Living With Podcast: Recent Episodes
The Fountain Centre
Hello and welcome to our first ‘Living With’ podcast where we will be addressing many topics of concern surrounding a cancer diagnosis. Along with up-to-date information and expert input, we hope to open the conversation around living with cancer. The Fountain Centre is a small independent charity supporting cancer patients and their families from diagnosis and beyond. Support is offered through complementary therapies, counselling and information services. www.fountaincentre.org
Welcome to our podcast, where we delve into the important topics of Carers Week and Men's Health Week! Join us as we explore the challenges for carers and shed light on the significance of men's health.
In this episode we have a chat with Dannielle Freeth, Psychological Support Lead at the Fountain Centre. Let's dive in!
You can find out more about support for carers by visiting www.carersuk.org and Men's Health Week by visiting www.menshealthforum.org.uk
As well as being one of our amazing Ward Therapists here at the Fountain Centre, Carey has been a Clinical Aromatherapist for over 20 years. In our latest podcast, she talks about what clinical aromatherapy is and how it can aid many side effects of cancer treatment.
Links to studies mentioned in this podcastOvernight olfactory enrichment using an odorant diffuser improves memory and modifies the uncinate fasciculus in older adultsDoes Olfactory Training Improve Brain Function and Cognition? A Systematic Review
Nasal Drug Delivery of Anticancer drugs for the treatment of Glioblastoma
If you would like to know more about the work of the Fountain Centre, please visit our website www.fountaincentre.org
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Courtesy of Mairead Amos www.maireadamosyoga.com
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Restore Breast Cancer Reconstruction was set up by a group of ex patients of the Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead in 2010.
Having gone through breast reconstruction themselves, they wanted to help women going through breast cancer and breast reconstruction by sharing their own reconstruction journeys and experiences.
In this podcast we speak to Vicki Bales who has been a breast cancer patient and is now an advocate for Restore Breast Cancer Reconstruction.
You can find out more about Restore by visiting their website.
https://restore-bcr.co.uk/
According to Carers UK An unpaid carer is someone who looks after a family member or friend who could not cope without their support. Every day, 6,000 people in the UK start looking after someone close to them, unpaid. For many, caring is something that happens gradually when someone becomes older. But, when a loved one is diagnosed with cancer, whether temporary or long term, the need and level of care can become more imminent.
Olivia is 24 years old. Whilst most 24 year olds are starting their careers and out living their best lives, Olivia is looking after her mum and her brother who both have a cancer diagnosis. I had a chat with Olivia and just asked her what that was like for her as a young 24 year old girl with so much responsibility.
If you are a carer and would like any information about the support that is available to you, please visit our website www.fountaincentre.org
Dr Anisha Patel, was diagnosed with advanced bowel cancer at 39-years-old in September 2018. She is in the unique position of sitting on both sides of the fence as a GP and a cancer patient.
After two life-saving operations and months of chemotherapy she has now been in remission for 5 years.
As well as campaigning for greater awareness of bowel cancer and its symptoms, she has appeared on ITV’s Lorraine to advocate for better understanding of cancer symptoms and the lasting effects.
You can connect with Dr Patel on:
Instagram: @doctorsgetcancertoo
Twitter: @DrAnishaPatel1
Everything You Hoped You'd Never Need to Know About Bowel Cancer is available now from Sheldon Press and all good bookshops.
On this podcast we will be discussing the Emotional Freedom Technique (also known as EFT or Tapping).
Bettina Falkenberg is an Accredited Advanced EFT Practitioner.
You can visit her website at www.taptoflow.com
Courtesy of Mairead Amos www.maireadamosyoga.com
The Fountain Centre
Registered Charity No 1089086
Courtesy of Mairead Amos www.maireadamosyoga.com
The Fountain Centre
Registered Charity No 1089086
Courtesy of Mairead Amos www.maireadamosyoga.com
The Fountain Centre
Registered Charity No 1089086
Courtesy of Mairead Amos www.maireadamosyoga.com
The Fountain Centre
Registered Charity No 1089086
Courtesy of Delilah Sullivan www.delilahsullivan.com
www.fountaincentre.org
Registered Charity No 1089086
Courtesy of Delilah Sullivan www.delilahsullivan.com
www.fountaincentre.org
Registered Charity No 1089086
Courtesy of Mairead Amos www.maireadamosyoga.com
The Fountain Centre
Registered Charity No 1089086
The physical implications of cancer are widely recognised. However, people with cancer – and those around them – face another, less obvious burden: the financial impact of their diagnosis. Previous Macmillan research has shown that four out of five people with cancer are, on average, £570 a month worse off because of their diagnosis.
On this podcast we will be chatting to Lisa Lugt from Guildford & Ash CAB, who is the CAB adviser at the Fountain Centre.
For further information and advice, please visit www.citizensadvice.org.uk or www.gov.uk
There are over 6 millions carers in the UK. Some work on the the frontline of social care, and some are unpaid carers supporting family members due to health conditions, age or disability.
On this podcast, I will be joined by Eileen Goldsack. Eileen is a Cancer Support Service Lead at the Fountain Centre and also a qualified coach. We will be discussing the role of a carer when a family member or loved one has a cancer diagnosis.
On our first podcast, Dannielle Freeth, Psychological Support Service Lead at the Fountain Centre, talks about the effects of a cancer diagnosis on mental health and how we can help ourselves.
If you have anything to add or would like to contribute to further episodes, please get in touch. rsc-tr.fountaincentre@nhs.net
You can find out more about the Fountain Centre and the work we do by visiting our website www.fountaincentre.org