Bosom Buddies: Muddling Through Breast Cancer

In this episode, our guest, Hannah, shares her experience of realising she carries the CHEK2 gene. After witnessing many of her family suffer through breast and other cancer diagnoses, Hannah tells of how she made the decision to have a preventative double mastectomy with DIEP Flap reconstruction. She talks about her recovery and how she feels she is suffering from 'imposter syndrome'.

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In this episode, our guests Barbara and Karen (Nat's mum and best friend), discuss how they felt as their daughter and friend was diagnosed with breast cancer. They share how they saw their roles in supporting Nat through her journey.

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In this episode Nat and Elle share their experiences when it came to their revision surgeries (the surgery roughly six months after the initial reconstruction). They also discuss their differing experiences when it came to their nipple reconstruction. Yet again, showing that every breast cancer journey is unique.We at Bosom Buddies - Muddling Through Breast Cancer want to advise our listeners that what is shared during the podcast ...

In this week's episode, Caroline discusses discovering a lump similar to many she'd had before after years of having fibrocystic breast disease, however this lump turned out to be triple positive breast cancer. Caroline tells of how she battled through chemo and is now dealing with some serious side effects from further treatment. All of which, she has been facing with a really positive attitude.

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Just as Elle was starting to move on from her cancer diagnosis and double mastectomy fifteen months ago, she has now found cancer in one of her lymph nodes. After working through the fear of a recurrence, Elle now has to face the possibility that the cancer has either come back or it was missed in the sentinel node biopsy and has been there all along. We at Bosom Buddies - Muddling Through Breast Cancer want to advise our listeners...

In this episode, our guest Leanna, shares her experience of being diagnosed with Hormone Positive Her2 Negative breast cancer. She tells of how she is grateful for the breast cancer diagnosis as it saved her life.

We at Bosom Buddies - Muddling Through Breast Cancer want to advise our listeners that what is shared during the podcast are people’s breast cancer stories. They are an individual’s experience.  Everybody’s journey is dif...

In this episode, our guest Elisa, discusses her DCIS diagnosis. She shares how she will be forever grateful to her GP for insisting on further investigation after initial scans came back clear and to her family and friends for supporting her through the treatment.

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In this episode, our guest Juliet, discusses her multicentric breast cancer diagnosis. She tells of how they found two tumors, which were two different types of cancer - Hormone Positive in one and Her2 Positive in the other. Juliet explains how they treated the two different types of cancer as well as discovering she carried the BRCA1 gene and what that meant for her treatment.

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In this episode our guest, Illana, discusses her Hormone Positive Her2 Negative breast cancer diagnosis. She shares details of the disbelief at being told she has breast cancer and how her thoughts went immediately to her family, particularly her daughters. Illana shares how she felt supported by her family and friends and how they carried her through her treatment.

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In this episode our guest, Sasha, discusses how she muddled through a Her2 Positive breast cancer diagnosis only 10 months after having a baby. She shares her experiences during treatment and how her son was at the forefront of her mind when making many of her decisions throughout her journey.

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In this episode our guest, Megan, discusses how she managed her Hormone Positive, Her2 Negative breast cancer diagnosis in the midst of her world already being turned upside down. She shares that just as she was getting back on track, they discovered the same cancer in her lymph nodes and the struggles of working through treatment a second time.

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In this episode our guest, Clare, discusses her triple negative breast cancer diagnosis. She shares details of the fast growing tumor and how her family rallied to support her through treatment.

We at Bosom Buddies - Muddling Through Breast Cancer want to advise our listeners that what is shared during the podcast are people’s breast cancer stories. They are an individual’s experience.  Everybody’s journey is different and every...

In this episode, our guest Nicole, discusses her hormone positive breast cancer diagnosis. She shares how she navigated, not only her diagnosis, but also the long list of side effects that came along with it and explains how they continue to heavily impact her life.

We at Bosom Buddies - Muddling Through Breast Cancer want to advise our listeners that what is shared during the podcast are people’s breast cancer stories. They are an...

In Part 2 of this episode, Nat and Elle discuss the side effects of treatment with a particular focus on the impacts of Tamoxifen and lymph node removal .

We at Bosom Buddies - Muddling Through Breast Cancer want to advise our listeners that what is shared during the podcast are people’s breast cancer stories. They are an individual’s experience.  Everybody’s journey is different and everybody’s choices and decisions that are made a...

In Part 1 of this episode, Nat and Elle discuss the side effects of treatment with a particular focus on Nat's chemo experience.

We at Bosom Buddies - Muddling Through Breast Cancer want to advise our listeners that what is shared during the podcast are people’s breast cancer stories. They are an individual’s experience.  Everybody’s journey is different and everybody’s choices and decisions that are made are right for them and ...

In this episode, our guest Nic, discusses her role as the support person for her partner Mel when she was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. She shares how she stepped into the role to help Mel manage appointments and decisions whilst taking care of the household.

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On the one year anniversary of finding her lump, Elle discusses her anxieties regarding the possibility of recurrence. She and Nat explore the emotions brought on by anniversaries of this kind and how they work through that question that is always there in the back of their minds - What if it comes back?

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In this episode, our guest Tash, discusses her triple negative breast cancer diagnosis. She shares how she navigated her diagnosis, discovering she has the BRCA gene and dealing with recurrence all whilst trying to start a family.

We at Bosom Buddies - Muddling Through Breast Cancer want to advise our listeners that what is shared during the podcast are people’s breast cancer stories. They are an individual’s experience.  Everybo...

In this episode, our guest Renee, discusses her triple positive breast cancer diagnosis and how she navigated her journey for more than 10 years.

We at Bosom Buddies - Muddling Through Breast Cancer want to advise our listeners that what is shared during the podcast are people’s breast cancer stories. They are an individual’s experience.  Everybody’s journey is different and everybody’s choices and decisions that are made are righ...