We cover all of the taboos in this convo. From sexual health as dictated by male doctors, to beating cancer as the beginning rather than the end, to the choice whether or not to have children.
I can’t thank you enough for putting this dialogue out there. I’m a little less than a year beyond treatment and just starting to wrap my head around the idea of survivorship… complicated by intense survivor’s guilt following my best friend’s death from breast cancer 2 months ago. She was the person I turned to consistently throughout my journey while she was going through her recurrence nightmare. Listening to you speak of the complexities is helping me so much to step into a new place and begin to embrace survivorship (infinitely more challenging than I would have ever anticipated). Thank you ❤️🙏🏼
Oh Lisa, thank YOU for being here, and sharing. It means so very much. ❤️ So sorry to hear about your friend, truly unimaginable. That we could be of any support is deeply heartening. ❤️ Isn't survivorship a mind fuck? It seems to be the unspoken difficulty that gets glossed over bc yes, of course, we are alive - what a gift(but also - a challenge)! Thanks for your patience with our response here too - still learning. XO
I can’t thank you enough for putting this dialogue out there. I’m a little less than a year beyond treatment and just starting to wrap my head around the idea of survivorship… complicated by intense survivor’s guilt following my best friend’s death from breast cancer 2 months ago. She was the person I turned to consistently throughout my journey while she was going through her recurrence nightmare. Listening to you speak of the complexities is helping me so much to step into a new place and begin to embrace survivorship (infinitely more challenging than I would have ever anticipated). Thank you ❤️🙏🏼
Oh Lisa, thank YOU for being here, and sharing. It means so very much. ❤️ So sorry to hear about your friend, truly unimaginable. That we could be of any support is deeply heartening. ❤️ Isn't survivorship a mind fuck? It seems to be the unspoken difficulty that gets glossed over bc yes, of course, we are alive - what a gift(but also - a challenge)! Thanks for your patience with our response here too - still learning. XO