Joining me today is Aoife Moggan.
Aoife was diagnosed with a rare spinal cancer when she was 13.
6 Spinal surgeries and cancer treatment later - aoife is in her 30’s and survived childhood cancer but experiences longterm effects including chronic pain, reliance on high dose painkillers, loss of power in her leg and even a paralysed vocal chord.
She now advocates for other survivors - for joined up thinking, access to care and late effects clinics, sharing medical records, a multidisciplinary team often just to get answers. This episode celebrates fighting cancer - but it also acknowledges that people expect you to be your old self - you expect you to be your old self but survivorship means so much more than that.
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Young Adult Cancer Advocate - Karl Corcoran
The Power of Complementary Therapies - Clinical Nurse Specialist Olive O'Neill
Gone Too Soon: Jack's Story - Sabrina Lawless
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A Dad's Fight - Mark McQuillan
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New Prosthetic Limb & New Life Ahead - Nikki Bradley
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