Living with cancer

Well, I remember ads years ago on radio that they used to say, "Cancer is only a word, not a sentence." But it's a sentence, all right, when you get it in your family. It...

It's vitally important, I think, that people really access the services that are there for you because, you know, I think we used most of them and they just made the journey that much easier....

I had the nicest GP. He's since retired and he said to me, "Now, look, Maxine," he said, "They're going to take over down there, but," he said,...

A patient, first of all, has to be fit for any major surgery, so they need to not have heart failure or severe heart disease, for example. Patients need to be able to cope with losing the amount of...

When a person's diagnosed with lung cancer, they often are involved with a team of health professionals and we often call that the 'multidisciplinary lung cancer team'. And...

I did a little bit of reading from pamphlets and I did a course, but it was all too much for me. I couldn't comprehend it very well. Sometimes when doctors are explaining treatments and tests...

It's so hard and 61 years... I went to Uluru and... I was there for five days before I went into Alice Springs. And at the rock, I made a promise that I wouldn't smoke again. Quitting...

Well, cancer, people are frightened, I was frightened of the word 'cancer'. It immediately meant 'death'. And wasn't sure if it was going to be that minute or...

Sometimes being diagnosed with any type of cancer, and in this case particularly lung cancer, can be incredibly difficult for the individual. It was really quite a revelation, you know, and it... sort...

When a person's diagnosed with lung cancer, they commonly want to know how long are they going to live. And they'll often ask their doctor that question. And some doctors are somewhat...