Episode 5 It's not about the cookbook but the recipe! Physical & mental constraints we experience as HNC patients.

💜 House Keeping: 2 years ago I started a podcast titled “The No Feeding Tubes Show” & I had no idea what I was doing - but I crack on - in a rather extended celebration of my 5 years out from treatment I wanted to revisit where I was when I recorded this episode number 5.

I scrolled back through the episodes (try filing these!)

This one Episode 5, I am now working on Episode 76 - so it’s kind of cool to listen back.

Here’s the podcast I refer to with Theresa Richard

Theresa Richard even interviewed me and you can listen to that here

Before this horrible journey started I was a very social person. I was (or had been) an event manager, worked in and around food and wine all my career, and even turned down an audition opportunity for MasterChef here in Australia. 

I had Head & Neck Cancer (subsequent treatment) and a PEG tube feeder in my stomach for over a year. I didn't eat orally for 15 months. 

Episode 5 - It's not about the cook book but the recipe! The physical & mental constraints we experience as HNC treatment patients.

  In this episode I am discussing:- 

1. Trismus and dry mouth

2. Depression, anxiety, fear & failure 

3. Breathe, meditation and stretching

Enjoy a bit of a walk down eating lane!

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