19. Survivor Advocacy in the Health Care System and Removing Fear of another Cancer in my Breast
Being diagnosed with breast cancer has elevated my awareness of how much I must advocate to receive the highest standard of health care. I am a unique patient and one individual healthcare consumer. T...
9 Feb 202418min
18. Breast Cancer Patient Experience: Medical Oncologist Follow-up Appointment
I am sharing my experience at the medical oncologist (breast oncologist) that took place the other day. I talk about why I get emotional at each of these visits and how surreal it is to be the breast ...
2 Feb 202417min
17. Breast Cancer Patient Experience: Planning for another doctor appointment (with the Breast Oncologist)
Now that I have had a few appointments with my medical oncologist, I have figured out the routine of how the appointment generally goes. I have developed a few helpful strategies I use to prepare for ...
26 Jan 202411min
16. Breast Cancer Patient Experience: Doctors and Nurses don't really understand what it feels like to be the Patient
Since being diagnosed, having surgery, and learning to thrive in survivorship, I have come to realize that the healthcare team does not really know what it is like to be the patient. In this episode, ...
19 Jan 202422min
15. Breast Cancer Surgery and Recovery: Plastic Surgeon Appointment Two Weeks after my Mastectomy
The first few weeks after surgery went rather quickly. This episode was recorded 16 days after surgery. I share the full story of what happened at the plastic surgeon's office. I also talk about how I...
12 Jan 202417min
14. Coping with a Breast Cancer Diagnosis and my Fear of Dying
In this episode, I share my realization of what I was afraid of now that I had a breast cancer diagnosis. It was 4 weeks from the time of the biopsy results until I went to surgery. At that time, ther...
5 Jan 202411min
13. Breast Cancer Surgery Side Effects: Permanent Skin Numbness
Yesterday marked six months since my breast cancer surgery, which included a mastectomy and immediate reconstruction. In the initial two months post-surgery, I had frequent follow-ups to monitor the h...
29 Des 202319min
12. Six Month Anniversary of Breast Cancer Surgery
This point in time is a major milestone for me. It has been 6 months since I had a left mastectomy. A year ago I never knew this was how I would tell my life's story now. I recently went through a len...
22 Des 202321min
