When Chemo is the New Black

Podcast by calicante

English

Health & personal development

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About When Chemo is the New Black

What to do when you have a serious or recurrent cancer and chemo is the new black? This podcast is all about ways of dealing with recurrent cancer, managing treatment side effects, improving quality of life, finding hope and meaning, and hopefully, healing. The presenter is an Australian psychologist living in France with four year’s experience of dealing with recurrent ovarian cancer, although the topics relate to many types of cancer, as the episodes deal with questions that have come up for the presenter and also for so many others in the support groups and forums, as common themes for people dealing with cancer. This channel is an opportunity to learn from others’ experiences, and the podcast episodes are informed by psychological and other research on what helps people facing the various situations that come up when living with cancer. The episodes include practical therapy exercises that are commonly used in psychology therapy intervention, and also, hopefully, a few laughs!

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31 episodes

Episode 27: Honesty in Treatment

I discuss ways in which more honesty about treatment can increase hope, decrease the risk of medically induced PTSD, and increase patient trust in treating doctors. I also look at some of the ways to increase honesty in treatment if this is currently lacking.

22 Apr 2025 - 26 min

Episode 26: Dealing with Major Abdominal Surgery

Planning to get a tummy scar that looks like you wrestle with sharks? This episode looks at how to deal with the Mother of All Surgeries, from a practical and emotional standpoint. And for bragging rights afterwards ;)

2 Mar 2025 - 23 min

Episode 25: Bad News Survival Plan

If you are dealing with cancer, the chances are that you already know how to survive bad news. This episode talks through the phases of possible reactions that can come from getting bad news, and some of the ways to make this process easier, faster, and hopefully have less of a difficult longer term impact.

13 Feb 2025 - 26 min

Episode 24: Safety in Changing Relationships

Cancer will shake up your relationships, some will get stronger, others may be weaker or disappear, it's a good idea to take none of the shenanigans that can occur personally. This episode looks at some of the ways your relationships can change, warning signs for exploitative or unhelpful relationships, and how to protect yourself from toxicity and strengthen positive influences while maintaining yourself as a social being.

3 Feb 2025 - 34 min

Episode 23: About food and weight

How to eat for your current gut functioning, and still enjoy yourself. Also what to do when something goes wrong digestively speaking...(as well as contacting a dr and cancer-specialised nutritionist asap).

1 Feb 2025 - 39 min

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