About Deborah’s 13th Operation
You, Me and the Big C: Putting the can in cancer
BBC
4.8 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 1 July 2021
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Deborah speaks with Lauren and Steve about the latest changes with her cancer, the complications, resulting adjustments to her treatment and what the next steps are.
For the second week running, we also hear from a team mum! Debs' mum Heather puts on the headphones to share how things have been going from a parent's perspective.
Don't forget, you can get in touch by using the #YouMeBigC across all forms of social media - spread the word and share the positive support.
Email youmebigc@bbc.co.uk
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:12.3 | I haven't had chemotherapy in like three years, |
| 0:14.6 | so it's a great option. |
| 0:15.8 | Suddenly that option wasn't on the table anymore. |
| 0:18.3 | And it's because if you give me the drugs, |
| 0:20.8 | the drugs will kill me because my liver can process it. |
| 0:24.3 | And that, I have to say, was the scariest thing |
| 0:27.8 | that I've ever experienced. |
| 0:29.2 | I'm suddenly realise that actually I might die of liver failure |
| 0:32.6 | than the cancer. |
| 0:33.7 | And I just thought, wow, like, it's real. |
| 0:36.5 | Like, suddenly death isn't one step away. |
| 0:38.4 | It's the next step away. |
| 0:48.0 | Hello and welcome to You Me and the Big C. |
| 0:50.4 | I'm Laura Mann, known on socials as Girl vs Cancer. |
| 0:54.0 | We have Deborah James, aka Balbaib. |
| 0:56.3 | Hello! |
| 0:57.1 | And Steve Bland, who until the end of time |
| 0:59.7 | will just be known as Steve Bland. |
| 1:02.1 | Yo, yo, yo, I'm good with that. |
| 1:04.6 | If you've just started listening to this podcast, |
| 1:06.4 | we have covered a load of topics which you might find helpful |
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