Best Life After Cancer

For all of those who asked me to do a podcast specifically on triple negative breast cancer, here it is. I went over what it is, the normal treatment of this and I dispel some myths along the way. I hope you find it helpful!

This podcast tells a 2 generational story, of Ann's more than decade long battle with lung cancer, metastatic to her brain, and her daughter, Katie's subsequent diagnosis of Her 2 positive breast cancer.  Katie is a family member, and this story is uplifting and touching.  This episode is a long one, but the story of a moment between mother and daughter right at the end is worth spending the time....

If you have asked why more scans aren’t done after your breast cancer treatment completes, this frank discussion will help answer your questions.

This is the story of Justin Pritikin, who was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in 6th grade.  He recurred twice in high school, and is now a survivor of a bone marrow transplant, and a thriving Villanova student.  His Ted talk (Holding On To Normal) is available at  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_UYVew7TEY He is an upbeat, truly inspiring young man, and I know you will...

You have the right to be angry.  But if it is affecting how you show up in your cancer care, it may be counterproductive.  Listen to a scenario showing this, and evaluate if you need to work on your anger.  If you do, this discusses how to do it, and why it may be so present in your life currently.

This is an interview with Esther, diagnosed with a Stage III, locally advanced, inflammatory breast cancer in her 40's.  She shares how she coped, what she learned, and how it has changed her.  This is an inspiring and uplifting story, and I am honored to share her journey with you. It’s a long one, but I didn’t want to cut any of it!!!

Practical help to get over the hump and start exercising after cancer, major surgery and more.

All the details you wish you could ask your oncologist or urologist but are too embarrassed! It is all normal - as Dr. Caspersen says, “You are not broken!”

During and after cancer treatment, a trauma or the death of a loved one, we often feel like other people’s comments are not helpful, or are outright harmful. Explore ways to deal with this in today’s podcast.

In this interview, I have the opportunity to speak with medical dosimetrist Chris Moore about working in radiation oncology and then being diagnosed with an aggressive sarcoma. His story is inspiring and uplifting.

In this episode, I talk to you about how I rewrote my life story to be some thing that made me feel strong, resourceful and blessed. I teach you how to go through this and do it as well. You can also get more info at bestlifeaftetcancer.com or on my Facebook page Best Life After Cancer MD. Join me there for more help and resources.

In this episode, I talk about my experience with a family member with Alzheimer’s and how this applies to people with heritable family conditions like cancer genes or a strong family history of cancer. We go over how to adress your fear, how to release your guilt and how to feel better about the situation in general.

How are you living life? Wallowing in fear, or creating joy? Listen now to hear how to work to purposefully create more joy.

This week, I explain the amazing increases in survival from simply exercising. This can be as great as the benefit from chemotherapy in some cancers. The importance of this cannot be underestimated!

In this episode, I delve into what I recommend in terms of food and how to create the perfect protocol for you!

This episode continues the work from episode 7 with how to lose weight and keep it off permanently by working on reducing food urges.

This week we review the hormones that interact and affect weight and how we can optimize them. Optimizing our hormones in conjunction with behavior modification is the absolute most effective way to reduce weight and keep it off permanently. If you’re struggling with your weight, cancer patient or not, this episode is for you!

This episode walks you through how to feel better, whether it is after cancer, during a pandemic or in the midst of civil unrest.

Today, we talk about changes in body image after cancer and how it affects how you look and feel about yourself. I teach techniques on how to come to terms with your new body and even learn to love it.

This week, we discuss survivorship, what it means, and what the most beneficial changes you can make are.

This week, we explore the two parts of our brain, the primitive brain and the prefrontal cortex, and how they are sometimes work in opposition (and what challenges that brings us in modern day life!)

Today, we go through the differences between thoughts and circumstances. I teach you how to begin to identify which are which, what learning this difference can do in your life, and how this can significantly improve your perspective on your cancer.

This podcast is based on proven life coaching techniques aimed at helping you overcome fear, anxiety and other challenges after having cancer.  It is hosted by board certified radiation oncologist, Dr. Deborah Butzbach.