Sarcoma and Fertility

07/05/20 • 48 min

Sarcoma Sisters

We are joined by Dr. Abha Gupta in episode 4: Sarcoma and Fertility.

Dr. Gupta is a sarcoma and onco-fertility expert.

We discuss female and male fertility and:

Do you even want to be a parent? And if yes – is it important if your future baby is related to you?
What’s the rush – why fertility question needs to be asked when someone is first diagnosed with cancer and is there a rush?
Balloons/marbles = ovaries/eggs
Push and pull of AYAs (adolescents and young adults) and their parents
Changing your mind – loss and regret

And so much more!

Music: Rospigg

Artwork: Tucker Good

We are joined by Dr. Abha Gupta in episode 4: Sarcoma and Fertility.

Dr. Gupta is a sarcoma and onco-fertility expert.

We discuss female and male fertility and:

Do you even want to be a parent? And if yes – is it important if your future baby is related to you?
What’s the rush – why fertility question needs to be asked when someone is first diagnosed with cancer and is there a rush?
Balloons/marbles = ovaries/eggs
Push and pull of AYAs (adolescents and young adults) and their parents
Changing your mind – loss and regret

And so much more!

Music: Rospigg

Artwork: Tucker Good

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Hanneke and Jim Part 2

In this short episode we continue the conversation with Hanneke and Jim. They share with us their experience in survivorship land with their daughter who completed therapy for Osteosarcoma 4 years ago.

Music: Rospigg

Artwork: Jonathan Borba

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Fertility 101

Lisa is joined by Donna Bell in episode 5: Fertility 101.

Donna Bell is a Nurse Practitioner at MD Anderson Cancer Center and an expert in onco-fertility. She cares for pediatric, adolescent and young adult patients in the pediatric leukemia/lymphoma division and she helped to start and leads the onco-fertility consultation service.

We dive deeper into the meaning of the fertility terminology used and: