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Navigate the Cancer Maze with Survivors Fran Drescher and Grace Gawler
Cancer Schmancer is name that one could easily associate with Fran Drescher; loved by millions for her television role as The Nanny, this humorous, elegant, beautiful, fun loving celebrity has a more serious side to her life and mission. What connects Fran Drescher and Grace Gawler? Both women have experienced great life adversities. Both women are using their lives to help others through the course of early cancer diagnosis. Guest Info – Fran Drescher: Fran Drescher is an American film and television actress, comedian, producer, and activist. She is best known for her role as Fran Fine in the hit TV series, The Nanny for which she was nominated for two Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress in a Comedy Television Series during the show’s run. A uterine cancer survivor, Fran Drescher is an outspoken healthcare advocate and LGBT rights activist, and is noted for her work as a Public Diplomacy Envoy for Women’s Health Issues for U.S. State Department. A survivor of rape in 1985 and then diagnosed with uterine cancer in 2000, she wrote about her experiences in her second book, Cancer Schmancer. Her purpose. has also this book was to raise consciousness for men and women “to become more aware of the early warning signs of cancer, and to empower themselves.” The Cancer Schmancer Movement followed. Recently, a TV sitcom, Happily Divorced, has been a great success for Fran and her ex husband. She has recently created a children’s picture book, Being Wendy. More information at http://www.cancerschmancer.org/ Return to Home – for more uplifting Cancer Podcasts with Grace Gawler & Guests
Grace Gawler BBC Interview – Attitudinal Strategies for Survival
Grace Gawler I first worked in the UK in 1993 at what was then the Bristol Cancer Help Centre. I was to return many times over the years ahead giving practitioner trainings and patient workshops. I was delighted to work with and present for the London Breast Cancer Haven and the Helen Rollason Foundation in Essex. I returned to the UK ten years later in 2003 following surgery in the Netherlands that is discussed in this podcast. I presented the Penny Brohn Memorial lecture where I met Prof Karol Sikora who was then Professor of Cancer Medicine at the Imperial College London. The same year, during my convalescence, I re-edited and re-published my book for women with breast cancer – Women of Silence – The Emotional Healing of Breast Cancer – which has remained in demand ever since. Just before I had to leave the UK to return to Australia in 2004, Professor Sikora offered me a position in his Harley Street practice. It was one of those potentially life-changing moments; but I had to pass it by as family needs called me back home to Australia in 2004. As host and Creator of Navigating the Cancer Maze Australia and a similar show formerly hosted at Voice America; it is always good to remember what it is like in the shoes of the interviewee. The interview you will hear describes my own journey through illness and 22 surgical procedures. There are no dress rehearsals for suddenly being diagnosed with a chronic illness and if one doesn’t have knowledge and strategies in place that have been sculpted by the life already lived; healing and recovery becomes an even bigger challenge. After a surprise marriage separation that stunned and shocked me; I experienced a totally prolapsed uterus. The bottom literally fell out of my life within a few days and I became a surgical patient. Post-surgical complications led to rectal and partial bladder paralysis. At least I was fortunate when trauma and then repeated trauma struck; that my tenacity to survive and thrive was activated and not thwarted although I became very ill very quickly. I have a dogged personality and as my condition worsened, over several years I was not complacent and kept searching for a solution despite life and outcome being a very gloomy possibility. This is the place where often the battle with illness or cancer is won or lost. But it is not that simple! Due to previous training over decades, when I became the patient, I was able to recognise and balance my need for solid strategies I had learned previously; what we might call a mind-body approach. However, Mind-Body medicine has become rather a loose term, implying that just because you think positively, meditate, change your lifestyle, forgive everyone who has harmed you and do the right things etc; that somehow your disease or condition will suddenly get it and with new found understanding and personal work you will become well again. Not so! This is the same fallacy taught by many schools of thought in cancer healing and recovery. Many cancer patients believe they can make themselves cancer resistant and because of the massive changes and sacrifices they have made, that the cancer will simply go away! Thanks to the BBCs terrific interviewer, John Darvall, this interview explores the real and authentic nature of healing and recovery. One needs to remember that Holistic medicine has a hole in it if smart conventional medicine is not included. Return to Home – for more uplifting Cancer Podcasts with Grace Gawler & Guests
Navigating the Colo Rectal Cancer Maze with Professor Francis Seow Choen
The Journey from Cancer Patient to Famous Colorectal Surgeon – Today my special guest is Dr Francis Seow-Choen from Singapore. As a little boy he became medically famous when diagnosed with Burkitts lymphoma; the first recorded case in Singapore. After diagnosis & an arduous 6 months that included surgery, chemotherapy and radiation treatment; he survived! He was just 7 years old. Today, Dr Francis Seow-Choen is Dr Francis Seow-Choen is now an internationally recognised colorectal surgeon, currently practising at Mount Elizabeth Medical. Centre. He is Visiting Professor to the Tianjin Police Hospital, PR China, Visiting Professor to the National Centre for Colorectal Diseases, Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, PR China. The professor is an ardent entomologist, husband, father and above all he is a surgeon & survivor who beat the odds and inspires others through his life and vocation. See more at gracegawlermedia.com Dr Francis Seow-Choen – Dr. Seow-Choen graduated from the National University of Singapore in 1981 and obtained his higher surgical qualifications in 1987. He subsequently sub-specialised in colorectal surgery in 1989 where he worked with the world-class surgeons of St Marks’ Hospital in London. Dr. Seow-Choen then returned and helped establish the first colorectal surgery department in Asia at Singapore General Hospital (SGH). Dr. Seow-Choen has established himself in the field of colorectal surgery. He is leading the development of colorectal surgery in Asia particularly in the area of robotic technique, and has frequently conducted trainings in a number of countries, including the USA, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Indian, Pakistan, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. He is frequently consulted by surgeons from all over the world with regard to the best method of handling difficult cases. Contact via http://www.colorectalcentre.com/eng/ Return to Home – for more uplifting Cancer Podcasts – Grace Gawler & Guests
ABC Interview Author Sandy Mackinnon – Our Survivor-Ship Launch Speaker
The Grace Gawler Institute’s Survivor-ship launched by Author Sandy Mackinnon… Nov 2015 After hearing Richard Fidler’s interview with Sandy (AJ) Mackinnon on Radio National last year, I just knew that he would be the perfect guest speaker for the Launch of our U-CAN-TRI Survivorship sailing canoe and I was right! He was! Entertaining and a real adventurer sandy portrays a value-add story about Survivorship – surviving through adventure. The more you read about Survivors from many walks of life the better equipped you will be to navigate your own survivorship maze. Richard Fidlers interview with Sandy Mackinnon focuses on a sense of adventure, passion for exploring the world, trust, relationships and the kindness of strangers as well as the outcome of open ended possibility thinking. This interview and Sandy’s book open up the imagining adventurer that most of us enjoyed as children for example Narnia, Dr Doolittle and so on. Highly recommended and entertaining listening! Here is a vignette of Sandy’s survivorship story. The book he wrote about his adventure is titled The Unlikely Voyage of Jack de Crow! Equipped with cheerful optimism and a pith helmet, sandy set sail in a Mirror dinghy traveling from the borders of North Wales to the Black Sea 4,900 kilometres over salt and fresh water, under sail, at the oars, or at the end of a tow-rope through twelve countries, 282 locks and numerous trials and adventures, including an encounter with Balkan pirates. Along the way he experiences the kindness of strangers, gets very lost, and perfects the art of slow travel. His story of adventure, fun and survival is extraordinary! Sandy’s second book The Well at the World’s End is also wonderful reading! eBook version: Sandy’s book is highly recommended Christmas reading. Buy on Amazon http://www.amazon.com.au/The-Unlikely-Voyage-Jack-Crow-ebook/dp/B00A720BQO Soft/hard cover Book: http://www.blackincbooks.com/books/unlikely-voyage-jack-de-crow-0 Footnote: U- CAN -TRI was officially launched at Hollywell Yacht Club on Saturday 21st November 2015. It was a memorable night of celebrating Survivorship with a Calypso band from the Caribbean, great food, wine and inspiring guest speakers. Return to Home – for more uplifting Cancer Podcasts – Grace Gawler & Guests
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