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. May 28

    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

    30 min

  2. May 4

    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.

    29 min

  3. Apr 19

    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

    25 min

  4. Apr 3

    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

    24 min

  5. Mar 21

    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

    23 min

  6. Mar 8

    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

    16 min

  7. Mar 3

    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

    27 min
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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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