CHILDHOOD CANCER: An Honest Conversation With Catherie Pointer And Sheona Scales

Honestly Podcast with Clemmie Telford

Clemmie Telford + Mags Creative

Death, Parenting, Cancer, Gender, Relationships, Faith, Honest, Prison, Kids & Family, Personal Journals, Race, Sobriety, Marriage, Honesty, Body Image, Honestly, Money, Society & Culture

4.7 • 811 Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2020

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

In light of September being Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, Clemmie was able to sit down with two special guests working hard to bring awareness to the matter. Childhood cancer survivor turned cancer researcher Catherine Pointer, speaks about her personal journey as she was diagnosed with Leukaemia when she was a teenager. At a pivotal time of finding your feet, Catherine had to drop out of school and fight for her life, which she opens up about with Clemmie. Albeit an incredibly difficult time for Catherine and her family, she was able to find the strength to not just survive, but thrive as she managed to complete her qualifications to become a cancer researcher. Clemmie also had the chance of speaking to one of the pioneering leaders at Cancer Research UK - Dr Sheona Scales. As of 2017 Sheona has been working with Cancer Research UK and is now the Cancer Research UK Lead for Paediatric Research and is responsible for implementing their new strategy for children and young people’s cancer research, aiming to improve survival and long-term outcomes for children with cancer. Two women intent on developing awareness and solutions for Children and Young people with Cancer. If you’d like to check out some of the work Cancer Research UK have been doing, head to https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/children-and-young-people

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Clemy Telford and it's time to get open and get honest.
0:09.1	Each week, I interview a guest about a topic that we as a society often shy away from.
0:14.8	From sex lives to salaries, life and death, religion and real bodies, no subject is off the table. Welcome to Honestly, the podcast.
0:28.6	This episode of Honestly is part of Cancer UK's Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. They gave me the
0:34.7	opportunity to speak to two incredible women. One of them, Catherine
0:38.5	Pointer, was diagnosed with leukemia twice when she was a teenager. Since then, she's
0:43.4	finished her PhD to become a fully fledged researcher at the very same hospital where she was
0:48.3	treated as a teenager. My second guest is Shona Scales, who is Cancer Research UK's lead paediatrics researcher.
0:56.5	She is responsible for implementing their new strategy for children and young people's cancer research,
1:01.6	aiming to improve survival and long-term outcomes for children with cancer.
1:05.5	What a great pair of guests.
1:07.2	I loved talking to them and learning from their worldliness and I hope you do too.
1:11.7	But before we crack on, a quick thank you to our sponsor, TK. Max. Since 2004, TK. Max's customers
1:18.6	and associates have raised a whopping £37 million for Cancer Research UK. And you can get involved too
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1:39.3	and in turn will go to help fund research into cancers affecting children and young people
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1:49.1	Not only that, you'll be giving your pre-loved items a second life by diverting them from landfill.
1:54.2	So thank you in advance to you and thank you to TK Max for sponsoring this episode.
1:58.8	As you know, I like to start with a couple of quickfire questions.
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