How do you cope with the fear of recurrence? What do you do when scanxiety hits? Can you make your family understand what you’re going through? This episode is all about how to cope with anxiety with Dr Suzanne Cruickshank, a breast cancer nurse who now leads research at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London about how to help people cope with the fear of recurrence.

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Susanne spoke about the Ruth Strauss Foundation -https://ruthstraussfoundation.com/

Maggies also offer counselling services - https://www.maggies.org/

And if you’ve got children then also check out Fruit Fly Collective - https://www.fruitflycollective.com/

My amazing podcast poet is Donna Ashworth and you heard a poem from her new book ‘Growing Brave’ - available now in all online bookstores. You can find out more about Donna on her website, or follow her on Instagram and Facebook

Season Three was kindly sponsored by Breast Friends CIC – an organisation that truly understands the power of peer support for anyone on the breast cancer journey. Head over to www.breastfriends.co.uk to find out more. If you would like to sponsor Season Four, please get in touch at hello@oriordan.co.uk.

If you’ve got a question for the show, then please get in touch online or send me a voice note. You can find me on social media - Instagram, X and Facebook. A special thanks goes to medical student Tamara Enthoven for helping me to collate all the questions.

You can also watch this episode! Head to my Youtube channel @DrLizORiordan to see this season’s episodes as they are released and lots of other useful videos full of reliable information.

Subscribe to my monthly newsletter here to find out what I’ve been up to and what I’m recommending each month.

And you can now pre-order my third book ‘The Cancer Roadmap’ (out January 2025), or buy the updated edition of my first book ‘The Complete Guide to Breast Cancer: How to Feel Empowered and Take Control’. Plus, if you’re nosey and want to find out more about my life, my memoir ‘Under The Knife’ - is also available in all good bookshops.

Finally, if you loved the show and want to help other women like you find it, you can leave a 5-star review wherever you get your podcasts, or you can show your support to help keep the show going and buy me a coffee

This is the last episode of Season 3! Thanks so much for listening and I'll see you in 2025.

Breast cancer can be really scary, especially when your oncologist rattles off a list of treatments and side effects. I can’t think of anyone better to help me explain what they are and why you have them than Dr Eleonora Teplinsky. She’s the Head of Breast and Gynecologic Medical Oncology at Valley Health System and Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She dedicates her free time to creating videos on YouTube and Instagram to explain breast cancer treatment and I’m a huge fan.

In this episode we get quite technical about treatments, so if you’re very newly diagnosed you might first want to listen to my interview with Rachel Clifton about chemotherapy from Season 2 which you can find HERE

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You can follow Eleonora on Instagram @drteplinsky: https://www.instagram.com/drteplinsky/?hl=en

And Youtube @drteplinsky: https://www.youtube.com/@drteplinsky

She also has her own podcast! INTERLUDE: Cancer Stories with Dr Teplinsky

My amazing podcast poet is Donna Ashworth and you heard a poem from her new book ‘Growing Brave’ - available now in all online bookstores. You can find out more about Donna on her website, or follow her on Instagram and Facebook

Season Three was kindly sponsored by Breast Friends CIC – an organisation that truly understands the power of peer support for anyone on the breast cancer journey. Head over to www.breastfriends.co.uk to find out more. If you would like to sponsor Season Four, please get in touch at hello@oriordan.co.uk.

If you’ve got a question for the show, then please get in touch online or send me a voice note. You can find me on social media - Instagram, X and Facebook. A special thanks goes to medical student Tamara Enthoven for helping me to collate all the questions.

You can also watch this episode! Head to my Youtube channel @DrLizORiordan to see this season’s episodes as they are released and lots of other useful videos full of reliable information.

Subscribe to my monthly newsletter here to find out what I’ve been up to and what I’m recommending each month.

And you can now pre-order my third book ‘The Cancer Roadmap’ (out January 2025), or buy the updated edition of my first book ‘The Complete Guide to Breast Cancer: How to Feel Empowered and Take Control’. Plus, if you’re nosey and want to find out more about my life, my memoir ‘Under The Knife’ - is also available in all good bookshops.

Finally, if you loved the show and want to help other women like you find it, you can leave a 5-star review wherever you get your podcasts, or you can show your support to help keep the show going and buy me a coffee

Do you know what your legal rights are when returning to work after cancer? What should your employer do to help you get back to work? Do you have to say you’ve got cancer in a job interview? This episode is all about getting back to work with Barbara Wilson, the founder of the social enterprise Working with Cancer.

