Not Your Grandma‘s Cancer Show

Is Paliative care what we think?

Sam and Professor Jonathan Koffman join Tatum to give an inside look at what palliative care offers.  There are so many misconceptions so it can be reassuring to know what it's actually all about. Jonathan lends his expertise as a Professor of Palliative Care and 29 year old Sam's shares his experience of movie nights in hospice. 

The Scoop on Returning to Work

What do I put on my CV to explain the gap? What if I go back to back to my job but I can't do the role like ? Julie Denning joins Tatum to share her expertise as a Health Psychologist and returning to work specialist coach.   

Stomas and Meetups

Sam and Lana join Tatum to share how they instantly bonded at a Shine meetup event with humour about living with stomas.  They share tips of what they wish they had known sooner and why it makes such a difference meeting others who understand.

Does our language change after diagnosis?

Joss and Gemma join Tatum to dive into the surprising trickiness of words when communicating with others after a diagnosis. They share their PR campaigns, humour and come up with new cancer words! 

Menopause and Cancer with Dani

Dani joins Tatum to talk about all things hormonal, why we deserve more options and why its ok to be a bit more of a difficult patient!  She also shares what inspired her to start the organisation, Menopause and Cancer.  
 
https://menopauseandcancer.org/
 

Cancer Scams and Scammers Part 2

Clare, Ceinwen and Tatum are back on the cancer scamming case.  They delve into the seedy world of dodgy detection machines, TikTok bots creating fake arrests and a whole wild west of deworming.  You can also listen to Part 1 of this (we even chat about Belle Gibson) here: https://shinecancersupport.podbean.com/e/cancer-scams-and-scammers/
 
 
 
 

Faith and cancer: how our beliefs can help us to cope

In this podcast we're looking at faith and cancer. It's not a topic that gets spoken about a lot, so we thought we'd examine the different ways members of the Shine community have found their different faiths helpful (and challenging) in navigating their experiences with cancer. Tatum talks to Hannah, Suki, Anoushe, Rachel and Sarah about how they navigated their treatments and diagnoses and the role that faith and community have played in their lives. 

Coping with cancer in your 20s

Having cancer in your 20s is just different.  It can feel especially isolating because friends are busy dating, travelling and diving into careers when you  you are in waiting rooms with other cancer patients five decades older.  Hex, Aimee and Neil share what it's like having cancer when adult life only just started.

Losing a partner to cancer: coping with grief & rebuilding your life

Tatum talks with Jakub, Andrew and Pete about coping with grief, especially when the emotions that come with it are sometimes surprising.  

Reimagining Resilience - Live at Shine Connect 2024

In this special live episode, Tatum hosts the podcast with Shine Co-CEO, Ceinwen, and speaks to guests Rena, Matt, Becca and Adam about how they've coped with their diagnoses and what resilience means to them (and whether it's useful). 
Rena was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer and underwent 15 months of surgery.
Matt was diagnosed with two brain tumours at the age of 17.
Becca is living with stage 4 bladder cancer.
Adam is the partner of Laragh (who has also been on the podcast) who is living with thyroid cancer.