For this episode of Karger's The Waiting Room Podcast, we spoke with Konstantina Boumaki. She is a medical doctor with 19 years of experience in patient advocacy. Since her diagnosis with type 1 diabetes in 2005, she has been a passionate advocate, leading numerous projects to improve patient engagement and health outcomes. With regard to this year's World Diabetes Day we talked about her patient journey and her work as a patient advocate.

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For this episode of Karger's The Waiting Room Podcast, we spoke with Abby Match. She was diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer at the age of 35 in 2020. After the diagnosis she became a breast cancer advocate as well as a board member of the US-based non-profit organization Living Beyond Breast Cancer in 2023.

We spoke about her patient journey with breast cancer, her work as a patient advocate as well as Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October.

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For the first episode of season 5 of Karger's The Waiting Room Podcast, we spoke with Alastair Boyle. He was diagnosed with myelodysplasia, a type of blood cancer, in 2008 and eventually had to retire from his work as a firefighter in 2014. Ally then focused on patient and public involvement and providing input to charities, research studies and committees, for example, by serving as a Trustee for Blood Cancer UK.

We spoke about his experiences with blood cancer, his work as a patient advocate and trustee as well as Blood Cancer Awareness Month in September.

If you are looking for more detailed information on the signs and symptoms of blood cancer, follow this link to the section of the Blood Cancer UK website which discusses them and has a video talking about what to look out for.

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