#39 - (Updated) I'm a Triathlete I think It's a Stress Fracture; No, It's Stage IV Breast Cancer: Interview with Deb Williams

09/23/19 • 57 min

(Updated) I'm a Triathlete I think It's a Stress Fracture; No, It's Stage IV Breast Cancer: Interview with Deb Williams by SurvivingBreastCancer.org

Summary: In today’s episode, Deb discusses her unique cancer diagnosis with Laura. They talk about her hospital experience, the experience of being under anesthesia, laxatives, and Deb’s lifestyle. Deb’s contagious energy radiates throughout the episode and can be used to inspire listeners.

Topics:
4:10 Deb’s Introduction and diagnosis
14:15 Medicine isn’t a perfect science
15:10 Deb’s treatment
33:02 Deb’s rod in her hip breaks
40:00 Laxatives
46:30 What does Deb currently do
50:29 Breakdown situation

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Quotes:
7:48 Deb: “He said well, you have a nine millimeter tumor and your femur is broken in three places. And it's cancer and we don't know what kind, total blank at that point. I was like, okay, I heard nothing. His mouth was moving. But nothing was going in my ears at that point. I looked over at my girlfriends that were there, they frantically took out notebooks and were writing every single word. They were scribing because I didn't know what to say. And then he's like, I'm going to give you a couple minutes, and I'm going to leave the room and come back. He goes, read the notes from your girlfriends. Because he knew I wasn't listening. I was like, I have no idea.”

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#38 - It's In My Blood, Now That's Humor, with Blogger Jeff Neurman

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It's In My Blood, Now That's Humor, with Blogger Jeff Neurman by SurvivingBreastCancer.org
Summary: In this episode, Laura discusses finding the humor in a cancer diagnosis with Jeff Neurman, a lawyer who decided to blog about his experience with cancer. Jeff explains his diagnosis, the various chemo drugs he was on, why he decided to begin blogging, and how oncologists discuss cancer diagnoses with patients. Laura and Jeff exchange stories and connect with each other over similarities in their cancer journey.
Topics:
6:31 When and why Jeff decided to begin blogging
13:40 Jeff’s diagnosis
20:26 Chemo drugs
26:15 Discussing your diagnosis and treatment plan with your oncologist and others
45:52 Support from family and friends during a cancer diagnosis and treatment
1:00:48 Misunderstandings in medicine
1:08:14 Jeff’s blog
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Jeff’s blog https://itsinmyblood.blog/
Quotes:
35:11 Jeff: “So, so I think as, as useful and as essential as the the doctors, our fellow patients, I think that yes, some ways provide the most, most useful resource and support.”
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#40 - Emily Garnett & Laura Carfang; When Two Breast Cancer Podcasters Finally Connect

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Emily Garnett & Laura Carfang; When Two Breast Cancer Podcasters Finally Connect by SurvivingBreastCancer.org
Summary: In this episode, Laura and Emily interview each other about their respective podcasts and organizations. They each explain what inspired them to create these organizations, their diagnosis, and many of the struggles they have been through. Emily provides insight into how to tell your children about your breast cancer diagnosis and how to provide support for individuals with a stage 4 cancer diagnosis.
Topics:
8:28 Why Emily decided to start her podcast
11:41 Emily’s diagnosis
12:56 Metastatic de novo breast cancer
25:00 Emily’s biopsy and PET scan
29:40 Telling children about your breast cancer diagnosis
39:21 Creating dialogue
41:55 Origins of survivingbreastcancer.org
54:32 How to provide support to someone with stage 4 cancer
1:08:05 Emily’s blog and podcast
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Emily’s website: https://emilygarnett.wordpress.com/
Podcast: The intersection of cancer in life
Podcast website: https://theintersectionofcancerandlife.libsyn.com/
Quotes:
35:36 Emily: “It's so sweet and I feel like kids are such great conduits for so many important conversations. And for us, it really became a point where we could go, we could really start talking about a lot of the more nuanced aspects of people can identify as women. And that that those things, those characteristics aren't necessarily like the only defining characteristics. And then that has actually been a great teaching point in that not only like raising a little boy to recognize, you know, that there is a much bigger element of gender fluidity that that we don't recognize and sometimes really in the breast cancer community too. We can, we can kind of fall short of recognizing it because It's so stereotypically a female disease and like my, my, my grandfather had had breast cancer. And so, it, it's always been very important for me to recognize that breast cancer isn't necessarily something that women get, and that people who have breast cancer don't necessarily identify as women and you don't get however, however, their presentation might be.”
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