Still Jill

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Jill Emberson is getting married two months after finishing her latest bout of palliative chemotherapy. She was freshly in love and stimulated at work when she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Nine months later, she was told she’d be lucky to be alive in five years. We all know we’ll die one day,…

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    • Feb 17, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 13m AVG DURATION
    • 8 EPISODES


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    Chapter 7 | Postscript - Remembering Jill

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2020 10:24


    Jill Emberson died on December 12, 2019, four years after being diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Hear her final recordings and tributes from her loved ones including husband Ken, and daughter Malia.

    Chapter 6 | Update

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2019 16:04


    Jill has won an award, started a massive new campaign and tried two different treatments for ovarian cancer, so we thought it was about time for a Bonus Episode to keep you up to date.

    Chapter 5 | The Wedding

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2018 16:57


    It’s early 2018, and Jill is going back into chemo, but this time it’s palliative. If the treatment is a success it will buy her a healthy window of time for her wedding and honeymoon.

    Chapter 4 | The Lab Rat

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2018 16:24


    Jill starts the fight to get on a drug trial that won’t cure her cancer but could buy her a few more years.

    Chapter 3 | Relapse

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2018 14:38


    Nine months after being diagnosed with ovarian cancer, Jill is told her cancer is back. That makes it terminal.

    Chapter 2 | Mum's Got Cancer

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2018 15:55


    Jill’s daughter Malia was studying overseas when Jill was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Malia and Jill remember that conversation, and the emergency trip home.

    Chapter 1 | Marry Me Ken

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2018 15:57


    Jill Emberson is in hospital recovering from emergency brain surgery when she proposes to her partner of 7 years, Ken. He says no.

    Introducing... Still Jill

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2018 2:49


    We all know we’ll die one day, but what’s it like to live life with death in sight?

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