Episode 259: Cancer at Christmas: The Week I Learned I had Stage IV Breast Cancer

Episode 259: Cancer at Christmas: The Week I Learned I had Stage IV Breast Cancer

In this powerful episode, Larry and I go back to the week in December 1998 that changed our lives forever. What started as a routine appointment just before the holidays quickly became a devastating spiral of tests, unanswered questions, and the phone call that revealed I had stage 4 metastatic breast cancer at only 26 years old.

We share:

  • The moment my doctor noticed something was wrong

  • The shock of hearing “It’s cancer” days before Christmas

  • The traumatic appointment where I was told to get my affairs in order

  • How a second oncologist offered hope and completely changed my prognosis

  • What those early days of fear, uncertainty, and survival really felt like

  • How this diagnosis became the foundation for the life and mission I have today

If you’re navigating a new cancer diagnosis, living with metastatic breast cancer, or supporting someone who is, this honest conversation is for you. This is the story I wish I could have heard back then — a story about fear, resilience, terrible doctors, life-saving doctors, and the spark of hope that carried me forward.

27 years later, I’m still here. And I want you to know that hope is real.

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Episode 279: Tammy Eagle Bowling on Light Up MBC and the Campaign Raising Millions for Research

Episode 279: Tammy Eagle Bowling on Light Up MBC and the Campaign Raising Millions for Research

Tammy Eagle Bowling was 41, healthy, and diagnosed out of nowhere after a routine mammogram caught what blood work and a clean physical missed. She'd never even heard the word metastatic before a scan...

23 Sep 33min

Episode 278: When October Doesn't Feel Like Yours

Episode 278: When October Doesn't Feel Like Yours

Heather's solo this week, getting ahead of Breast Cancer Awareness Month before the pink shows up everywhere. This one's less a tidy takeaway and more her thinking out loud — the complicated feelings ...

16 Sep 25min

Episode 277: Beyond the Pink with Dr. Eleonora Teplinsky

Episode 277: Beyond the Pink with Dr. Eleonora Teplinsky

This week I'm joined by Dr. Eleonora Teplinsky, a medical oncologist specializing in breast and gynecologic cancers, for a conversation about what actually helps people live well with metastatic disea...

9 Sep 30min

Episode 276: We're Back!

Episode 276: We're Back!

Heather and Larry are back after a summer break, and they're kicking off the new season with a little reflection. After 275 episodes, Heather opens up about why the podcast started in the first place ...

2 Sep 26min

Episode 276: Encore Episode: Gillian Burles — 20 Years Living with HER2+ Metastatic Breast Cancer

Episode 276: Encore Episode: Gillian Burles — 20 Years Living with HER2+ Metastatic Breast Cancer

Gillian Burles was 39 years old when her breast cancer metastasized to her spine — so severely that her T10 vertebra had to be replaced with a titanium alloy cage. She was living in the Northwest Terr...

24 Juni 40min

Episode 275: This Is the Good Stuff

Episode 275: This Is the Good Stuff

Heather and Larry are back together, and they're catching up on a full couple of weeks. First up: Larry's first time volunteering at a Little Pink Houses of Hope retreat on the Outer Banks — what he e...

3 Juni 26min

Episode 274: Just a Tuesday

Episode 274: Just a Tuesday

What do we actually want when we go into a scan? When we make the hard choices about treatment and energy and how we spend ourselves? We want a Tuesday. An ordinary, unremarkable, nothing-special day ...

13 Maj 25min

Episode 273: You Asked, I Answered

Episode 273: You Asked, I Answered

You had questions. Heather answered them. In this episode, Heather pulls from questions submitted on Instagram to talk about where her mets were, the treatments she's been on since her 1998 diagnosis,...

6 Maj 33min

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