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You can find Working with Cancer on Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/company/working-with-cancer

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/workingwithcanceruk

Or head straight to their website: www.workingwithcancer.co.uk

You can also email them at: admin@workingwithcancer.co.uk

My amazing podcast poet is Donna Ashworth and you heard a poem from her new book ‘Growing Brave’ - available now in all online bookstores. You can find out more about Donna on her website, or follow her on Instagram and Facebook

Season Three was kindly sponsored by Breast Friends CIC – an organisation that truly understands the power of peer support for anyone on the breast cancer journey. Head over to www.breastfriends.co.uk to find out more. If you would like to sponsor Season Four, please get in touch at hello@oriordan.co.uk.

If you’ve got a question for the show, then please get in touch online or send me a voice note. You can find me on social media - Instagram, X and Facebook. A special thanks goes to medical student Tamara Enthoven for helping me to collate all the questions.

You can also watch this episode! Head to my Youtube channel @DrLizORiordan to see this season’s episodes as they are released and lots of other useful videos full of reliable information.

Subscribe to my monthly newsletter here to find out what I’ve been up to and what I’m recommending each month.

And you can now pre-order my third book ‘The Cancer Roadmap’ (out January 2025), or buy the updated edition of my first book ‘The Complete Guide to Breast Cancer: How to Feel Empowered and Take Control’. Plus, if you’re nosey and want to find out more about my life, my memoir ‘Under The Knife’ - is also available in all good bookshops.

Finally, if you loved the show and want to help other women like you find it, you can leave a 5-star review wherever you get your podcasts, or you can show your support to help keep the show going and buy me a coffee

Can changing your diet stop your cancer coming back? What does a healthy plate of food look like? Are probiotics worth the hype? This episode is all about what to eat after breast cancer treatment with Associate Professor Dr Krystle Zuniga. She’s a board certified oncology dietician with a PhD in nutritional sciences and a clinical cancer exercise specialist, and she puts out incredible posts on instagram to give us all sensible, evidence-based advice about what to eat after a cancer diagnosis.

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Krystle's website: www.cancernutritionhq.com

Follow Krystle on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cancernutritionhq

Here are the resources Krystle mentioned:

American Institute for Cancer – www.aicr.org

World Cancer Research Fund – www.wcrf.org

My amazing podcast poet is Donna Ashworth and you heard a poem from her new book ‘Growing Brave’ - available now in all online bookstores. You can find out more about Donna on her website, or follow her on Instagram and Facebook

Season Three was kindly sponsored by Breast Friends CIC – an organisation that truly understands the power of peer support for anyone on the breast cancer journey. Head over to www.breastfriends.co.uk to find out more. If you would like to sponsor Season Four, please get in touch at hello@oriordan.co.uk.

If you’ve got a question for the show, then please get in touch online or send me a voice note. You can find me on social media - Instagram, X and Facebook. A special thanks goes to medical student Tamara Enthoven for helping me to collate all the questions.

You can also watch this episode! Head to my Youtube channel @DrLizORiordan to see this season’s episodes as they are released and lots of other useful videos full of reliable information.

Subscribe to my monthly newsletter here to find out what I’ve been up to and what I’m recommending each month.

And you can now pre-order my third book ‘The Cancer Roadmap’ (out January 2025), or buy the updated edition of my first book ‘The Complete Guide to Breast Cancer: How to Feel Empowered and Take Control’. Plus, if you’re nosey and want to find out more about my life, my memoir ‘Under The Knife’ - is also available in all good bookshops.

Finally, if you loved the show and want to help other women like you find it, you can leave a 5-star review wherever you get your podcasts, or you can show your support to help keep the show going and buy me a coffee

Is your hair starting to fall out? Do you want to know what shampoo you should be using? Is there anything you can do to stop it happening? This episode is all about hair thinning during breast cancer treatment with Jasmin Julia Gupta, founder of Cancer Hair Care. We had a great response to Jasmin’s episode in Season Two talking all about hair loss during chemo. I ran out of time to ask her all your questions, and she kindly agreed to come back and help us deal with this really sensitive subject.

