‘My friend Deborah James wanted me to move on - a year after her death I’m Lozza again’
It is a year since Dame Deborah James lost her battle with cancer and for her friend and fellow You, Me And The Big C podcast host Lauren Mahon it’s been 12 months of change.
It’s her second collaboration with fashion retailer Pretty Little Thing and features gorgeous bold shades and patterns in styles specifically created to disguise scar tissue, conceal stoma and ileostomy bags and be secure for breast inserts while still looking stylish. Together with Lauren and journalist Rachael, who had been diagnosed with breast cancer, they began presenting You, Me And The Big C in 2018. It garnered huge attention, won countless awards and was lauded for its frankness and humour about living with cancer.
“When I was diagnosed, there was still a lack of openness about the disease. People felt isolated and ashamed and a lot of the time information was aimed at much older people,” she explains. Does she miss the podcast? She pauses her 10-to-the-dozen speech pattern for a moment. “I miss the family we had on the podcast. I miss the laughs and the fun. But I don’t miss the impact it had on me emotionally and mentally.
“I feel those with stage four are still treated as second-class citizens and they deserve more. All people want is more life, more memories.”A month after Deb died, Lauren got a dog, Raymond, a miniature schnauzer, who she clearly adores.
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