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A Day at Mama B's - Special

Cancer, especially Breast cancer is the order of the day today at "Mama B Cancer Wellbeing Days" and what a day it was, It was truly inspirational to both Martin and Patrick and a privilege to be allowed behind the closed doors of Stephen John’s Salon.

Owner Steve Trowles set up the group after many years of supporting women needing wigs due to their treatment. He said: “I met these women and they opened up to me.  I would then have the next client come in and think, I need you to talk to the previous person so you can connect and support each other.”

Named after his much-loved mum, Brenda, who sadly passed away in 2016, the days allow women (and Men) undergoing cancer treatment to come to the salon where they enjoy some pampering thanks to volunteers, a light lunch, and, most importantly, a chance to talk to each other, share their stories and offer each other support and advice. 

Steve added: “My mum was such an inspirational woman. Losing her left a huge hole in my heart but hosting these days in her memory and supporting women through cancer is just a blessing and I just hope that Mama B’s makes life a little better for everyone at a difficult time.”

Martin & Patrick Get to talk to Steve, the Ladies attending the event, and some of the invaluable volunteers that make this work including local Charity "My Wish Charity" and Tesco Stores.

This is one Podcast that has left a huge lasting impression on Martin and Patrick and simply goes to show there is still so much good in the world.

If you think this something you would like to tap into, support or even sponsor please get in touch with My Wish Charity.

https://mywishcharity.co.uk
https://stephen-john.co.uk

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Welcome to this week's episode and we really cannot believe this is number 34

The boys are taking a break from health matters this week as another guest arrives in the Studio.

This week its ex-professional football player Steve Wright (Charlie).

Steve spent his professional career in the football league mainly playing for Colchester United in the UK.

Years | Team | Apps | (Gls)
1977–1982 | Colchester United | 117 | (3)
1982 | HJK Helsinki | 9 | (1)
1982–1983 | Braintree Town | ? | (?)
1983 | Lappfjärds BK | ? | (2)
1983–1985 | Wrexham | 76 | (0)
1985–1986 | Torquay United | 33 | (0)
1986–1988 | Crewe Alexandra | 72 | (3)
1988–1989 | Rhyl | ? | (?)
1989–1990 | Chelmsford City | 9 | (0)
1990–1997 | Wivenhoe Town | 177 | (2)
1997–1998 | Harwich & Parkeston | ? | (?)
Total |  | 316 | (9) 

Steve tells about his ups and downs, some funny moments, his time in Europe, and his thoughts on todays game and the technology being introduced.

We don't get a chance for Martins Joke of the Week this time around but it will return in the next episode

Finally, next week we will be back on track at Mumma Bee's and discussing all things Cancer with some brave ladies who have been through Breast Cancer and come out the other side positively.
 
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After three weeks of guests Martin & Patrick find themselves back in the studio but this time back on their own.

It's a chance to catch up and discuss some interesting topics on health matters, the ban on Ice Cream in Milan, Italy, and a Ramb that decides to attack its owners and turn on the police.

One of the main topics discussed at length is the drug known as Statins, both Martin and Patrick are on Statins Martin 40 mg and Patrick the maximum dose allowed is 80 mg.

There are many side effects associated with Statins and Martin lists the most common while the boys decide if they may suffer from these or any side effects and also discover some things to avoid if they are taking Statins.

Although there are some potential side effects long-term for statins, in most cases, if your doctor has identified you as having high cholesterol and needing a statin, do the benefits outweigh the risks?

What is the conclusion, are Statins 

It is also time for the return of "Martin's Joke of the Week"

Finally, there is some exciting news about future guests and these will be revealed.
 
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Today the boys (Martin & Patrick) have professional footballer Steve Wignall as a guest and he openly discusses his professional football career. He also touches upon his recent struggle with memory loss and the possibility of having CTE (Chronic traumatic encephalopathy).

CTE is a brain condition thought to be linked to repeated head injuries and blows to the head. It slowly gets worse over time and leads to dementia, but with the right help and support can manage the symptoms.  

