Getting the right advice and treatment are hugely important in your breast cancer journey. What doesn’t help are myths and disinformation- and there’s plenty of both out there.
Here’s the advice from Future Dreams: Don’t take anything without checking with your clinical team as everyone’s breast cancer diagnosis and prescribed medication is individual. They will be able to tell you if any treatments you are curious about are unfounded or how they will interact with your treatment.
In this episode, Victoria talks to journalist Jacquie Beltrao from Sky Sports and Dr Liz O’Riordan who has written a book on this very subject….
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For comments or feedback about the podcast, feel free to message us on Facebook or Instagram, or email us at social@futuredreams.org – we’d love to know what you think and we welcome your ideas for future episodes. Brought to you by the Future Dreams charity, “And Then Came Breast Cancer” is for everyone whose lives have been touched by the disease. Victoria is @VicDerbyshire on Twitter and Instagram.
Future Dreams has a range of support services available to you. We offer a wide range of in-person and online services providing practical, emotional and psychological support for those diagnosed with breast cancer, including one-to-one professional advice and counselling. We also host in-person or virtual support groups.
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Sylvie and Danielle began Future Dreams with just £100 in 2008. They believed nobody should face breast cancer alone. Their legacy lives on in Future Dreams House. We couldn’t continue to fund support services for those touched by breast cancer, raise awareness of breast cancer and promote early diagnosis and advance research into secondary breast cancer without your help. Please consider partnering with us or making a donation.