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MORTAL AND STRONG - The Podcast

Mortal And Strong

A unique series of interviews led by Mortal And Strong charity founder, Dr Liz Murray. Season 1 follows 100 women from the Scars of Gold campaign; an innovative health campaign putting the spotlight on women facing life changing or incurable health conditions at a young age. Exploring all health conditions from cancer to autoimmune conditions, gynaecological conditions, neurological...discussing how these women have faced life changing health problems but found a way to navigate through it and how

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44:34

Mortal And Strong - Voice No 59 Nikki S

MORTAL AND STRONG - The Podcast ·

2025/01/05

Another wonderful episode with a beautifully light hearted and life-affirming soul that is Nikki. Nikki shares how her life as a mum, teacher and wife was turned upside down by her breast cancer diagnosis. Nikki is such a vibrant soul who is honest about the side effects of chemotherapy, how she took a holiday to Disneyland Florida in between chemo and radiotherapy, and how she approached limiting what information was shared with her 5 year old daughter whilst also preparing information to share

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Mortal And Strong - Voice No. 58 - Tash

MORTAL AND STRONG - The Podcast ·

2025/01/01

Introducing our latest Voice - the lovely Tash. In this episode (one of our first recorded) Tash shares her experiences of Endometriosis. Tash has had so much of her life dominated by this gynaecological disease in which uterine tissue grows outside of the uterus into the abdomen causing organ damage, chronic pain and a very debilitating disease.Tash shares her journey and how she felt she experienced medical gaslighting for so long before being taken seriously, which resulted in a delayed diagnosis

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29:58

Mortal And Strong - Voice No. 54 Emily

MORTAL AND STRONG - The Podcast ·

2024/11/17

Introducing our next wonderful Voice, the lovely Emily sharing her journey with secondary breast cancer. Two years after being given the all clear following a lumpectomy for primary breast cancer, a trip to A&E led to an unexpected secondary (metastatic breast cancer) diagnosis. Emily is now 5 years on living with secondary breast cancer and has a very pragmatic approach to the journey. Emily has found that confronting her mortality directly has been cathartic and given her a sense of control

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39:43

Mortal And Strong - Voice No. 53 -Maria

MORTAL AND STRONG - The Podcast ·

2024/11/15

Introducing our latest thought-provoking Voice providing a spotlight on more important topics of conversation; the wonderful and bubbly Maria. Maria first had primary breast cancer which responded well to treatment. A few years later Maria was found to have lung cancer which had already spread beyond the pleura of the lungs during the surgery and so was Stage 4 (NSCLC). Maria talks so much about such important social stigmas that need addressing; having been asked so many times within the healthcare

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41:14

Mortal And Strong - Voice No. 51 - Sammy

MORTAL AND STRONG - The Podcast ·

2024/10/31

Voice No. 51 is also our Scars of Gold photographer and campaign co-director - the wonderfully bubbly and positive Sammy Weston. Sammy's journey with chronic illness began when she was 11 years old and is a story that until recently Sammy has struggled to talk about publicly because of the social stigma of disease. Sammy was still only a child when she developed meningitis which then led to significant post-infection complications seeing her housebound for several years having to be home schooled

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49:32

Mortal And Strong - Voices Revisited - Amy W

MORTAL AND STRONG - The Podcast ·

2024/10/23

**Trigger Warning - Sensitive conversations discussing end of life reflections.** In this one-off episode we revisit Voice No. 1 from the 2024 campaign. The decision to revisit Amy's journey at this point was after careful consideration with Amy, who is also a Trustee for the Mortal And Strong charity. This episode was filmed from a Norfolk hospice where Amy is currently in the final weeks of her life, after reaching the end of the treatment options available for her secondary breast cancer. Amy's

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33:49

Mortal And Strong - About Mortal And Strong

MORTAL AND STRONG - The Podcast ·

2024/10/22

This is a special episode - a recording of an interview with Dr Liz Murray on how Mortal And Strong came to be, and where it is heading and the vision of the team. A special one-off as we reach 50 of the 100 Voices in the 2024/25 Scars of Gold health awareness campaign. 7 months since the first podcast episode was released we are now half way through our first campaign. Mortal And Strong is a registered charity, founded by Dr Liz Murray after having to leave her career as a doctor for over 10 years

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Mortal And Strong - Voice No. 49 - Jules Stone

MORTAL AND STRONG - The Podcast ·

2024/10/18

Welcome to our latest episode interviewing another beautiful and inspiring Voice - Jules Stone. Jules Stone is not only a Voice but also one of our artists. Here she shares her journey of being diagnosed with breast cancer not once, but twice. In her 40's Jules was diagnosed with primary breast cancer (triple negative, DCI) and after having treatment, not longer after reaching the 5 year all clear mark, Jules had a new primary in the other breast. Jules then had to go through the whole treatment of

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45:27

Mortal And Strong - Voice No. 48 Siobhan

MORTAL AND STRONG - The Podcast ·

2024/10/13

Another beautiful soul sharing her story with us - the adorable loving Siobhan. Siobhan shares with us her recent journey of being diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer just 3 years ago and how despite initially being a primary diagnosis, within months of finishing the treatment a recurrence to the lymph nodes quickly became metastases to her liver. Siobhan has spent the last 3 years going through treatment and living with the life changing diagnosis of cancer, and more recently knowing the

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44:47

Mortal And Strong - Voice No. 47 Sophie

MORTAL AND STRONG - The Podcast ·

2024/10/07

Introducing our next interview with Voice number 47 of 100 and the gentle, lovely soul Sophie. Sophie was just 22 years old when she was diagnosed with stage 4 Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma a type of blood cancer. It took over 9 months to get a diagnosis and by this time Sophie had a 15cm tumour growing on the inside of her chest. After going through chemotherapy, radiotherapy Sophie then got married and was hoping to find some normality again. Just weeks after her honeymoon Sophie found a neck lump and

