Conversations about health, science, wellness, life, love, sex and everything in-between. Laura is a Pharmacist who loves to talk to interesting people about their unique life and work experiences. See @fabulouspharmacist on instagram for more information.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
The Laura Dowling Experience
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Conversations about health, science, wellness, life, love, sex and everything in-between. Laura is a Pharmacist who loves to talk to interesting people about their unique life and work experiences. See @fabulouspharmacist on instagram for more information.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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June 2, 2026
Bitesize Moment: "We Cured Your Cancer. You Should Be Grateful." — Dr Deirdre Lundy on HRT after breast cancer
<p>In this bitesize moment pulled from the Laura Dowling Experience back catalogue, menopause specialist Dr Deirdre Lundy walks Laura through how decisions about HRT and family history of breast cancer actually get made in clinic — and why a blanket "no" rarely tells the full story. If you've ever been handed that flat refusal, this is for you.</p><br><p>She unpacks the difference between "a family history" and a strong family history, why outdated fears around HRT and breast cancer have cost women years of their lives, and why surviving cancer shouldn't mean accepting a wrecked quality of life with no support.</p><br><p><br></p><h3><strong>🔑 Key Points</strong></h3><ul><li>What "strong family history" really means — and why it isn't a blanket no</li><li>How specialists balance risk versus quality of life in real clinic conversations</li><li>Why so many women have been wrongly told HRT is off the table</li><li>The wider point: survivorship deserves more than "you should be grateful"</li><li>What to ask for if you've been refused HRT and want a second look</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>🎧 </strong><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/6eAS9zc14d5eu8DMlW94DT?si=63d013826479434d" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Listen to the full episode here.</strong></a></p><p>Thanks for listening! You can watch the full episode on YouTube <a href="https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLN4xDBAAv7WCZCJ0VJC8lIXiX8_QtHFZJ&si=yi8ifI_sbjJJISSi" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>. Don’t forget to follow The Laura Dowling Experience podcast on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lauradowlingexperience?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@lauradowlingexperience</a> for updates and more information. You can also follow our host, Laura Dowling, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/fabulouspharmacist?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@fabulouspharmacist</a> for more insights and tips. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave a review—it really helps us out! Stay tuned for more great conversations.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
May 28, 2026
#171 Pamela Deasy | Trusting Her Gut: A Pancreatic Cancer Survivor Story
<p>Pamela Deasy was in her early 40s, working full time and volunteering with the RNLI, when fatigue started dragging her back into bed in the middle of the day. Her bloods were clear. She was told it was perimenopause, then depression. Months passed before a kinesiologist, of all people, pointed at her pancreas — and within days she was in a Cork hospital being told she had a tumour.</p><br><p>In this episode, Pamela sits down with Laura to walk through what happened next: the chemotherapy that made her legs turn to jelly, the five and a half weeks of daily radiotherapy that put her on her back in hospital, and the Whipple surgery that took out the head of her pancreas, part of her stomach, part of her intestine, her gallbladder and her spleen. Then the slower, quieter battle that came after — the seven and a half stone she lost, the survivor guilt nobody warned her about, the Survive and Thrive programme that helped her step back into the world, and the small camping toilet she now keeps in her car because that is the honest reality of life after Whipple surgery.</p><br><p>Pamela also shares why she co-founded Pancreatic Cancer Ireland, what the signs of pancreatic cancer actually look like, and why "listen to your gut and keep going back" might be the most important sentence you hear this week.</p><p><br></p><h3>🔑 Key Points</h3><p><br></p><ul><li>Why fatigue was Pamela's only consistent symptom — and how easy it was to put down to a busy life, perimenopause and then depression</li><li>The signs of pancreatic cancer worth knowing: persistent tiredness, pain in the tummy that radiates to the back, floaty stools, dark urine, jaundice, an itch with no rash, new pre-diabetes</li><li>What Whipple surgery actually involves, and why it is described as life-saving but life-altering</li><li>The realities of life after a rewired digestive system, from packing a change of clothes to always knowing where the toilet is</li><li>The chemotherapy side effects that have lingered for years — neuropathy, Raynaud's, cold intolerance</li><li>Survivor guilt, the drop-off in support after the "all clear", and finding her way back through the Survive