Show Notes
The Phone Call That Changed My Life.
In the first episode of Bad Blood: The Diary of a Cancer, Jamie opens up about the moment everything changed: the phone call that told him he likely had leukaemia.
Recorded around the time of his initial diagnosis and revisited one year on, this episode sets the stage for a four-part series charting Jamie’s journey through chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) from shock and disbelief to treatment and trying to find a “new normal”.
Trigger warning: This episode contains candid discussion of cancer, leukemia, illness, medical procedures, and strong language. Please listen with care if you’re feeling vulnerable around these topics.
Trigger Warning: This podcast tackles topics that some listeners may find distressing.
Resources: Leukaemia UK - a brilliant charity. Stand Up To Cancer More information on Chronic Myleoid Leukaemia The School of Cancer Sciences Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
More from Bad Blood: The Diary of a Cancer
In this episode, Jamie marks the one-year anniversary of his Leukaemia diagnosis and uses that milestone to talk about something that’s been making him furious: the rise of unqualified health “experts”, and a particularly dangerous example from Stephen Bartlett’s Diary of a CEO.
In this deeply personal episode, Jamie reflects on life in the strange limbo between diagnosis and “getting back to normal.”
In this episode, Jamie heads to the Wolfson Wohl Cancer Research Centre in Glasgow, meeting Professor David Vitrie and Dr. Vigne Helgerson to dig into what chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) actually is – and how long it might have been silently living in his body.
Trigger Warning: This podcast tackles topics that some listeners may find distressing.