Ask the expert: What is life like after treatment has finished?
Adapting to life after treatment can be difficult, and patients and their families may experience a range of different emotions as a result.
Adapting to life after treatment can be difficult, and patients and their families may experience a range of different emotions as a result.
Sarah Mcdonald’s daughter Summer was diagnosed with leukaemia in 2012. She writes on what life looked like for Summer’s sister, Kya, during treatment.
Dr Martin English, Consultant Paediatric Oncologist at Birmingham Children's Hospital and CCLG member writes...
Research Fellow at the University of Nottingham and CCLG member, talks to us about her work
Dr Rob Jobe is a clinical psychologist at Health in Mind, Birmingham Children’s Hospital. He spoke to parents about some of the emotions they experienced during their child’s cancer journey and offers advice on managing such feelings.
Catrin Bayliss is a health play specialist at Cardiff and Vale UHB.
Sam Behjati divides his time between clinical work at Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge and research at the nearby Wellcome Sanger Institute.
Helen Ball’s daughter Emily has recently finished treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). Helen tells us about what life has looked like for her family since Emily’s diagnosis, and how nature and the outdoors has helped them.
Valerie Tomlin is a children’s cancer nurse at Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge.