In the first two episodes of Burning Question, Bhairavi examined the many complex emotions a cancer diagnosis inevitably brings. Alongside these emotions, physical changes during the cancer journey often impacts how patients look or how they live their lives, and this in turn can cause severe emotional distress. Some of these changes are visible - hair loss from chemotherapy, fluctuations in body weight, scarring or losing a part of the body from surgery. Other changes like extreme fatigue and infertility may not be visible, but impacts patients and families just as deeply.

So how can one adequately prepare themselves and their family for these changes? How can one live life as fully as possible, before, during or after treatment? In this episode, we hear from survivors Kaveri Ganapathy Ahuja and Aashna Suvarna about their respective cancer journeys and how they have learnt to cope with the long-term impacts cancer treatment has had on their bodies, lifestyle and relationships. Bhairavi also gets Andy Anderson’s perspective. A former oncology nurse and Centre Head of Maggie’s in Edinburgh, Andy talks about the importance of creating supportive infrastructure to better prepare patients and families for the complexities of cancer.

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