Upfront About Breast Cancer
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
What you don’t know until you do: Unlimited: Episode 0: Welcome to Unlimited
19 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 0: Welcome to Season 2: Unlimited We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the conte...
What you don’t know until you do: Unlimited: Episode 1: A Mixed Dozen: Anxiety in a Cancer Context
19 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 1: A Mixed Dozen: Anxiety in a Cancer Context We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may fi...
What you don’t know until you do: Unlimited: Episode 2: Forged in Fire: Relationships with your Medical Team and Self-advocacy
19 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 2: Forged in Fire: Relationships with your Medical Team and Self-advocacy We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to ...
What you don’t know until you do: Unlimited: Episode 3: Sugar, Stress, and Misdemeanours: Causal Beliefs
19 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 3: Sugar, Stress, and Misdemeanours: Causal Beliefs We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some ...
What you don’t know until you do: Unlimited: Episode 4: Bittersweet: Living with Metastatic Disease
19 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 4: Bittersweet: Living with Metastatic Disease We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may f...
What you don’t know until you do: Unlimited: Episode 5: Re-entry Wobbles: Re-starting Life after Cancer Treatment
19 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 5: Re-entry Wobbles: Re-starting Life after Cancer Treatment We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast,...
What you don’t know until you do: Unlimited: Episode 6: Hanging Out with The Bad Boys: Helpful and Not So Helpful Behaviour Changes
19 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 6: Hanging Out with The Bad Boys: Helpful and Not So Helpful Behaviour Changes We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listenin...
What you don’t know until you do: Unlimited: Episode 7: The View from the Other Side of the Bed: The Partner’s Perspective
19 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 7: The View from the Other Side of the Bed: The Partner’s Perspective We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to th...
What you don’t know until you do: Unlimited: Episode 8: No. is a sentence: Boundary Setting
19 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 8: No. is a sentence: Boundary Setting We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the ...
What you don’t know until you do: Unlimited: Episode 9: Pain without Fear: Pain, Persistent Side-Effects and Palliative Care
19 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 9: Pain without Fear: Pain, Persistent Side-Effects and Palliative Care We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to th...
What you don’t know until you do: Unlimited: Episode 10: The Inevitable: Death, Dying and Mortality
19 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 10: The Inevitable: Death, Dying and Mortality We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may f...
What you don’t know until you do: Unlimited: Episode 11: That’s a wrap!
19 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the content upsetting. BCNA’s Helpline provides a fr...
Episode 45: In conversation with Harry and Pieter: Raising awareness for men with breast cancer
21 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the content upsetting.Let’s be Upfront about men who...
Episode 44: Work after breast cancer: Tackling the difficult conversations
29 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the content upsetting. Let’s be Upfront about wor...
Episode 43: In conversation with Tania and Fiona: The challenges of living in a rural area following a breast cancer diagnosis
28 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the content upsetting.Let’s be Upfront about living ...
Episode 42: In conversation with Kala and Emily: Living with metastatic breast cancer
20 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the content upsetting.Let’s be Upfront about living ...
Episode 41: Through a rainbow lens – Navigating breast cancer as a LGBTIQ+ couple
20 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the content upsetting.Let’s be upfront about LGBTIQ+...
Episode 40: LGBTIQ+ experiences of breast cancer and cancer care
20 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the content upsetting. Let’s be Upfront about the e...
Episode 39: In conversation with Shananne and Kate: Under 40 and experiencing breast cancer
08 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the content upsetting. Let’s be Upfront about being...
Episode 38: Hormone Blocking Therapy – Balancing Quality of Life and Risk of Recurrence
15 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the content upsetting. Let’s be upfront about the s...
Episode 37: Advance Care Planning – Taking Control of Your Future
22 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the content upsetting. Let’s be upfront about advan...
Episode 36: Accessing Support for Breast Cancer in Regional and Rural Locations
28 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the content upsetting. Let’s be upfront about the c...
What You Don’t Know Until You Do - Episode 1: D Day
05 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 1: What You Don’t Know Until You Do, with Dr Charlotte Tottman: D Day: Diagnosis ShockWe recommend that listeners exercise self-care when li...
What You Don’t Know Until You Do - Episode 2: A Tale of Two Husbands
05 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 2: What You Don’t Know Until You Do, With Dr Charlotte Tottman: A Tale of Two Husbands: Emotional IsolationWe recommend that listeners exerc...