Steven Leslie Wignall (born 17 September 1954) is an English former professional football manager and player. During his playing career,  Steve played as a Central defender and made over 600 appearances in the Football League. 

Position Central Defender

Previous clubs:

1971-1972 Liverpool: 0 apps
1972-1977 Doncaster Rovers: 137+5 apps, 1 goal
1977 Nottingham Forest (Loan): 0 apps

Clubs played for after leaving:

1984-1986 Brentford: 84 apps, 3 goals
1986-1991 Aldershot: 195+3 apps, 7 goals

Managerial Career
1992-1995 Aldershot: 146 games
1995-1999 Colchester United: 218 games
2000 Stevenage Borough: 8 games
2000-2001 Doncaster Rovers: 79 games
2003 Southend United: 23 games

Born in Liverpool, Steve played professionally for Doncaster Rovers, Colchester United, Brentford, and Aldershot, making a total of 639 appearances in the Football League. He retired as a player in 1991, barely a year before Aldershot went out of business.

After he retired from playing he joined the coaching staff at Aldershot, before assisting Ian McDonald. After Aldershot went out of business in 1992, a new club, Aldershot Town was formed, and Steve became their first-ever manager, winning back-to-back promotions before former club Colchester United signed him in January 1995. During his time at Colchester, he led the club to promotion via the play-offs in 1978/79 and to the final of the Associates Members Cup the year before. He stayed as manager until he resigned in January 1999, believing he had taken the club as far as he could. In April 2000, he joined Stevenage Borough and was offered a two-year contract but never signed it and, when approached a month later by former club Doncaster Rovers, he decided to manage them instead, having only managed 8 games at Stevenage. He managed Doncaster for just one season, In 2003, he became manager of Southend United but only lasted seven months. He also worked as a first-team coach and assistant at Wivenhoe Town from 2005 before leaving the club due to financial reasons in January 2008.

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My Wish Charity

In today's episode, Martin and Patrick return to their second home at the West Suffolk Hospital to visit the offices of My Wish Charity and meet up with Sue Smith (Head of fundraising) and her colleague Tanya Fifield (Fundraising Officer).

The charity was entered on the Central Register of Charities on the 15th of September 1995. It constituted 91 individual funds and was managed ad ad-hoc by the West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust’s Finance department.

A part-time fundraising manager was employed in May 2010 to help the Trust manage its fundraising income and to work with the local community on increasing the number of donations. The response from the community was fantastic, so much so that in November 2011 a part-time fundraising assistant joined the fundraising team for 2 days per week.

In May 2016 the decision was made to rebrand the charity launching under the new name of My WiSH Charity. This decision has seen the charity go from strength to strength thanks to the amazing community and staff all wanting to support their local hospital.

My WiSH Charity is the local NHS Charity. They are not here to replace the NHS but to enhance the wonderful care patients receive at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust.

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust includes West Suffolk Hospital, Newmarket Community Hospital, and the community services they both provide. Its care is second to none, however, its budget is not limitless. With public help, they can support all their services enabling their wonderful staff to go that extra mile.

https://mywishcharity.co.uk/


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Well today is a very special day as we welcome our second celebrity guest World Champion Snooker Player Cliff Thorburn

Patrick and Martin have a great informal chat to Cliff who now lives back in Canada.

Clifford Charles Devlin Thorburn  (born 16 January 1948) is a Canadian retired professional Snooker player,  Nicknamed "The Grinder" because of his slow, determined style of play.

Cliff won the World Snooker Championship in 1980 defeating Alex Higgins 18–16 in the final.

He is generally recognised as the sport's first world champion from outside the United Kingdom and he remains the only world champion from the Americas.  He was runner-up in two other world championships, losing 21–25 to John Spencer in the 1977 final and 6–18 to Steve Davis in the 1983 final.

At the 1983 tournament, Thorburn became the first player to make a maximum break of 147 in a World Championship match, achieving the feat in his second-round encounter with Terry Griffiths.

Ranked World Number one during the 1981 - 1982 season, Thorburn was the first non-British player to top the snooker world rankings. He won the Invitational Masters in 1983, 1985, and 1986, making him the first player to win the tournament three times and the first to retain the title.

