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Jo vs Cancer

Jo vs Cancer

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 Jo McKenzie-McLean’s life was turned upside down after a stage 4 bowel cancer diagnosis. In this candid podcast, the mother-of-two joins friend and fellow journalist Colleen O’Hanlon to explore life with an incurable illness. Through tears and laughter, Jo shares her experience - from diagnosis to surgery and chemo; from the impact on self-identity and her loved ones to facing the future. Jo vs Cancer is a vulnerable yet powerful series of conversations that provides insights you’ll wish you had years ago.Stuff 2022 © Hygiene & Healthy Living Physical Illness & Disease Social Sciences
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  • Trailer

    Trailer
    Nov 8 2022
    Jo McKenzie-McLean’s life was turned upside down after a stage 4 bowel cancer diagnosis. In this candid podcast, the mother-of-two joins friend and fellow journalist Colleen O’Hanlon to explore life with an incurable illness. Through tears and laughter, Jo shares her experience - from diagnosis to surgery and chemo; from the impact on self-identity and her loved ones to facing the future. Jo vs Cancer is a vulnerable yet powerful series of conversations that provides insights you’ll wish you had years ago.
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    1 min
  • Episode 1: Diagnosis

    Episode 1: Diagnosis
    Nov 20 2022
    Jo explains her motivation for making this podcast, recalls becoming fast friends with Colleen and shares the first part of her cancer story. The aspiring ultra-marathon runner discusses the gradual deterioration of her health, her fight for a colonoscopy and the life-changing moment she was told she had a tumour in her bowel. A range of organisations, including the Cancer Society and Bowel Cancer NZ, offer support services and information to cancer patients and their whanau. For a longer list, visit Health Navigator.
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    45 mins
  • Episode 2: Surgery

    Episode 2: Surgery
    Nov 20 2022
    In the aftermath of surgery to remove a tumour “like a big wedge of pizza”, Jo was faced with difficult conversations: what to tell her kids and the choice between public and private healthcare. She also discovered the power of hope and humour. She laughs with Colleen about her first post-op fart - and the extremely intimate story she told medical students in hospital. A range of organisations, including the Cancer Society and Bowel Cancer NZ, offer support services and information to cancer patients and their whanau. For a longer list, visit Health Navigator.
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    36 mins
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