Footage taken from this years One Week In Cancer filming project where we asked young people with cancer to film their week. It’s not long before Lily’s birthday but first Lily has to spent a few days in hospital to deal with […]
Films Tagged: CT Scan (20 films)
Before Nathan was diagnosed with Burkitt’s Lymphoma he had been studying overseas and having the time of his life in Canada and Germany. When Nathan came back to Australia he started experiencing tiredness and after numerous appointments, blood tests and […]
Nathan Pember
Alfie was halfway through his second year of university when he first noticed chest pains, after numerous GP visits nothing seemed to help with the pain, eventually Alfie was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia. We hear about Alfie’s diagnosis, treatment […]
Our Voice – Alfie Carpenter
Filmed as apart of the Our Voice series here we meet Shelley who was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma at the age of 23. Shelley tells us how she was diagnosed with cancer and how she copes with her illness. Our Voice […]
Our Voice – Shelley Joyce
It’s a day that Peter thought would never happen but a phone call from the hospital has put Peter’s health up in the air. We see Peter in the weeks up to his brain surgery talking about the possibility of […]
The Relapse Diaries : Pre-Op – Part One
Laura was 18 years old when she first started to notice her symptoms but mixed with usual university worries and the infamous ‘fresher flu’ Laura thought it was nothing to worry about and continued student life! The symptoms soon got […]
Laura’s journey with Hodgkin’s
Stacy was diagnosed at 21 years old with an aggressive primitive neuroectodermal tumour back in 2007 after months of visiting her GP with symptoms of passing blood and a large lump on her side. Stacy eventually requested an opinion from […]
Stacy’s Story
A revealing film on the important topic that is late diagnosis, young people share their experience on how doctors continued to miss their symptoms and how these impacted on their daily lives.
Late Diagnosis
Part 2 of Emma’s blog sees her preparing for another long stint in hospital, as well as waiting to see the results of the mini-beam treatment she has been receiving, chemotherapy used in smaller doses to create a more effective […]
Emma Hargreaves: video blog part 2
In part 1 of Emma’s blog, we hear how tiredness is affecting her as she feels the results of her last lot of chemo, and follow her as she has a Pulmonary Function Test, a measure of how well the […]
Emma Hargreaves: video blog part 1
The second part of Bonnie’s April diary sees her eagerly awaiting her latest CT scan results amongst dealing with some not-so-nice side effects including tiredness and a few crazy dreams! The race for life fund is steadily rising as Bonnie […]
Bonnie’s Diary April ’08 (part 2)
Always equipped with excellent advice, Bonnie talks about dealing with stoma bags and explains the complex process of wearing one constantly. With her hair increasingly falling out, she updates us on the latest loss of hair and, as chemo takes […]