What extra help is available for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities dealing with cancer?  There are some really great supports available provided through Indigenous Health Services.  These can help you or a family member through cancer treatment and afterwards.

In this podcast you'll meet Emma Leehane, Aboriginal Support Worker at the Ballarat Base Hospital who understands the complexities you might experience if you're from the Aboriginal community but has seen the difference her experience and community support can provide.  You'll also meet Anthony Harrison and Sandy Anderson, practice nurses at the Ballarat & District Aboriginal Co-operative (BADAC).

What extra help is available for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities dealing with cancer?&nbsp; There are some really great supports available provided through Indigenous Health Services.&nbsp; These can help you or a family member through cancer treatment and afterwards.
In this podcast you'll meet Emma Leehane, Aboriginal Support Worker at the Ballarat Base Hospital who understands the complexities you might experience if you're from the Aboriginal community but has seen the difference her experience and community support can provide.&nbsp; You'll also meet Anthony Harrison and Sandy Anderson, practice nurses at the Ballarat &amp; District Aboriginal Co-operative (BADAC).

We get it, no one wants to know about cancer.  But with a diagnosis you need to know what's going on and we think we can help.  This podcast will take you through what might happen next.  We've covered the main treatments: Surgery, Chemotherapy, Radiation.

We've asked the experts, Oncologists, Surgeons, Nurses and Survivors.  We've tried to find the information you can use in this podcast series.

A podcast for people who have just been diagnosed with cancer

Cancer Survivor Guide Podcast

Cancer Survivor Guide

A podcast for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who have just been diagnosed with cancer

Cancer Survivor Guide: Aboriginal Health

Getting a cancer diagnosis can be devastating.  You can feel like the rest of your life is put on hold while you tackle treatment.. but what happens when treatment stops (or moves into a maintenance phase)?  You've become a Cancer Survivor but now what?

Oncologist Dr Michael Jefford from Peter MacCallum Cancer hospital has helped to found the Australian Cancer Survivorship Center (ACSC).  The Center aims to optimize the health and well-being of cancer survivors and their carers.  Dr Karolina Lisy(PhD) is a researcher at the Survivorship Center looking at how treatment can be optimized for all cancer patients no matter what their background.

In this Cancer Survivor Guide podcast you'll hear how ACSC provides information to survivors and their health carers about the best wellness pathways after cancer treatment and the research that's being done to make sure treatment gives the very best survivorship outcomes.

 

 

Getting a cancer diagnosis can be devastating.&nbsp; You can feel like the rest of your life is put on hold while you tackle treatment.. but what happens when treatment stops (or moves into a maintenance phase)?&nbsp; You've become a Cancer Survivor but now what?
Oncologist Dr Michael Jefford from Peter MacCallum Cancer hospital has helped to found the Australian Cancer Survivorship Center (ACSC).&nbsp; The Center aims to optimize the health and well-being of cancer survivors and their carers.&nbsp; Dr Karolina Lisy(PhD) is a researcher at the Survivorship Center looking at how treatment can be optimized for all cancer patients no matter what their background.
In this Cancer Survivor Guide podcast you'll hear how ACSC provides information to survivors and their health carers about the best wellness pathways after cancer treatment and the research that's being done to make sure treatment gives the very best survivorship outcomes.
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Cancer Survivor Guide:  Welcome to Survivorship

Why do I always feel so tired?  Cancer and cancer treatments can leave you feeling like you've been run over by a truck.

Exhaustion is expected during a lot of oncology treatments but it shouldn't dominate your life.  Occupational Therapist Kelsey Morecombe from Ballarat Health Services talks about the role occupational therapy can have in your cancer treatment.

In this Cancer Survivor Guide Podcast you'll hear Kelsey explain how to make the most of your energy so that fatigue doesn't dominate your whole day.

Why do I always feel so tired?&nbsp; Cancer and cancer treatments can leave you feeling like you've been run over by a truck.
Exhaustion is expected during a lot of oncology treatments but it shouldn't dominate your life.&nbsp; Occupational Therapist Kelsey Morecombe from Ballarat Health Services talks about the role occupational therapy can have in your cancer treatment.
In this Cancer Survivor Guide Podcast you'll hear Kelsey explain how to make the most of your energy so that fatigue doesn't dominate your whole day.

Cancer Survivor Guide:  Fed up with Fatigue

Exercise may not be something that comes to mind when you’ve been diagnosed with cancer or undergoing treatment.  But, did you know exercise can help counteract many negative side effects of cancer and its treatment, including fatigue? 

Accredited Exercise Physiologist Tracey Duggan shares in this podcast some valuable benefits of exercising before and after surgery, during treatment and beyond.

Working as an Exercise Physiologist with Ballarat Health Services in the oncology department, Tracey works with patients undergoing all sorts of treatment.  She feels fortunate to be able to help patients improve their quality of life, physical function, as well as assist manage treatment related side effects through exercise.

Exercise may not be something that comes to mind when you&rsquo;ve been diagnosed with cancer or undergoing treatment. &nbsp;But, did you know exercise can help counteract many negative side effects of cancer and its treatment, including fatigue?&nbsp;
Accredited Exercise Physiologist Tracey Duggan shares in this podcast some valuable benefits of exercising before and after surgery, during treatment and beyond.
Working as an Exercise Physiologist with Ballarat Health Services in the oncology department, Tracey works with patients undergoing all sorts of treatment. &nbsp;She feels fortunate to be able to help patients improve their quality of life, physical function, as well as assist manage treatment related side effects through exercise.

Cancer Survivor Guide: Aboriginal Health

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