3. The Reset

In this deeply personal episode, Jamie reflects on life in the strange limbo between diagnosis and “getting back to normal.”

Recorded just before his first tentative trip back into the outside world after treatment, he talks honestly about friendship, identity, guilt, and what it really feels like to be given another shot at life.

Jamie also shares another powerful clip from his earlier conversation with cancer researchers Professor David Vitrie and Professor Vinrik Helgersun, about the long-term battle to cure cancer, the struggle to fund research, and the fight to attract and keep the brightest young minds in medicine when tech and finance are dangling far bigger pay cheques.

Along the way, he tackles the uncomfortable realities of male health, the emotional whiplash of early diagnosis, and the impact of social media and misinformation on people’s willingness to trust science.

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

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