The Rail Safety and Standards Board Podcast

Health and Wellbeing - Dealing with prostate cancer

March 09, 2023 RSSB Season 1 Episode 56
The Rail Safety and Standards Board Podcast
Health and Wellbeing - Dealing with prostate cancer
Show Notes

This is the first in a series on specific health conditions. In this episode, recorded in Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, an RSSB employee talks with one of our health and wellbeing specialists about his experience of diagnosis, and the support received during treatment. 

00:43 About Deb Archibald

01:04 About Tavid Dobson and discovering his cancer

02:05 Tavid talks about his treatment options

02:30 Making sense and making decisions

03:34 The impact and support at work

04:31 The support mechanisms that worked for Tavid

05:37 How to respond and support

07:14 On men, talking about having cancer

08:27 Deb closes with talking to colleagues and where to find more information

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Prostate Cancer UK
NHS UK prostate cancer
Prostate cancer information - Cancer Research UK
Macmillan Cancer Support - Prostate cancer
Macmillan Prostate Cancer Forum