03. Living with grief and a cancer diagnosis: Laura's Story (Part 1)

Today's Strathcarron Story is from the wonderful Laura. 

Laura's sister died in Stratharron and now she is living with stage 4 incurable breast cancer. Her brother is also diagnosed with cancer too. 

Her story is heartbreaking and inspiring in equal measure. She is a beacon of positivity and light and we hope you enjoy the first part of her story. Laura is also being supported by our Live Your Life team, so she will be a regular guest as we travel alongside her on this journey.

In part two coming up, she chats how she's 'living her life'; supported by our palliative care teams. She is an advocate of accessing palliative care as early as possible in your life limiting diagnosis. 

- Information: Strathcarron's Live Your Life Team: Live Your Life Team | Strathcarron Hospice

- Laura's Instagram page: Laura McGowan 🐝💜 (@abcdfucancer) • Instagram photos and videos

 

Thank you Laura. 

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By sharing people stories, we help to raise awareness of Strathcarron's services and impact, as well as to reduce the fear of Hospices and encourage more conversations about death and dying.

Hosted by Ailsa (from Communications) and Ross (from IT) sees us out and about, speaking to our own staff, as well as people living with life limiting conditions and the families they support.

We're nurses, doctors, social workers. We're volunteers, cleaners, cooks & therapists. We're fundraisers, administrators, accountants & physiotherapists. We will share their stories.

We also aim to ask and answer your questions.

The conversations we’ll have with our teams will be around their roles, impact and how each person supports people with life limiting conditions. We will also speak to volunteers, local organisations, fundraisers, schools - a whole host of people connected to the Hospice too.

If you have any questions re hospice or palliative care, Strathcarron Hospice, or would like to be on the Podcast, or have a story to tell, please get in touch via our email Podcast@StrathcarronHospice.net.