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40:19

Mortal And Strong - Voice No. 41 Emma R

MORTAL AND STRONG - The Podcast ·

2024/09/09

Another wonderful interview with not only Voice No. 41 but Emma R is also one of our artists for the upcoming exhibition. Emma is sharing her very moving story of how she went from being a carer two children with complex needs, to having a very major brainstem stroke at the age of 41. Whilst driving on a 70mph motorway Emma had a stroke and was initially dismissed as having a panic attack. After 6 months in a neurorehabilitation unit Emma had to wait to find out if her vision or use of her hands

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39:04

Mortal And Strong - Voice No. 38 Michelle

MORTAL AND STRONG - The Podcast ·

2024/08/30

Another wonderful voice and the vivacious and bubbly soul that is Michelle C. Michelle shares her story of primary cancer and as with every one of our voices, her story offers very poignant insights into breast awareness. It was through the fantastic rare opportunity that a brilliant nurse took the opportunity during a routine smear to have a discussion about breast examination with Michelle. More importantly - the nurse educated Michelle on the importance of also examining lying down as well as

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35:43

Mortal And Strong - Voice No. 37 Laura W

MORTAL AND STRONG - The Podcast ·

2024/08/26

Here we have another insightful and poignant episode with the wonderful human that is Laura W. Laura is a leading volunteer behind the Nipple Innovation Project (Nip) charity and has a very unique story to share. Laura first experienced a rare cancer as an infant, developing Sarcoma of the uterus. After growing up not expecting to have any cancer recurrence, she then went on to not only develop another rare form of cancer but the journey of her cancer was a very atypical one which led her on a long

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38:28

Mortal And Strong - Voice No. 35 Sarah Doherty

MORTAL AND STRONG - The Podcast ·

2024/08/07

Here is another incredible Voice in the campaign - Sarah Doherty sharing her journey to being diagnosed with MS (Multiple Sclerosis) at the age of 27 after having several episodes of optic neuritis. MS is an autoimmune condition that attacks the brain/spinal cord/nervous system causing demyelination - a neurological condition which manifests differently for each person and affects women more than men. Sarah's story is a true example of the need for patient's to do their own research and know how to

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44:37

Mortal And Strong - Voice No. 34 - Roisin

MORTAL AND STRONG - The Podcast ·

2024/08/04

Introducing Roisin - another unique Voice to the campaign sharing several poignant reflections and experiences on her journey to secondary breast cancer. Roisin was 34 weeks pregnant when diagnosed with primary breast cancer ager 32. Her journey shares a rare viewpoint of how the early days of having a new baby were conflicted by the immense fear of having a mastectomy with a 6 day old baby and having chemotherapy during her maternity leave. After initially having primary breast cancer, Roisin began

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52:26

Mortal And Strong - Voice No. 30 - Sarah B

MORTAL AND STRONG - The Podcast ·

2024/07/19

*This episode was recorded 'on the road' as part of the campaign travelling the country to capture the 100 Voices and their stories.Introducing another Voice to the collection - Sarah B sharing her very complex journey with EDS, POTS, MCAS and Breast Cancer. It took Sarah over 15 years to finally get her diagnosis of Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (EDS), which is known as a 'zebra disease'. The term zebra disease refers to the fact doctors in medical school are taught to 'think horses when they hear hooves,

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43:31

Mortal And Strong - Episode 24 - Clare

MORTAL AND STRONG - The Podcast ·

2024/06/14

Introducing another podcast episode of Mortal And Strong and in this episode we have the immensely inspirational advocate for vulva cancer - Clare. Clare's journey with Stage 3 vulva cancer is hugely important to raise awareness and address social stigmatisation of disease and the taboos around terminology of our intimate anatomy. Clare had an undiagnosed condition for over 30 years (from the age of 5) with symptoms of an itchy vulva that was missed for many years. The condition Lichen Sclerosis is

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38:01

Mortal And Strong - Episode 23 - Anjlee

MORTAL AND STRONG - The Podcast ·

2024/06/11

In this episode we share the conversation with Anjlee, Voice No. 21 of the Spotlight Campaign for Mortal And Strong.Anjlee shares her journey from being a mum in her 30's with two young children, working as a pre-school teacher and enjoying life. After seeing a post on social media raising awareness on the importance of being breast aware, Anjlee checked her breasts and discovered a lump. Months later her journey with primary triple negative breast cancer began. Following treatment with a

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36:10

Mortal And Strong - Episode 22 - Sarah P

MORTAL AND STRONG - The Podcast ·

2024/06/03

Voice No. 20....1/5th the way through our 100 Voices and here we have a very rare and unique Voice sharing insight into something hardly ever discussed or even known about. The delightfully optimistic and life-loving Sarah sharing her journey of having two very rare conditions (one of which linked to a genetic mutation) - HNPP (Hereditary Neuropathy With Pressure Palsies) and Hypermetabolism. These two conditions are unrelated but complicate each other. At 31 Sarah went from being a healthy mum

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Mortal And Strong The Podcast - Voice No. 19 - Jules

MORTAL AND STRONG - The Podcast ·

2024/05/30

Another one of the 100 Voices and we have the fabulous and life-embracing Jules sharing her journey with incurable lung cancer. Jules was diagnosed 2 years ago in her late 30's with incurable lung cancer. The rare cancer had already spread to her pelvis, spine and more recently recognised her brain. Jules talks so openly and honestly about how she was immediately devastated, fearing she had months to live, and how the realisation that modern medications and the support of the palliative care team

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