About The Second Opinion
You, Me and the Big C: Putting the can in cancer
BBC
4.8 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 14 October 2019
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
Alex Jackson, who was diagnosed with sarcoma, a rare form of cancer, shares her experience and frustrations of looking for more treatment options. Richard Johnson, a oncoplastic breast surgeon, who Rachael went to see for a second opinion, gives us his views. And Dr Rebecca Leon is back to provide a GP's perspective on the subject.
They all join Deborah James, Lauren Mahon and Steve Bland as they discuss the process and fears around asking for a second medical opinion.
Please get in touch with us by using the #youmebigc across all forms of social media.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts |
| 0:04.5 | He said you know I just wanted to sort of touch base with you and just explain that |
| 0:16.2 | maybe in the future things aren't going to be so good you know it's not always going |
| 0:21.4 | to be positive news Alex at that stage I just had a breakdown |
| 0:25.4 | and then I just blurted it out and just you know it was crazy I just said you know |
| 0:31.5 | can I not see a second opinion and right there and then he said yes of course you can |
| 0:36.4 | and really yeah |
| 0:39.7 | Hello and welcome to you me and the big C with me Deborah James aka Balbe |
| 0:52.6 | Hi I have to say hi to myself then or to my super somebody else Laura Mann |
| 0:57.7 | otherwise known as Garvice's cancer and Steve Blant otherwise known as Steve Blant |
| 1:03.4 | Good morning afternoon |
| 1:04.8 | afternoon Steve get around |
| 1:07.4 | We are all friends we have one thing in common we have a relationship with cancer and |
| 1:10.7 | we want to tell you about the highs as well as the lows if you're new to the podcast |
| 1:14.2 | we've talked about the lows of topics and they're all available in the usual podcast |
| 1:18.0 | places you can get in touch to suggest future topics and let us know your experiences |
| 1:22.6 | by using the hashtag you me big C across all forms of social media today we're going |
| 1:27.6 | to be talking about second opinions we'll be hearing from Richard Johnson and Uncle |
| 1:32.6 | plastic breast surgeon from the Nightingale breast and Genesis Prevention Center |
| 1:37.1 | who actually Rachel went to see for a second opinion Rebecca Leon is back to give |
| 1:41.9 | her thoughts from a GP standpoint and Alex Jackson who was diagnosed with sarcoma |
| 1:47.0 | rare form of cancer will tell her experience and frustrations around looking for more |
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