer diagnosis has a difficult time during and after treatment. Teens and young adults have a dedicated team looking after them at The Cove at The Royal Cornwall Hospital. We talk to them to find out what challenges youngsters face. Find out more about cancer support in Cornwall and further afield from our website www.cancercafepodcast.org Follow us on Facebook Visit our website fo...

The Potager Garden in Cornwall is running sessions to help people with a cancer diagnosis. A garden is a therapeutic environment - and that's director Mark Harris's view. He's working with The Cove (MacMillan service at Royal Cornwall Hospital) to give people an experience of horticultural mindfulness. Emma and I are also discussing how new treatments can help deliver hope to patients. Visit our w...

Father Peter is very open about how a cancer diagnosis hit him and how it became known to his flock. He is also open about how he deals with issues and challenges day to day and where he finds his hope. Find out more about our podcasts on www.cancercafepodcast.org Visit our website for more information www.cancercafe.org and follow us on Facebook. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in...

Nicky Lampshire is one of the managers at The Cove - a unit at The Royal Cornwall Hospital operated by MacMillan Cancer Support. It is a welcoming place with a cafe and many supportive programmes to help patients through every stage of cancer. We ask Nicky about her work there. Please visit our website and find out about more help and support in Cornwall and nationally. Visit our website for more...

Matthi and Emma meet Claire and Emma who run music therapy sessions at The Cove centre at the Royal Cornwall Hospital. We find out how they came to take up the role and what benefits are available to those with a diagnosis of cancer. We even have a mock-up music therapy session in the studio. Emma's music therapy website: Www.midcornwallmusictherapy.co.uk Clare's music therapy website: https://www...

'Cornwall, My Home' has become Cornwall's new anthem. It is sung everywhere and at Cornwall's most important events. How many realise, however, that the composer has a cancer story of his own? We meet Harry Glasson and find out about how he had built so much of his life around singing and music, to only then be given a diagnosis which would change so much. ind more information about our podcasts o...

This week, we are introducing co-host Emma Coombe who is in treatment currently for melanoma. We recorded most of this podcast in a quiet room at The Cove centre at the Royal Cornwall Hospital. I know how important it is to our listeners that the team has lived experience to be able to share support. Emma talks about her experience thus far and what she has learned from it. ind more information ab...

This podcast series, sponsored by The National Lottery Community Fund, aims to bring a wide range of thoughts and people to talk about supporting people through cancer. Some of these are those with lived experience, others are those providing support. This episode talks with the chief executive of Cancer Support UK - Mark Guymer. He explains what the charity does and how he came to running the org...

Welcome to the first episode of the Cornwall Cancer Cafe Podcast. We are supported financially by the National Lottery Community Fund to run a year of weekly cancer support podcasts. These will be a weekly audio show and some videos too. We aim to give people with a diagnosis, their family and friends a big virtual hug while also informing and offering a hand of friendship. We are not medical expe...