Welcome to the seventh series! My first guest is Natalie Aitken. Natalie is a medic from here in Scotland who is currently exploring how to share her story more and speak up for the health issues that need more spotlight. In 2019, in her 30s, she lost her husband John to bile duct cancer, a rare and often incurable cancer. Our conversation reflected on many of Natalie's experiences through her husband's cancer, as well as the lasting impact of three rounds of IVF and her professional perspective on the Covid-19 pandemic. Natalie also shared the raw specifics of the challenges of being a medic with a seriously ill partner; how she has learnt to live with uncertainty and its transferability to stresses such as Covid-19; unexpectedly discovering she had fertility issues; the hope/disappointment cycle of both IVF and cancer; the need to commit to the hard work of grief processing; and the pressures facing the NHS through the Covid-19 emergency. Thank you Natalie for joining me and talking so openly about it all. Please forgive the less than perfect audio, this episode was recorded over Skype at home due to the need to isolate.