Second film from Clare who explains the boredom of having to be an inpatient for 7 weeks, Clare decided to bring her bike to the hospital as she finds being active and getting fresh air makes her feel better it’s […]
Films Tagged: Siblings (65 films)
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
Youthhealthtalk.org features over 200 clips from interviews with young people talking about their experiences of cancer. All interviews are by Oxford University and aim to cover everything that young people with cancer go through; from early symptoms to treatment, recovery and […]
Youthhealthtalk – Impact on Family
Filmed at one of the excellent weekends that Teenage Cancer Trust organise for young people who are finishing/finished cancer treatment. Here we see a group of 13-18 year olds share their experience of what it’s like to go through treatment […]
The Way Forward : 13-18 yrs
It’s time for a catch up with Steph who is all happy, happy, happy as she has now returned to university and started her maintenance treatment which balancing the two seems to be quite manageable for Steph. We hear how […]
Steph Hayter Video Diary Part 7
Toni received treatment on an adult chemotherapy ward where she felt she was always seen as a talking point to other patients with her being so young compared to other people. Toni talks openly about how her cancer and treatment […]
Toni: Part 1
Part three of Introducing the Ruanes, Katie’s Mum talks about how she felt about having a daughter going through cancer while living away from the family home and tells about how Katie’s health had an impact on her own relationships […]
Introducing The Ruanes: Part 3
In this second instalment of meeting the Ruane family, here we discover more about how they coped with Katie’s diagnosis, describing the ups and downs of treatment and how, as a family, they dealt with what was occurring. As Katie […]
Introducing The Ruanes: Part 2
Highlights from ‘The Way Forward’ weekend in Wales, where former patients get together as a group and discuss and identify the issues that can arise once treatment is over and the procedures that need to be put into place to […]
The Way Forward – Wales
Diagnosed with Leukaemia, here we meet Katie, alongside her parents, Paula and Kevin and younger brother Milo. Discussing the initial shock of discovering Katie’s diagnosis, her family provide an insight into the first few weeks of being in hospital and […]
Introducing The Ruanes: Part 1
We meet Katie who’s brother Michael was diagnosed with leukaemia this year who introduces us to Michael who performs us an inspirational song with the fantastic voice that is his cousin Cherie.
My Movie
Here we are introduced to 25 year old Katie who was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukaemia three and a half years ago. Before diagnosis Katie was just your typical student – working hard, partying hard until March 2006 when Katie […]