Inflammatory Breast Cancer WTF?!

Inflammatory Breast Cancer WTF?!
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Join Zoe and her mother Laura as they talk about their experience of Inflammatory Breast Cancer. New episodes every other week. Follow on Instagram @InflammatoryBreastCancer_WTF for updates.

Episodes

  1. 1 Aug

    Humans in the loop

    The lull between surgery and radiotherapy gives space for roving thoughts. Zoe is de-institutionalising, Laura is watching doomy thrillers, and we're feeling a bit more human.

  2. 15 Jul

    It’s all come down to this….

    We're back, after a hectic month finishing chemo, prepping for surgery, having surgery, recovering from surgery. It’s mostly about surgery! Follow on Instagram @inflammatorybreastcancer_WTF. Resources (not recommendations) LYMPHA DIEP Flap Reconstruction: Everything you need to know Breast Advocate Breast reconstruction using tissue from your tummy Breast reconstruction

  3. 15 Jun

    1 in 30,000

    Zoe is preparing for surgery. And having spent too much time in hospitals, she and Laura are obsessing about spaces and weaponised words. What are the odds of getting Inflammatory Breast Cancer? Thanks to magical thinking, Zoe has raised her chance of a big lottery win. Follow on Instagram @inflammatorybreastcancer_WTF Resources Dame Phyllida Barlow DBE RA The Essential Leonard Cohen

  4. 28 May

    Surgical Speculations

    Zoe and Laura update the story so far, ramble about AC chemo, reconstructive surgery, and why rowing and the Thames mean so much to Zoe. Oh and why Laura probably won’t write a book called ‘All about me’. Follow on Instagram @inflammatorybreastcancer_WTF. Resources Breast Cancer Predict Tool American Cancer Society Dana Farber Breast Cancer Now Macmillan Cancer Support IBC Network UK The IBC Network Foundation

  5. 4 May

    90s Bangers and the Red Devil

    Goodbye Paclitaxol and hello AC. Check those side effects! Zoe and Laura are figuring out how a mother helps her adult daughter, and Zoe is challenged by the weird world of breast reconstruction.

  6. 19 Apr

    Getting on My Nerves

    Zoe's taste buds have taken a hike, Laura got an MBE, all the 'parents' are happy with how treatment is going, and we dig into Inflammatory Breast Cancer getting lost in the wider breast cancer conversation. Follow on Instagram @inflammatorybreastcancer_WTF Links: Macmillan - Heart Health and Cancer Treatment British Heart Foundation - Chemotherapy and the Heart Macmillan - Peripheral neuropathy NHS - Peripheral neuropathy overview

  7. 3 Apr

    Pass the Port

    It's not about the wine...more's the pity! Zoe and Laura dive into portacath world, and blether about being pissed off with your body when you get Inflammatory Breast Cancer. Resources Cancer Research UK https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/treatment/chemotherapy/how-you-have/into-your-vein/portacath Macmillan https://www.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-information-and-support/treatment/types-of-treatment/cancer-drug-treatments/implantable-ports

  8. 21 Mar

    IBC and f-e-r-t-i-l-i-t-y

    Zoe and Laura have a less personal conversation on the different fertility preservation options when you have Inflammatory Breast Cancer. Make sure you stay till the bitter end! Follow on Instagram @InflammatoryBreastCancer_WTF Links: Cancer and fertility management: FIGO best practice advice https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ijgo.70426 Macmillan https://www.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-information-and-support/impacts-of-cancer/fertility NHS https://mft.nhs.uk/saint-marys/services/gynaecology/reproductivemedicine/fertility- preservation-for-patients-diagnosed-with-cancer/ Cancer, Fertility and Me https://cancerfertilityandme.org.uk/CFM-home https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9280471/ Breast Cancer Now https://breastcancernow.org/media-assets/pyck233u/bcc28-fertility-pregnancy-and-breast-cancer-web.pdf BMJ Oncology https://bmjoncology.bmj.com/content/5/1/e000843

  9. 8 Mar

    St. Brigid's Day - Lá Fhéile Bríde

    It's St Brigid's Day and Zoe's starting chemo for Inflammatory Breast Cancer. We talk about the first session, NHS and private health care, and leave fertility for another day. Follow on Instagram @InflammatoryBreastCancer_WTF

  10. 3 Mar

    WTF just happened?!

    Blindsided by a diagnosis of Inflammatory Breast Cancer at 36, Zoe and her mother Laura give a patient's perspective on symptoms, treatment and battling to keep things normal. Follow on Instagram @InflammatoryBreastCancer_WTF

  • 10 Episodes

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Join Zoe and her mother Laura as they talk about their experience of Inflammatory Breast Cancer. New episodes every other week. Follow on Instagram @InflammatoryBreastCancer_WTF for updates.

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  • Creator
    Inflammatory Breast Cancer WTF?!
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    10
  • Rating
    Explicit

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