26. Navigating Mastectomy Recovery: Insights from a Breast Cancer Patient's Journey at Post Operative Day 14
This episode was recorded two weeks after surgery. The surgery was a nipple-sparing, skin-sparing left mastectomy. My reconstruction (placement of an implant) was done at the same time as the mastecto...
12 Huhti 202419min
25. Planning for a Mastectomy: Coordinating the Breast Surgeon and Plastic Surgeon
It was a mostly smooth process planning for my breast surgery. In this episode, I discuss the process of going between the breast surgeon and plastic surgeon in the time leading up to my mastectomy an...
5 Huhti 202417min
24. Comparing Tamoxifen Pricing for Breast Cancer Survivors
I am talking about how I shopped around for the best price on Tamoxifen in this episode. The drug is generic and should not cost much, if anything. The pharmacy prices, including the mail-delivery pha...
22 Maalis 202410min
23. My Journey to Fitness and Finding Community as a Breast Cancer Survivor
I have been exercising regularly for many months. For several months, I have been aware of how much I crave a good sweat and an opportunity to get my heart rate up into the high 120s and a little beyo...
15 Maalis 202420min
22. Screening and Diagnosis: 3 Strategies for Surviving the Stress of the Unknown
In this episode, I share resources and strategies I implemented to get information as soon as possible. This meant using a few tools and advocating for myself at a time when the full extent of the can...
8 Maalis 202423min
21. Unhelpful Thoughts Triggered by a Mammogram
It was my first screening mammogram since being diagnosed with breast cancer. This mammogram was being done on the breast that did not have cancer in it at the time of my initial diagnosis. After read...
1 Maalis 202414min
20. Embracing the New Normal: Life After Breast Cancer
I have turned a corner in my life as a survivor. Perhaps this could be called "acceptance" of the life I am living now. Coincidentally, I am at the point in time where it has been a year since the jou...
16 Helmi 202419min
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 Helmi 202418min
