i m lauren mahon, proud founder of girlsvscancer. and he is steve bland, who will always be known as steve bland. if you have just started listening, you are so 2018, hon. where have you been? but we have covered a load of topics and you might find them helpful, or a loved one might find them helpful. we ve spoken to all sorts of incredible people you can find it on bbc sounds or anywhere you get your podcasts. we, tonight, arejoined by actress victoria ekanoye. you may recognise her from gracing the cobbles of coronation street or national favourite the royals. and since her diagnosis of breast cancer in 2021, our wonderful victoria has opened up about her experience and the importance of breast health. and joining victoria, we ve got a man who probably needs no introduction to us, because he s very much part of the story, but he might need an introduction to you one of our favourite oncologists, he s the christie s dr sacha howell. sasha, you actually have been a friend of the po
i know my mum loved, the sea. so i said to rachael, write everything down. everything you ve ever thought, everything you ve ever watched, every you know, freddie will lap it up when gets older. and i felt, you know, that was very cathartic for rachael, writing that book, i believe. can i ask, because obviously you knew rachael before and during cancer treatment. did you see rachael change in any way once she started the podcast? was there anything you saw in her? she was already a great broadcaster, she became better broadcaster. she was such a natural broadcaster but she she knew her own mind. so through that podcast, you know, like we re put on earth to do one thing well probably in our lives and we all get remembered for that. she was put on earth to produce that podcast, put you lot together, and save people s lives. notjust their lives, by mental health as well, by allowing them to talk about things, so ijust saw rachael grow as a woman and as a mother and as a wife and a
so i did a series for 5 live called losing mum, which dealt with how children deal with that and what should happen and what didn t happen then, and rachael had the idea for the podcast at the same time, so it was all kind of symbiotic. i talked to her, she talked to me, and that s the way it went, really, and she educated me beyond all belief about talking honestly about cancer. i d say things on air and she d glare at me i mean, you know that! i was her radio husband and i only got half of it. laughter but she could deal with situations, rachael, and she s what you ve done, you three and four, isjust absolutely incredible, i feel. i said to you earlier, steve, it s like rachaeljust suddenly said, marvel avengers assemble! and she s got together the best cast. it s incredible, isn t it? because if you look at the jump from i ve got a kind of similar story. my mum s mum died before i was born and the family didn t know until a week or two before she died that she was even ill.
laughter. al right! but i ve sat i ve only ever sat in a studio and known that a podcast was going to be brilliant. i turned to you and ijust we were four minutes in, i remember looking at the clock, i was like, we re four minutes in, al. this is going to be amazing. the rest is history. that was it. well, there s only one way that we could readily wrap this up, and i ll be honest she didn t always get the outro right. laughter. but there were a couple of occasions that she did, so we re gonna give the last word to our deb. thank you guys for listening. remember, you can contact us on all forms of social media . by using the hashtag #youmebigc. - if you could write a review, leave a rating and spread l the word about this podcast, we d really appreciate it. - thank you to everybody who has done so far. i goodbye! bye! ijust nailed that! in one! sorry, that was really loud. i never do that! ever! cheering and applause. thanks for downloading the you, me and the big c podcast. -
and i was able to channel me. i ve got have one video of my mum, it s on a little cd, and she sjust looking at the sea. and i always remember my uncle arthur saying, your mum loved the sea . and i didn t know that. and i ve latched on to that s the only thing i know my mum loved, the sea. so i said to rachael, write everything down. everything you ve ever thought, everything you ve ever watched, every you know, freddie will lap it up when gets older. and i felt, you know, that was very cathartic for rachael, writing that book, i believe can i ask, because obviously you knew rachael before and during cancer treatment. did you see rachael change in any way once she started the podcast? was there anything you saw in her? she was already a great broadcaster, she became better broadcaster. she was such a natural broadcaster but she she knew her own mind. so through that podcast, you know, like we re put on earth to do one thing well probably in our lives and we all get remembe