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Not Your Grandma’s Cancer Show
Diagnosed with cancer in your 20s, 30s or 40s? You’ve just found your people.
This podcast from Shine Cancer Support dives into the real stuff no one talks about after cancer — sex, menopause, friends who ghost, long-term side effects, gender, neurodiversity, and more.
Scroll through, grab a tea (or a margarita), and tune in. New episodes drop monthly.
Wanna hang out or learn more? Visit: www.shinecancersupport.org
Episodes
- Not Your Grandma’s Cancer Show
Ummm....where was I? Brain fog after cancer and cancer treatment
A huge percentage of people who have cancer and cancer treatment experience 'cancer-related cognitive impairment' - aka 'chemo brain' or 'brain fog'. In this…
- Not Your Grandma’s Cancer Show
Creativity, cancer, and relearning how to live
Dominic Walker is a filmmaker storyteller and in this episode, he shares his story of diagnosis and treatment for Grade 4 glioblastoma, as well as how he's…
- Not Your Grandma’s Cancer Show
Cancer souvenirs: the long-term impact of cancer and cancer treatment
In this episode, Tatum talks to Barbara and Rime about the long-term impact of cancer and cancer treatment - those "cancer souvenirs" that we often get left…
- Not Your Grandma’s Cancer Show
Cancer and Friendships
In this episode, Tatum talks to Neil and Elinor about friendships and cancer: how cancer impacts our friendships and how relationships might change through a…
- Not Your Grandma’s Cancer Show
Cancer Scams and Scammers
In this episode members of the Shine team talk about cancer scammers and scams - those people who fake cancer and offer up fake cancer cures - and how they…
Not Your Grandma’s Cancer ShowWeight and nutrition after cancer
In this episode, Tatum talks about weight (gaining it and losing it!) and how we can eat well with an eye on nourishing ourselves. Guests include Shine member…
- Not Your Grandma’s Cancer Show
Scanxiety
Tatum interviews Ceinwen, a founding Director of Shine, and then talks about “scanxiety” with Christopher and Meera, two young adults living with cancer.
- Not Your Grandma’s Cancer Show
Sex and cancer
Tatum welcomes Dr Isabel White, a Psychosexual Therapist and Oncology Nurse to discuss common issues faced by men and women during and after cancer treatment…
- Not Your Grandma’s Cancer Show
Coping with anxiety, stress and PTSD after cancer
Tatum talks to three young adults that have all faced a diagnosis of cancer and then coped with symptoms of anxiety, stress or PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress…
- Not Your Grandma’s Cancer Show
Travel, insurance and cancer
Tatum interviews Fiona, Shine member and founder of InsuranceWith, a specialist travel insurer for people with pre-existing conditions. She also talks to Kate…
- Not Your Grandma’s Cancer Show
We don’t talk about cancer
How do we respond when someone tells us to keep quiet about our diagnosis? In this episode Tatum talks to three guests who’ve had that experience. Jelilat…
- Not Your Grandma’s Cancer Show
When your parent has cancer
Produced in partnership with students from Townley Grammar School, in this episode Tatum talks to Chloe and Ed about what it’s like to be a teenager whose…
- Not Your Grandma’s Cancer Show
Dating after cancer
Dating can be tough at the best of times – but what about after cancer? In this episode of our podcast, Robin and Jess join Tatum in the studio to talk about…
- Not Your Grandma’s Cancer Show
The other half: being the partner of a young adult with cancer
In this episode of Not Your Grandma's Cancer Show, Tatum talks to Salma, Geoff, Matt, and Jason about what it’s like to be a partner of a young adult living…
- Not Your Grandma’s Cancer Show
Living with fatigue
In this episode, Tatum discusses the way in which fatigue affects us after cancer and talks to three guests who have all dealt with fatigue in different ways.
- Not Your Grandma’s Cancer Show
Working after cancer
In this episode, Tatum talks to George about his experiences of work during and after two experiences of leukaemia, as well as a coach who provides support to…
- Not Your Grandma’s Cancer Show
Being a ”cancer lifer”: when there’s no cure
In this episode of Not Your Grandma's Cancer Show, Tatum interviews Marbellys, Adam and Cara, all of whom are living with an incurable cancer diagnosis.
- Not Your Grandma’s Cancer Show
Cancer causes and cures
In this episode, Tatum talks to one of the world’s leading cancer researchers, Professor Gerard Evan, about the causes of cancer, why he’s optimistic about the…
- Not Your Grandma’s Cancer Show
Feeling guilty
In this episode, Tatum talks with Naveed, Mikki and Daniella about guilt, that surprising feeling that can be very powerful.
- Not Your Grandma’s Cancer Show
The end of the fertility line
In this episode we are talking about the end of the infertility line, when cancer has taken away the opportunity to have children. Terri, Clare and Tatum share…
- Not Your Grandma’s Cancer Show
Being a young man with cancer
In this episode, we talk with Dan, Mike and Neil about the impact of cancer and how, as men, they deal with emotions that can emerge.
- Not Your Grandma’s Cancer Show
Queer with Cancer
In this episode, Tatum talks to Stewart from Live through This about living with cancer as a member of the LGBTQ+ community.
- Not Your Grandma’s Cancer Show
Coping with Covid-19
Recorded in April 2020, in this episode, Tatum talks with Christopher, Rosie, Karen and Ceinwen who are all coping with cancer and Covid-19 (and isolating at…