Unwell Informed

WOW already half way through season 2!! Thanks for all the love and downloads…keep it coming. Keen to introduce our next guest…Will! At 21, Will was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. What followed was a whirlwind of learning how to live a normal life with a new condition, whilst developing a fresh outlook on life. This lead Will to pursue a study abroad program in England, and work a ski season in Canada. Will speaks to deal with the challenge of adjusting from life pre-diagnosis to living with Type 1 Diabetes. However, Will has found that staying optimistic and having a ‘glass half full’ mentality has allowed the diagnosis to not hinder his life in any way.It was a pleasure to chat to Will. He has a truly remarkable story about adjusting to a new life and making the most out of everything !!

In 2022, Clara was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia, an aggressive form of blood cancer. What followed was months of chemo, bone marrow biopsies and hospitalisation. Having never faced any health issues before, 19 year-old Clara and her family were thrown into a situation they never saw coming. While there were many mental and physical battles throughout her treatment, she felt that she has gained a newfound appreciation for life. Now she has nearly reached 4 years of remission and is back to the life she missed so much during her treatment.

When one sibling gets sick, the whole family changes. In this episode, Angus's sister, Grace, joins him to talk honestly about how his medical issues impacted her childhood, her independence, and her emotional world. It’s raw, reflective, and a reminder that illness doesn’t just affect the patient , it ripples outward. All while taking the piss out of each other, laughing through the heaviness, and proving that humour is sometimes the best survival tool.

In this episode, Bea reflects on life inside treatment — the long, grinding days of chemotherapy, the physical pain and quiet boredom, and the strange way time seemed to stretch and collapse all at once. She shares what it was like learning to live around appointments, side effects, and uncertainty, while still trying to hold onto humour, dignity, and pieces of normal life. This episode explores the isolation and intimacy of chemo, the small moments that carried her through, and the slow, often invisible work of endurance. It captures the reality of surviving treatment, not heroically or neatly, but honestly, and the version of herself that existed in the middle of it, when life was reduced to getting through the day.Written with AI

Welcome to Unwell Informed! In our very first episode, you'll meet the hosts; Angus and Bea, learn about their questionable genetics, and the family culture that treats medical trauma like dinner-table entertainment. We spill the origin story of how this podcast came to be a sort of “screw it, let’s start a podcast” moment. This episode sets the vibe for the entire series: honest, unfiltered, weirdly comforting, and aggressively unserious about serious stuff.In this episode:• Cousins with matching medical PTSD• Trauma but make it sitcom• Why humour is basically our life support• How to trust your body when it’s historically betrayed you• Our mission: keep you unwell informed every TuesdayIf laughter is the best medicine, consider this your very dodgy prescription.Hit play, send us your chaotic medical stories, and let’s kick off Body Talks, our first series all about listening to your body, backing yourself, and embracing the absurdity of being alive.Sign-off guarantee: no inspirational violins, just a lot of honesty, sarcasm, and one back brace too many.