Surviving Breast Cancer; one woman's story of the loneliness no one talks about | S5 E10

About this episode

Victoria shares her experience of being diagnosed with breast cancer and the loneliness that accompanies it.

On this week's How To Have Extraordinary Relationships, I talk to 'Victoria' about what happened when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She generously offered to come on the show for many reasons; one was to help other people who have cancer and also those around them but the other one is to talk about what many people fear; what do you do when you are told you have a major illness that will involve difficult decisions, surgery, chemo, pain etc and you are alone? She is talking to me anon...

People in this episode

Host: Lucy Cavendish

Guest: Victoria

Topics covered

• breast cancer
• loneliness
• major illness
• surgery
• chemo
• support

Keywords

• breast cancer
• loneliness
• diagnosis
• surgery
• chemo
• support
• major illness

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