About Debs Recording Live From The Chemo Chair
You, Me and the Big C: Putting the can in cancer
BBC
4.8 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 22 July 2021
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Steve and Lauren check in with Deborah from her hospital chemo chair.
They all talk about life now the Covid restrictions have been lifted and what that means for cancer patients.
Then end this series by reading out a few of your amazing stories of hope.
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
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts |
| 0:12.5 | I actually had a really long conversation with one of the oncologists and I said, |
| 0:16.4 | that's it, I don't want to do it anymore. |
| 0:18.6 | And I then got told that I would probably die quite quickly, very quickly. |
| 0:24.4 | In fact, we're talking weeks, not months. |
| 0:29.5 | I lost that at home a little bit. |
| 0:33.6 | And then I thought, oh, OK, finally, maybe I need to have him again. |
| 0:43.1 | Hello and welcome to the last episode of Yumi and the Big C in this series. |
| 0:47.7 | I'm Steve Bland, known just as Steve Bland, and you know what, girls, I'm good with that. |
| 0:53.4 | We've also got Deborah James coming live from hospital. |
| 0:58.1 | How are you doing? |
| 0:59.1 | I'm OK, thank you. |
| 1:01.1 | Yes, I know, I'm live from the Royal Marathon, nothing like doing an on-site broadcast |
| 1:07.4 | when you didn't intend to. |
| 1:09.2 | It was my idea to be recording in the middle of chemo. |
| 1:12.4 | Can we just say it was not forced upon me? |
| 1:14.8 | It was kind of like, why don't we just make it live, rather, and reschedule our recording. |
| 1:19.0 | Absolutely. |
| 1:20.0 | I'm here. |
| 1:21.0 | There's nothing like talking about chemo when you're actually having it. |
| 1:24.0 | Hey, you know what, Deb? |
| 1:25.0 | You know what, Deb, you actually sound clearer than you normally do it. |
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