Chris retired from the main professional tour in 1996. Inducted into Canada's Sporting Hall of Fame in 2001 and the Snooker Hall of Fame in 2014, he competed later in his career in Snooker Legends events and on the World Series tour, winning the 2018 Seniors Masters at the Crucible Theatre at age 70. He retired from competitive snooker after the 2022 seniors.

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Last week's Podcast (The Drug Dealer) received the most comments to date and it wasn't about the title, the feedback about the medication and its side effects were amazing and we will be looking at Patrick's drugs and side effects in a future episode.

Today we are pleased to commence our Summer guest list with our first guest, Louise Steggall.

Louise has had the most incredible life experiences when it comes to Cancer both as a Nurse and patient, and tells her story uniquely.

After both her Mother and Father battled with Cancer and finally succumbed she discovers she has a new fight on her hands as she receives a diagnosis of Breast Cancer.

Louise is also a Healthcare Professional and in her time has worked and helped many with Cancer nursing them through diagnosis to end-of-life care.  She tells all about the highs and the lows, the mixed emotions, and how she deals with this daily whilst looking after her family and children.

An honest and frank account of someone who truly has been through it all and believes in a Positive Mental Attitude (PMA) is key to helping us cope and survive reminding us that PMA is FREE.

Louise has been and still is involved with Dementia following her mother's diagnosis and she tells us about the Dementia help group she has recently formed locally and runs with great success.

Next week our guest is World Champion Snooker legend Cliff Thorburn.


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Episode 29

We start the week with Martin and Patrick's date night and a trip to the Theatre to see UK Comedy Legend and TV personality Jimmy Tarbuck (Tarby), how did that go?

John Alfred Tinniswood is the oldest living man today at 111 years born the year the Titanic sank, we find out what his tips are on a long and healthy life.

The Drug Dealer, Both Martin, and Patrick with their different illnesses (Cancer and Heart Disease) have a daily cocktail of regular medication to take, and these drugs can be expensive. 

What are the costs and how do they compare?

What are the possible side effects and does everyone suffer from these in the same way?

This interesting and amusing discussion goes on to explore the side effects and the impact on daily life.  

Martin's Joke of the Week with the bonus of an additional joke from Patrick this week.

Next week our Guests return and the boys tell us who and what to expect.

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Episode 26

It's been over 6 months now since the first released episode of "Who's Tom & Dick" where has that time gone. Today Episode 27 represents the start of our second half of the year.

We look back at Easter and how we celebrate this with our family, a difficult time of the year for Patrick in particular given his love of chocolate and his Heart Disease.

We look back at our "LIVE" presentation at the Sporting Memories Club locally and how that went down, discussing the subject matter and how it was all received.

A new feature this week, Patrick's has been away and came home with two boxes of Jokes for Martin, Patrick and Martin have a Joke to Joke stand-off using randomly selected cards from each joke box.

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Martin & Patrick discuss;

It's Easter (Good Friday) and chocolate is in the air (or is it) as we buy Easter Eggs across the world, how do you eat your "Cadbury's Cream Eggs" (other brands are available). It's a hard time of the year for Patrick as his Easter Egg count has come down considerably since discovering his Heart Disease some 15 years ago.

The boys discuss recent news and include the Princess of Wales in their brief chat.\\

Today's headline subject for discussion is "Statins. What do we know about these drugs, who should be taking them, and for what? Do they cause many side effects as many suggest and is memory loss one of those side effects?

Statins block an enzyme the liver needs to make cholesterol. This causes the liver to remove cholesterol from the blood. While statins are highly effective and safe for most people, they have been linked to muscle pain, digestive problems, and mental fuzziness in some people.

It is said, that although there are some potential side effects long-term for statins, in most cases, if your doctor has identified you as having high cholesterol and needing a statin, the benefits greatly outweigh the risks.

It's important to know that stopping statins cold turkey, or even gradually, can cause serious health problems and you should talk to your doctor before doing so. 

We review some questions from our listeners and try and assist where we can remember to consult your doctor.

Martin's Joke of the week returns, it's short, it's sweet but is it funny?

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