Mortal And Strong - Voice No. 48 Siobhan

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 disease is incurable. Siobhan shares the emotional journey that goes along with a stage 4 diagnosis; in particular addresses the much needed topic of changing the stigma of palliative care; and how so many people avoid the services for fear of the connotation of an imminent end. Siobhan talks about how living life for the moment, for the here and now is so important. Despite being at the end stages of her journey, Siobhan's love for her friends, for life and for raising awareness of so much stigma and social attitudes is humbling and we are so grateful to have her as one of our Voices. Another beautiful, humble Voice to share messages of strength and resilience to our Scars of Gold campaign.

Mortal and Strong is a registered charity and presenting our debut campaign Scars of Gold™️. A health awareness campaign using art to shine the spotlight on women facing their own mortality - those affected at a young age by a life changing illness or disease but sharing messages of hope and strength. Founded by Dr Liz Murray, Photography by Sammy Weston. Charity No. 1209448. For more information visit our website.

For more information on support available for these issues discussed in todays episode, including direction to medical information, visit our website. This episode is not intended as specific medical advice, always see your own GP/physician if you have any concerns regarding your own health. 

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