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Cancer Hair Care home page: https://www.cancerhaircare.co.uk/

Download the FREE book including tips on hair thinning and all cancer treatments: https://www.cancerhaircare.co.uk/book-free-download/

Speak to a Cancer Hair Care Specialist Hairdresser: https://www.cancerhaircare.co.uk/support-services-overview/contact-us/

What is minoxidil and will it help with my new hair growth?

https://www.cancerhaircare.co.uk/new-hair-growth-commonly-asked-qa-2/

Making Your Own Stimulating Scalp Oil Using ROSEMARY

https://youtu.be/MFKiih7NGWA?si=iGCAIi3iROKPmZRT

Book a consultation with a Cancer Hair Care Hairdresser

https://www.cancerhaircare.co.uk/support-services-overview/contact-us/

My amazing podcast poet is Donna Ashworth and you heard a poem from her new book ‘Growing Brave’ - available now in all online bookstores. You can find out more about Donna on her website, or follow her on Instagram and Facebook

Season Three was kindly sponsored by Breast Friends CIC – an organisation that truly understands the power of peer support for anyone on the breast cancer journey. Head over to www.breastfriends.co.uk to find out more. If you would like to sponsor Season Four, please get in touch at hello@oriordan.co.uk.

If you’ve got a question for the show, then please get in touch online or send me a voice note. You can find me on social media - Instagram, X and Facebook. A special thanks goes to medical student Tamara Enthoven for helping me to collate all the questions.

You can also watch this episode! Head to my Youtube channel @DrLizORiordan to see this season’s episodes as they are released and lots of other useful videos full of reliable information.

Subscribe to my monthly newsletter here to find out what I’ve been up to and what I’m recommending each month.

And you can now pre-order my third book ‘The Cancer Roadmap’ (out January 2025), or buy the updated edition of my first book ‘The Complete Guide to Breast Cancer: How to Feel Empowered and Take Control’. Plus, if you’re nosey and want to find out more about my life, my memoir ‘Under The Knife’ - is also available in all good bookshops.

Finally, if you loved the show and want to help other women like you find it, you can leave a 5-star review wherever you get your podcasts, or you can show your support to help keep the show going and buy me a coffee

How do you keep going when your world falls apart? Can you make a difference and turn a bad thing into a good thing? Is it possible to get your fitness back when treatment ends? To kick off Season 3 of So Now I’ve Got Breast Cancer, I’m speaking to a very special guest, the Olympian Donna Fraser OBE. She’s a quadruple Olympian sprinter who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009 while she was still a professional athlete. She has since been awarded an OBE for her services to equality, inclusion and diversity in the workplace and is a proud ambassador for the charity Breast Cancer Now.

Here are the resources that Donna mentioned:

Breast Cancer Now https://breastcancernow.org/

Her Spirit App https://www.herspirit.co.uk/

Donna’s website www.donnafraserofficial.com

If you’re a person of colour going through a breast cancer diagnosis, you may also find these support groups useful:

Black Women Rising - https://www.blackwomenrisinguk.org/

South Asian supernovas - @southasiansupernovas

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My amazing podcast poet is Donna Ashworth and you heard a poem from her new book ‘Growing Brave’ - available now in all online bookstores. You can find out more about Donna on her website, or follow her on Instagram and Facebook

Season Three was kindly sponsored by Breast Friends CIC – an organisation that truly understands the power of peer support for anyone on the breast cancer journey. Head over to www.breastfriends.co.uk to find out more. If you would like to sponsor Season Four, please get in touch at hello@oriordan.co.uk.

If you’ve got a question for the show, then please get in touch online or send me a voice note. You can find me on social media - Instagram, X and Facebook. A special thanks goes to medical student Tamara Enthoven for helping me to collate all the questions.

You can also watch this episode! Head to my Youtube channel @DrLizORiordan to see this season’s episodes as they are released and lots of other useful videos full of reliable information.

Subscribe to my monthly newsletter here to find out what I’ve been up to and what I’m recommending each month.

And you can now pre-order my third book ‘The Cancer Roadmap’ (out January 2025), or buy the updated edition of my first book ‘The Complete Guide to Breast Cancer: How to Feel Empowered and Take Control’. Plus, if you’re nosey and want to find out more about my life, my memoir ‘Under The Knife’ - is also available in all good bookshops.

Finally, if you loved the show and want to help other women like you find it, you can leave a 5-star review wherever you get your podcasts, or you can show your support to help keep the show going and buy me a coffee