Film to help patients navigate cancer ‘limbo land’

Kent and Medway Cancer Alliance User Involvement Manager Tracey Ryan, who runs the Working Together Group, said: “Limbo land came about because a patient emailed me to say they were in limbo land, and the idea was sparked. It’s been a privilege to have been involved and to have heard the patient stories.”

Ian Vousden, Kent and Medway Cancer Alliance Director, said: “This is a powerful film with great messages from patients to other patients and their families. It’s a fantastic resource.”

Chris Wheal, a member of the Working Together Group and who features in the film, said: “At the start of a cancer diagnosis, the patient situation is in a word dire, but this film provides all important basic information, in a very easy, understandable, relatable and watchable format which is so important for new cancer patients at a time when concentration and focus is stretched to the limit. I hope patients will take inspiration and comfort from watching the video as well as realising they are not alone.”

Watch the film on the cancer alliance website.