What You Don’t Know Until You Do - Episode 3: The Showing Up and The Letting Down
05 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 3: What You Don’t Know Until You Do, With Dr Charlotte Tottman: The Showing Up and The Letting Down: Surprises and Disappointments in Relati...
What You Don’t Know Until You Do - Episode 4: The Mirror Image
05 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 4: What you don’t know until you do, with Dr Charlotte Tottman: The Mirror Image: Body Image DifficultiesWe recommend that listeners exercis...
What You Don’t Know Until You Do - Episode 5: The Snow Globe Effect
05 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 5: What You Don’t Know Until You Do, with Dr Charlotte Tottman: The Snow Globe Effect: Change of PerspectiveWe recommend that listeners exer...
What You Don’t Know Until You Do - Episode 6: The Meltdown
05 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 6: What You Don’t Know Until You Do, with Dr Charlotte Tottman: The Meltdown: Post Treatment AdjustmentWe recommend that listeners exercise ...
What You Don’t Know Until You Do - Episode 7: The Next Version of You
05 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 7: What you don’t know until you do, with Dr Charlotte Tottman: The Next Version of You: Managing ExpectationsWe recommend that listeners ex...
What You Don’t Know Until You Do - Episode 8: Learning New Dance Steps
05 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 8: What You Don’t Know Until You Do, with Dr Charlotte Tottman: Learning New Dance Steps: Sexuality and IntimacyWe recommend that listeners ...
What You Don’t Know Until You Do - Episode 9: Exercise is Annoying (‘cos it works)
05 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 9: What You Don’t Know Until You Do, with Dr Charlotte Tottman: Exercise is Annoying (‘cos it works): The Psychological and Physical Benef...
What You Don’t Know Until You Do - Episode 10: The Iron Fist
05 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 10: What You Don’t Know Until You Do, with Dr Charlotte Tottman: The Iron Fist: Fear of Cancer RecurrenceWe recommend that listeners exercis...
Episode 35: The impact of breast cancer on sexual health
27 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the content upsetting.Let’s be Upfront about the imp...
Episode 34: Managing fatigue related to breast cancer treatments
25 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the content upsetting.Let’s be Upfront about managin...
Episode 33: Hair loss related to breast cancer treatments
25 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the content upsetting.Let’s be Upfront about hair lo...
Episode 32: Peripheral Neuropathy
27 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the content upsetting.Let’s be Upfront about periphe...
Episode 31: What I wish I knew
04 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the content upsetting.Let’s be Upfront about looking...
Episode 30: Breast cancer, genes and family
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the content upsetting.Let’s be Upfront about heredit...
Episode 29: Navigating a breast cancer diagnosis as an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
28 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the content upsetting.We know that cancer is now the b...
Special Episode: COVID-19 update for health professionals
22 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Let’s be Upfront about where we’re at with COVID-19 at the end of what’s been a difficult year for all Australians and our health system. In thi...
Episode 28: Men get breast cancer too
16 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Let’s be Upfront about the fact that men get breast cancer too. 63 year-old Tasmanian Phil Purnell had no idea that men could get breast cancer when...
Episode 27: Vulnerability and strength - Peta Murphy on breast cancer
10 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the content upsetting.In this special episode of Upfro...
Episode 26: Caring for a loved one
21 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We recommend listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the content upsetting. Let’s be upfront about caring...
Episode 25: Sally Obermeder on her breast cancer journey
28 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the content upsetting.Let’s be Upfront about b...
Episode 24: DCIS
10 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Let’s be Upfront about ductal carcinoma in situ, or DCIS. Non-life-threatening and often referred to as ‘stage 0 breast cancer’, the experience ...
Episode 23: Palliative care
28 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Let’s be Upfront about palliative care. To many, those two words prompt fear, and thoughts of death and dying. In reality, palliative care offers so...
Episode 22: Invasive lobular carcinoma
21 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Let’s be Upfront about invasive lobular carcinoma. The second most common form of invasive breast cancer, picking up lobular carcinoma on mammograms...
Episode 21: Raelene Boyle on pulling herself out of the darkness
16 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Upfront sits down with Australian Olympic legend and BCNA board member Raelene Boyle AM, MBE.Speaking openly and honestly about her c...
Special Episode #3: Coronavirus update
06 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Let’s be Upfront about where we’re at with COVID-19 (coronavirus). With restrictions beginning to ease in some parts of the country, we’re takin...
