In this fourth part of Vicky’s personal story, she tells how she researched her clinical trial options, her resistance to palliative chemotherapy, her fight to access Pembrolizumab back in early 2018 and how she struggled through the week of he

In conversation with Vicky Phelan - Episode 7 - Treatment Options

Jun 12th, 2021 29m 39s

In Episode 7, Vicky describes how it felt to learn that her cancer was back in late 2017, how she reacted to the news that she had just 12 to 18 months left to live and how she set about researching treatment options as opposed to the palliativ

In conversation with Vicky Phelan - Episode 6

Jun 1st, 2021 37m 48s

In this episode, Vicky explains the process and effects of brachytherapy, an internal radiation treatment that tries to eliminate the spread of cervical cancer but results in life changing side effects. Vicky also discusses her menopause, broug

In conversation with Vicky Phelan - Episode 5 - Diagnosis and treatment - Vicky’s Story Part 1

May 24th, 2021 26m 10s

Vicky talks about her commitment to cervical screening, being diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2014 and explains what it was like going through radiotherapy and chemotherapy in the hope that her experience will be of some assistance to others

In conversation with Vicky Phelan - Episode 4 - CervicalCheck Tribunal Part2

May 18th, 2021 1h

Cian sets out the detail of why the CervicalCheck Tribunal falls so far short of what was promised by Government and why so few can apply to it. In Part 1 of this discussion, Vicky and Cian reacted to the revelation that the CervicalCheck Tribu

In conversation with Vicky Phelan - Episode 3

May 10th, 2021 44m 26s

Vicky and Cian look at the CervicalCheck Tribunal and how Stephen Donnelly seems happy to spend millions of tax euros on a Tribunal that is ‘too little and too late’ for most of the women affected by the negligence in CervicalCheck. Cian O’Carr

In conversation with Vicky Phelan - Episode 2

May 3rd, 2021 33m 13s

In this episode, Vicky and Cian talk about how this series came about, who it is primarily intended for and outline some of the topics to be discussed over the coming weeks. They also discuss Vicky's case and reveal the unusual and quite unexp