“How living with no nuts takes balls” Ben Bowers
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Oh, what an amazing character this guest is. I was going to divide this episode up because it's long, but I haven't because damn it's too good and you won't want to stop listening. Movember ambassador and cancer survivor Ben Bowers battled testicular cancer not once, but twice. Embracing his nickname 'No Balls', Ben tells us extremely honestly and bravely about his unbelievable journey from the discovery of the first lump, major operation one, his chemo journey (whilst his then wife was pregnant), to having a baby whilst going through this battle. Then how this impossibly hard time led to the demise of his happiness and then his marriage, to then finding another lump - a second dose of cancer meaning another operation, more chemo, depression, breakdown. Then we talk about how he managed to turn this horrendous and very, very scary journey in to a positive. Ben really opens up about what he has learnt about himself from this ordeal and he gives the most incredible advice about the importance of opening up to friends and family, having the courage to ask friend's for support, how getting help and therapy is vital and how listening and communicating is the key to life.
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What he is doing for mental health, for Movember, for raising awareness of cancer and communicating and improving mens health is so inspiring. Thank god so much good has come from what was so hard.
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It is humbling, so raw, so emotional. Meet Ben Bowers.
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Movember: https://uk.movember.com/ TACKLING PROSTATE CANCER, TESTICULAR CANCER, MENTAL HEALTH AND SUICIDE PREVENTION
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