My Breast Cancer Advocate

Jill Frank shares a compassionate, step-by-step guide for navigating the first week after a breast cancer diagnosis, emphasizing understanding, organization, and confidence in decision-making. Key Topics: Initial emotional response to diagnosis Importance of gathering information and asking questions Building your medical team and understanding roles Deciding who to tell and managing support Quest...

Most women never realize how much a second opinion could change everything—until they hear Jill Frank’s personal story of uncovering critical details that her initial team missed. If you've ever felt dismissed, confused, or that something just doesn’t add up in your cancer journey, this episode is your wake-up call. Jill shares the raw, detailed story of her breast cancer diagnosis, treatment deci...

This interview explores the impact of cancer treatments on female sexual health, addressing physical, emotional, and psychological aspects. Experts Drs. Katz & Tabisel provide insights on managing atrophy, emotional well-being, and communication with partners, emphasizing the importance of proactive education and support. Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Sexual Health and Cancer 02:56 Understand...

Sex after breast cancer—why aren’t we talking about it more? In this powerful episode, Jill Frank sits down with sexologist Dr. Ross Lynn Tabisel to break the silence around intimacy, desire, and body confidence after treatment. From unexpected side effects to the emotional toll on relationships, nothing is off-limits. They discuss what many patients aren’t told, why sexual dysfunction is so commo...

What happens to intimacy after breast cancer? It’s one of the most common—and least talked about—challenges women face after treatment. In this upcoming episode, we sit down with Dr. Ross Lynn Tabisel and Dr. Ditza Katz of Women’s Therapy Center to break the silence around sex, healing, and reclaiming connection after cancer. No shame. No filters. Just real conversations that matter. Stay tuned fo...

When breast cancer comes back, everything changes — not just emotionally, but medically. In this deeply personal episode of My Breast Cancer Advocate , Jill Frank — two-time breast cancer survivor and co-founder of MyBreastCancerAdvocate.com — shares what it’s really like to face a recurrence 14 years after a double mastectomy. From the emotional shift between a first diagnosis and a second, to th...

Fourteen years after my mastectomy, I discovered something no survivor wants to face — a local breast cancer recurrence. In this deeply personal episode, I share how a small lump found during a routine OB/GYN visit led to same-day imaging, a biopsy, and ultimately a diagnosis of early local recurrence. I walk you through the difference between local and distant recurrence, why my original low Onco...

The Zigs and Zags — Surgery, Treatment, and Finding My Voice What happens after the diagnosis? In this episode of My Breast Cancer Advocate , Jill Frank shares what came next after transferring her care to MD Anderson—the surgery, the repeat testing, the treatment decisions, and the emotional pivots no one truly prepares you for. From undergoing a mastectomy and navigating reconstruction decisions...

Welcome to My Breast Cancer Advocate . In this short trailer, host Jill Frank—two-time breast cancer survivor and founder of MyBreastCancerAdvocate.com—introduces the heart behind the podcast and who it’s created for. If you’ve recently been diagnosed with breast cancer… are facing treatment decisions… trying to understand your pathology report… or wondering whether you should seek a second opinio...

In the very first episode of My Breast Cancer Advocate , host Jill Frank—two-time breast cancer survivor and founder of MyBreastCancerAdvocate.com—shares the deeply personal story that transformed her from patient to advocate. Diagnosed thirteen years ago with Stage 2B ER/PR-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer, Jill walks listeners through the shock of diagnosis, the complexity of lymph node inv...