Brave not Broken (BRCA1)

Who's Tom & Dick

Patrick Mortimer & Martin Weavers

Anxiety, Cancer, Cardiac Arrest, Comedy Interviews, Hospice, Mental Health, Comedy, Stents, Lung Cancer, Heart Disease, Depression, Health & Fitness, Heart Failure, Heart Attack, Breast Cancer

5.0 • 811 Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Send us Fan Mail Season 3 Episode 6 New Episode: Amy Carroll – Strength, Resilience, and Life Beyond BRCA1 In this episode, we sit down with Amy Carroll, a model and actor also known by her stage name Darcie Diamond. Amy shares her powerful journey of living with the BRCA1 gene mutation, which significantly increases the risk of breast and ovarian cancer. After making the life-changing decision to undergo a double mastectomy, Amy talks openly about resilience, identity, and how she continues ...

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0:00.0	You're listening to Who's Tom and Dick, a weekly podcast with your host, Martin Weavers,
0:15.1	fighting states for lung cancer, and Patrick Mortimer, living with heart disease.
0:20.3	Why not grab yourself a cup of coffee?
0:22.4	Sit back and enjoy the chatter as we discuss and share information,
0:26.7	talking about tough subjects and offering help, support and motivation with a positive
0:32.1	mental attitude.
0:33.4	Good morning, Martin, and how are you this lovely bright sunny morning?
0:36.7	I'm good.
0:37.4	The weather's good, so I'm good. The weather's good,
0:38.5	so I'm good. Anyway, let's get on with today. So today, we're really lucky. We're joined by a
0:44.8	young lady who I saw on BBC Look East, and I contacted her, and I asked her if she'd come on our
0:51.5	podcast to talk about breast cancer, and she's had a double mastectomy.
0:57.3	So it's going to be interesting to hear what's happened, the future for her and everything like that.
1:03.4	So will you please welcome Amy Carroll.
1:06.2	Good morning, Amy.
1:07.6	Welcome to Who's Tom and Dick.
1:09.0	Hi.
1:09.7	Yes, thank you.
1:10.7	And just before we sort of get onto your sort of life story, Good morning, Amy. Welcome to Who's Tom and Dick? Hi. Yes, thank you.
1:20.8	And just before we sort of get onto your sort of life story, am I right in saying that you're not only a model, but you've also got your own business?
1:22.7	At the moment, no.
1:25.5	Good research again, Martin.
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