Podcast 008: Taking Control of a Bone Cancer Diagnosis – with Pete Lloyd.
Welcome to Episode 8 of the Rediscovery of Me: Life Stories Podcast: Taking Control of a Bone Cancer Diagnosis.
In this episode, I am joined by Pete Lloyd.
In 2007 Pete Lloyd fell and injured his leg at work. Recently married with a 1-month old son, Pete endured 4 years of repeated surgery until he was eventually diagnosed with high grade bone cancer. Pete tells us his gruelling story, of his bone cancer diagnosis and how he took back control by making a life changing decision.
“It’s almost like everything that you work towards… you have this bubble in your world that you’re going to do this, you going to do that. Then when you get the diagnosis everything that you’ve got inside this bubble, it bursts. You try and grasp hold of what little bits are falling away and it’s just so difficult to try to keep everything together.”
Pete Lloyd
In this podcast you will learn about:
- Pete’s long journey began with a seemingly innocuous fall at work, leading to the metabolic bone disease that turned cancerous.
- How it feels to be given a bone cancer diagnosis and the process of what happens next
- Why so many of us are fearful of a cancer diagnosis
- How emotions run high during treatment for cancer and how this affects a multitude of people
- The complexities associated with a bone cancer diagnosis, and the relatively small amount of research in bone cancer
- The importance of a strong support network and the need to be vulnerable with others at times
- The ramifications of cancer and the realities of how this can affect relationships and family life
- How much being held to compassionately to account can make such a difference
- The impact of a catalogue of injuries leading to one man making a totally resolute decision to change his life with no regrets
- How a cancer story belongs to so many people.
- The importance of family and friends in providing a critical support network
- The importance of self-belief in making a big change in life, even against the odds.
Connect
Pete Lloyd can be contacted on Twitter and Facebook.
Pete’s charity, Pushing for a Cure, can be found here.
Finally, The Bone Cancer Research can be found here.
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