34. Breast Cancer Patient Experience: Mastectomy Anniversary which I almost Forgot
I was working up to this anniversary in a lot of ways. Largely, it was a major accomplishment (and healing) to get to the point of one year post diagnosis and surgery. When I was almost there, I felt ...
27 Jun 202416min
33. Breast Cancer Patient Experience: Tamoxifen and the End of Intimacy as I know it
Tamoxifen side-effects are often described by health care providers in broad terms. Natalie shares specific side-effects from taking Tamoxifen in this episode. Breast Cancer Life is a podcast about m...
14 Jun 202417min
32. One Year of Breast Cancer Survivorship: Facing Fears and Reaching Recovery
Recovery is possible after a breast cancer diagnosis! As I celebrate my first year of survivorship, I reflect on the biggest fear factors I had to overcome. Breast Cancer Life is a podcast about my b...
7 Jun 202413min
31. Learning to Row in a Community of Breast Cancer Survivors
Natalie shares her experience at a special weekend event dedicated to teaching breast cancer survivors the sport of rowing. The learn-to-row weekend was hosted by We Can Row DC. Despite the heat and t...
31 Mai 202421min
30. Breast Cancer Surgery: 28 Days after the Mastectomy
This episode was recorded when recovery from breast cancer surgery was still the primary focus in my life. Post-op life was a little less hectic at this point in time. There certainly seemed to be few...
24 Mai 202422min
29. Breast Cancer Diagnosis: One Year of Survivorship
Natalie shares her reflection on what it was like one year ago, when she received the biopsy results confirming breast cancer. Listen to her story of what it felt like at that moment, filled with fear...
17 Mai 202419min
28. Conquering Breast Cancer Survivorship: Making Sense of the Fear of Recurrence
It has been almost 1 year since my breast cancer diagnosis and it has taken many months to get comfortable being a survivor. Now, I feel a good sense of how I go forward. In this episode, I share impo...
10 Mai 202424min
27. Unexpected Fall and Coping as a Breast Cancer Survivor
A year ago things were about to get real serious. It will be a year on May 11th since the MRI guided biopsy that came back as invasive cancer. So now I have been reflecting on what I was doing a year ...
4 Mai 202424min
