Brain tumour patient Peter talks about how his body image issues have affected him throughout his life including through his cancer diagnosis. Peter talks honestly about how he’s tried to take control of food as he feels like he can’t control other […]
Time to hear about possible cancer treatments that might happen during a young person’s treatment plan. Here we meet Peter, Jen and Lucie who discuss their experiences of radiotherapy, chemotherapy and surgery.
Professor David Walker talks about Intrathecal Chemotherapy which is a way to give chemotherapy directly into the CSF via a port. Professor Walker explains how they are currently using this method of treatment on brain tumour patients and how they […]
Filmed in January 2013. It’s treatment day for Peter as he heads to hospital to receive Gamma Knife in hope to treat his remaining tumour that was left after surgery.
Filmed in February 2014. Peter FINALLY starts chemotherapy, something of which he’s been anxious to start. We hear how the first cycle of chemotherapy is going and how Peter forgot how much chemotherapy can wipe you out but Peter being Peter […]
Brain tumour patient Peter talks about how his body image issues have affected him throughout his life including through his cancer diagnosis. Peter talks honestly about how he’s tried to take control of food as he feels like he can’t control other […]
The young people share their experiences of how they managed various practical things after treatment such as education, employment and insurance. This film is apart of a series of films called “After Cancer Treatment…So What Now?” The collection of films […]
After cancer treatment the young people found themselves having to deal with a series of physical effects including fatigue, memory problems (chemo brain) body image issues and fertility problems. During this film the young people discuss how they have coped with […]
After cancer treatment the young people talk about how they tried to find a balance between staying healthy but also enjoying themselves too! This film is apart of a series of films called “After Cancer Treatment…So What Now?” The collection […]
The young people share how they felt finishing treatment and how sometimes it’s not as easy as they first thought ending treatment would be. This film is apart of a series of films called “After Cancer Treatment…So What Now?” The […]
Filmed in January 2014. Peter is back home after recently having a brain shunt fitted. Next on the agenda is to finally start chemotherapy which feels a long time coming for Peter.
After Cancer Treatment…So What Now? Is a series of 9 films coming soon to DVD and to jtvcancersupport.com that is made by young people from Sheffield that speak honestly about life after cancer treatment.
Professor David Walker talks about Intrathecal Chemotherapy which is a way to give chemotherapy directly into the CSF via a port. Professor Walker explains how they are currently using this method of treatment on brain tumour patients and how they […]
Professor David Walker talks about Intrathecal Chemotherapy which is a way to give chemotherapy directly into the CSF via a port. Professor Walker explains how they are currently using this method of treatment on brain tumour patients and how they […]
An unexpected operation delays the start of Peter’s upcoming chemotherapy as he heads down to surgery to have a shunt fitted.
Since October 2012 Peter has been finding that his cancer keeps reoccurring after having four years cancer free, the time now has come to have chemotherapy again but not before he spends some quality time with a couple of meerkats…yes […]