and Thrive programme</li><li>Why pancreatic cancer is projected to be the second leading cause of cancer-related death by 2030</li><li>Pamela's everyday philosophy: advocate for yourself, listen to your gut, and treasure the ordinary days</li></ul><p><br></p><h3>📚 Resources</h3><p><br></p><p><a href="pancreaticcancerireland.ie" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Pancreatic Cancer Ireland</strong></a></p><p><a href="https://surviveandthrive.ie/about-survive-and-thrive/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Survive and Thrive</strong></a></p><p><br></p><h3>⏱️ Timestamps</h3><p><br></p><p>00:00 — Welcome</p><p>00:27 — Blackrock Health Women's Health Centre</p><p>01:34 — Introducing Pamela and trusting your gut</p><p>02:13 — 2018: fatigue, busy work and the RNLI</p><p>03:04 — Going back to the GP again and again</p><p>05:01 — A kidney scan and "the good news is there's no cancer"</p><p>06:00 — Being told she might be depressed</p><p>06:16 — A kinesiologist who pointed at her pancreas</p><p>07:17 — Jaundice and the alarm bell</p><p>08:51 — Friday 7th December: into hospital in Cork</p><p>09:22 — "You have a tumour in your pancreas"</p><p>12:02 — What Whipple surgery actually is</p><p>13:00 — Six rounds of chemotherapy</p><p>13:30 — Side effects: falling, neuropathy, Raynaud's</p><p>17:48 — Radiotherapy, gemcitabine and six weeks in hospital</p><p>21:51 — Whipple surgery on 15 August 2019</p><p>23:20 — What was removed during Whipple</p><p>24:17 — Losing seven and a half stone and severe cachexia</p><p>26:14 — Ascites and the slow road back</p><p>29:48 — From patient to survivor</p><p>30:23 — Survivor guilt and finding therapy</p><p>31:11 — The Survive and Thrive programme</p><p>31:38 — Life after a rewired digestive system</p><p>34:55 — Pancreatic cancer statistics in Ireland</p><p>36:00 — The signs and symptoms worth knowing</p><p>42:00 — Setting up Pancreatic Cancer Ireland</p><p>47:58 — Where to find Pamela</p><p>49:25 — Advice for younger people, and the meaning of life</p><p>51:38 — Blackrock Health Women's Health Centre</p><p>Thanks for listening! You can watch the full episode on YouTube <a href="https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLN4xDBAAv7WCZCJ0VJC8lIXiX8_QtHFZJ&si=yi8ifI_sbjJJISSi" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>. Don’t forget to follow The Laura Dowling Experience podcast on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lauradowlingexperience?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@lauradowlingexperience</a> for updates and more information. You can also follow our host, Laura Dowling, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/fabulouspharmacist?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@fabulouspharmacist</a> for more insights and tips. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave a review—it really helps us out! Stay tuned for more great conversations.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
May 26, 2026
Bitesize Moment: "The Second Christmas Nearly Broke Me." — Dr Mary Ryan on grief
<p>In this bitesize moment pulled from the Laura Dowling Experience back catalogue, endocrinologist Dr Mary Ryan opens up about losing her husband unexpectedly while raising three small children, and what grief actually looked like for her in the years that followed.</p><br><p>She tells Laura about the shock, the anger, and the long fog of those first two years — and the small, practical things that helped: leaning into bonding routines with her kids, accepting help from family, friends and even her own patients, and letting people in when every part of her wanted to push them away.</p><p><br></p><h3><strong>🔑 Key Points</strong></h3><ul><li>Why grief, in her experience, takes around two years — and why the second Christmas is often the hardest</li><li>The "dark hole" she fell into, and what slowly pulled her out</li><li>How she kept life moving day-to-day for three young children</li><li>The quiet role of family, friends and patients in keeping her going</li><li>A gentle, honest take on how you don't really "get over" loss — you come through it</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>🎧 </strong><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/68cpFRa1kAaBSMJugI1v4b?si=4b37aa0a95ca4351" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Listen to the full episode here.</strong></a></p><p>Thanks for listening! You can watch the full episode on YouTube <a href="https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLN4xDBAAv7WCZCJ0VJC8lIXiX8_QtHFZJ&si=yi8ifI_sbjJJISSi" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>. Don’t forget to follow The Laura Dowling Experience podcast on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lauradowlingexperience?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@lauradowlingexperience</a> for updates and more information. You can also follow our host, Laura Dowling, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/fabulouspharmacist?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@fabulouspharmacist</a> for more insights and tips. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave a review—it really helps us out! Stay tuned for more great conversations.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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