Still Jill

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Jill Emberson is getting married two months after finishing her latest bout of palliative chemotherapy. She was freshly in love and stimulated at work when she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Nine months later, she was told she’d be lucky to be alive in five years. We all know we’ll die one day, but what’s it like to live life with death in sight? And how does it feel to have a terminal illness from the very cradle of life, our ovaries?

Episode List

Introducing... Still Jill

Oct 2nd, 2018 9:00 AM

We all know we’ll die one day, but what’s it like to live life with death in sight?

Chapter 1 | Marry Me Ken

Oct 8th, 2018 10:00 PM

Jill Emberson is in hospital recovering from emergency brain surgery when she proposes to her partner of 7 years, Ken. He says no.

Chapter 2 | Mum's Got Cancer

Oct 16th, 2018 9:00 AM

Jill’s daughter Malia was studying overseas when Jill was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Malia and Jill remember that conversation, and the emergency trip home.

Chapter 3 | Relapse

Oct 23rd, 2018 9:00 AM

Nine months after being diagnosed with ovarian cancer, Jill is told her cancer is back. That makes it terminal.

Chapter 4 | The Lab Rat

Oct 30th, 2018 9:00 AM

Jill starts the fight to get on a drug trial that won’t cure her cancer but could buy her a few more years.

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