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Gift of Friendship

By: Colleena Presnell
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  • Summary

  • A podcast bringing comfort, hope and confidence to patients having treatment for many types of illnesses, that with modern medicine, their journey is doable. 

    Due to COVID 19, we are not able to visit patients face to face and so, with our Gift of Friendship podcast we will continue providing support. Our podcasts will be jam-packed with stories from patients, we'll talk to doctors, nurses and clinicians and we'll review interesting topics including book reviews, podcasts and more.


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    Colleena Presnell
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Episodes
  • Episode 4 - We talk to Breast Cancer Survivors and Dr Rachel Dear answers their questions

    Episode 4 - We talk to Breast Cancer Survivors and Dr Rachel Dear answers their questions
    Apr 21 2021
    The focus of Episode 4 is on Breast Cancer. In this episode we share the story of 7 Breast Cancer survivors including one male survivor. In addition we talk to Rachel Dear, a leading Oncologist from St Vincent’s Hospital  and she answers the questions posed by our guest cancer survivors. 

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    41 mins
  • Episode 3 - Interviews with Petrea King and Dr Sam Milliken

    Episode 3 - Interviews with Petrea King and Dr Sam Milliken
    Feb 23 2021
    In Episode 3 of Gift of Friendship, Petrea King, founder and director of Quest for Life, talks to us about her journey with Acute Myeloid Leukemia and the profound impact it had on her life - from discovery to recovery. Dr Sam Milliken, Head of the Haematology Department of St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, talks to us about blood diseases and the wonderful advancements they are making with alternative treatments.

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    29 mins
  • Episode 2 - Interviews with David Eisenbacher, Julie Soon, Neil Pennock and Amanda McLaughlin

    Episode 2 - Interviews with David Eisenbacher, Julie Soon, Neil Pennock and Amanda McLaughlin
    Dec 18 2020
    Episode 2 of Gift of Friendship is jam packed with content, We talk to David Eisenbacher, an American man who donated his stem cells to Colleena Presnell as part of the International Bone Marrow registry. We hear from Julie Soon, a lawyer, about her journey with AML. Neil Pennock, a Director of the Arrow Bone Marrow Transplant Foundation tells us about the Australian Bone Marrow Registry and the drive for more local donors. Amanda McLaughlin the apheresis clinician at St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney, explains how stem cells are extracted  from the donor.  And of course, we wrap up with some great reads and podcasts to listen to.

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    37 mins

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