Episode 20: Talking about end of life
24 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Let’s be Upfront about end of life. A topic almost too sad to talk about, but too important not to, palliative care and exploring end of life option...
Episode 19: Nutrition and breast cancer
16 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Let’s be Upfront about breast cancer and diets. There’s always a new one making big promises; juice, keto, fasting. So what’s really important w...
Episode 18: Busting nutrition myths
31 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Let’s be upfront about breast cancer and nutrition. There’s so much information out there, and a lot of conflicting advice. It’s hard to know wh...
Special Episode #2: Coronavirus update
31 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This second special episode of Upfront is in response to the constantly-changing coronavirus situation and the challenges many of our members are faci...
Special Episode: Coronavirus and breast cancer
17 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Let’s be upfront about the coronavirus and people undergoing cancer treatment. This special episode of Upfront is in response to unprecedented...
Episode 17: Young women and breast cancer (Ruth)
04 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Every day, two young women are told they have breast cancer. Ruth Williams was 38 when she was diagnosed. She talks with host Kellie Curtain about rai...
Episode 17: Young women and breast cancer (Ruth)
30 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Every day, two young women are told they have breast cancer. Ruth Williams was 38 when she was diagnosed. She talks with host Kellie Curtain abo...
Episode 16: Young women and triple negative breast cancer
16 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Every day, two young women are told they have breast cancer. Dimity Paul was 31 when she received her diagnosis. She joins host Kellie Curtain t...
Episode 15: Young women and breast cancer (Rebecca)
06 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Of the 53 people diagnosed with breast cancer every day, two of them are aged under 40. Host Kellie Curtain is joined by Rebecca Bensted, who wa...
Episode 14: How to plan for and recover from breast reconstruction surgery
16 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It's important to consider your lifestyle and what activities you want to be able to do after a breast reconstruction and also how you want to f...
Episode 13: Fear of recurrence
13 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
For people who have had cancer, the fear of it recurring can be real and pervasive. In this episode of Upfront About Breast Cancer, host Kellie Curtai...
Episode 12: Sofi Leota on breast cancer at 23
01 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Every day, two women aged between 20 and 39 will be diagnosed with breast cancer. In 2018, Sofi Leota was one of these women, receiving a diagnosis at...
Episode 11: Exercise and breast cancer
15 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We all know that staying active is good for you both physically and mentally. But what about when you have breast cancer? When should you exercise? Wh...
Episode 10: Stuart Diver on mental health and caring for someone with breast cancer
07 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
There are almost 2.7 million carers in Australia, but many people who provide support to someone with breast cancer don't see themselves as a carer - ...
Episode 9: Sexual wellbeing after breast cancer
19 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sexual wellbeing is often a low priority for those receiving treatment for breast cancer but it’s important to be aware of how your body will change...
Episode 8: Life with metastatic breast cancer
06 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The days and weeks after a metastatic breast cancer diagnosis can be overwhelming. While everyone's individual diagnosis and prognosis is different, n...
Episode 7: breast reconstruction
16 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Breast reconstruction surgery recreates the shape of the breast following a mastectomy or lumpectomy. There are many different kinds of reconstruction...
Bonus episode: Allergan breast implant recall
16 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Since we recorded our episode about breast reconstruction, important information about a specific kind of breast implant being linked to a rare f...
Episode 6: Telling your children you have cancer
01 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Telling your child you have cancer is not an easy thing to do. When do you tell them? How much do they need to know? If you have young children is it ...
Episode 5: Metastatic breast cancer
11 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Metastatic breast cancer (also known as Stage 4 or advanced breast cancer) occurs when cancer spreads from the breast to other parts of the body. This...
Episode 4: Ongoing and late side effects of breast cancer treatment
27 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Most people will experience side effects during breast cancer treatment, but for some people these side effects can become ongoing or even develop mon...
Episode 3: Communicating with your health professional
31 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It takes a team of health professionals to treat breast cancer, and it's important that you feel you can talk openly and honestly with your team about...
Episode 2: Money and the healthcare system
31 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Did you know that you can split your breast cancer treatment between the public and private hospital systems? Or that you're entitled to access ...
Episode 1: Just diagnosed, what's next?
31 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Being diagnosed with breast cancer can come as a shock. In this episode of Upfront About Breast Cancer, host Kellie Curtain speaks with BCNA Helpline ...