Ep 23 Linda, from forest dweller to Matron

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In this episode I talk to Linda Panter, who has led such an interesting life from living in a forest when she left school to becoming a District Nursing Matron. Linda shares with me how she thought her symptoms were attributable to something else much less serious but was so busy with her work and caring for others that she just carried on. Eventually she was diagnosed with Primary Peritoneal Cancer. Linda describes how hard it is to be suddenly the patient which is something many Doctors and Nurses will empathise with. She is now living with incurable disease but is very positive about living each day as best she can and she describes what many of us feel in that life never returns back to normal after cancer. We do talk in this episode about her plans regarding end of life care including DNA CPR, funeral planning, Will making etc. I hope you find Linda’s story as inspiring as I did.

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