06: Living with a Cancer diagnosis: Laura’s story (Part 2)

Welcome back to part two of our inspiring conversation with Laura. In this episode, Laura delves deeper into her own Secondary Breast Cancer diagnosis and shares her personal journey with our Live Your Life team. She opens up about the misconceptions around palliative care and how it has positively impacted her life.

Laura also discusses her plans to create lasting memories with her daughter through creative activities, highlighting the importance of support and positivity during challenging times. This heartfelt episode underscores the significance of community and the profound difference that compassionate care can make.

Join us as we explore Laura's courageous story and the invaluable support provided by Strathcarron's Live Your Life team. This episode is a testament to resilience, hope, and the power of living life to the fullest.

Her story is heartbreaking and inspiring in equal measure. She is a beacon of positivity and light and we hope you enjoy the first part of her story. Laura is also being supported by our Live Your Life team, so she will be a regular guest as we travel alongside her on this journey.

She is an advocate of accessing palliative care as early as possible in your life limiting diagnosis. 

Further Information:

- Strathcarron's Live Your Life Team: Live Your Life Team | Strathcarron Hospice

- Laura's Instagram page: Laura McGowan 🐝💜 (@abcdfucancer) • Instagram photos and videos

- MetUp UK: METUPUK (start.page)

 

Thank you Laura. 

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By sharing people stories, we help to raise awareness of Strathcarron's services and impact, as well as to reduce the fear of Hospices and encourage more conversations about death and dying.

Hosted by Ailsa (from Communications) and Ross (from IT) sees us out and about, speaking to our own staff, as well as people living with life limiting conditions and the families they support.

We're nurses, doctors, social workers. We're volunteers, cleaners, cooks & therapists. We're fundraisers, administrators, accountants & physiotherapists. We will share their stories.

We also aim to ask and answer your questions.

The conversations we’ll have with our teams will be around their roles, impact and how each person supports people with life limiting conditions. We will also speak to volunteers, local organisations, fundraisers, schools - a whole host of people connected to the Hospice too.

If you have any questions re hospice or palliative care, Strathcarron Hospice, or would like to be on the Podcast, or have a story to tell, please get in touch via our email Podcast@StrathcarronHospice.net.