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Still Jill

ABC listen•www.abc.net.au
Society & Culture
Personal Journals
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, but what’s it like to live life with death in sight? And how does it feel to have a terminal illness from the very cradle of life, our ovaries?
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Episodes

Chapter 6 | Update

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.

Jun 26, 2019•16 min•Season 1Ep. 6

Chapter 5 | The Wedding

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.

Nov 06, 2018•17 min•Season 1Ep. 5

Chapter 4 | The Lab Rat

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

Oct 30, 2018•16 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Chapter 3 | Relapse

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

Oct 23, 2018•15 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Chapter 2 | Mum's Got Cancer

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.

Oct 16, 2018•16 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Chapter 1 | Marry Me Ken

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

Oct 08, 2018•16 min•Season 1Ep. 1

Introducing... Still Jill

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

Oct 02, 2018•3 min
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