Our MBC Life

Send us Fan Mail Following our episode on policy and the power of patient advocacy, we felt it important to hear from someone on the receiving end of our advocacy work. In other words, patient advocacy from a legislator's perspective.  Specifically, we wanted to speak with Representative Debbie Wasserman Shultz, a breast cancer survivor herself and someone who has worked hard for more than a...

Send us Fan Mail In the Episode 2 of the Trailblazer series we talk with Jamil Rivers, legendary patient advocate and the current  board president of METAvivor, about her new non-profit project The Chrysalis Initiative, dedicated to eliminating disparities in outcomes for Black women with breast cancer.  Also in this and every Trailblazer episode is a Dash of Joy from Our MBC Life’s own Dar Finkel...

Send us Fan Mail It does not take long after a diagnosis of MBC to see that policies and legislation have a tremendous impact on our lives and the resources available to us as we navigate this complex world. In this episode we explore policy and legislation from the perspective of the patient advocate  who have made it their mission to cause change. These incredible individuals help break it all d...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode, we wanted to shed light on key issues impacting the healthcare of the Latinx community living with MBC here in the United States. Our cohost, Natalia Green, speaks with her sister about their experiences as patients, caregivers, and members of the Latinx community.  We also hear from Dr. Mabel Mardones, a breast oncologist based in Colorado, and Sara Carba...

Send us Fan Mail As we started season 2 with the search for unicorns and a look at clinical trials from the patient perspective  there was one person we had to interview. Judy Perkins is that person.  From her initial DCIS diagnosis in  2003 to her metastatic recurrence in 2013 to being the first person declared cancer free after a course of immunotherapy using Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes (TILs...

Send us Fan Mail Here is Part 2 of our two-part series on Clinical Trials from the Patient Perspective.  This time we hear from the experts who have solutions to the issues raised in Part 1.  We continue to explore how research processes were impacted by Covid 19 and the race to find vaccines and treatments.  Spoiler Alert – there are some Covid silver linings for those of us looking for change in...

Send us Fan Mail We are back with the Trailblazer of the month and are so excited to share the great work of 305 Pink Pack in Miami, Florida. Rosemary Carrera joins host Victoria Goldberg  to talk about her story, starting pink pack, and how she discovered the unique needs of people living with metastatic disease and how the organization changed to address those. Also in this episode it's tim...

Send us Fan Mail Join us for Part 1 of this two-part series on Clinical Trials from the Patient Perspective.  We review some of the basics about clinical trials for people living with MBC and share personal stories from our co-hosts Lisa Laudico and Sheila McGlown.  The team was joined by podcast members, Jim Kremens and Sarah Mann, as we spoke with patient advocates Lianne Kraemer and Christine H...

Send us Fan Mail This season we are thrilled to welcome some new members to the podcast team. In this very special and joyful episode, we are introducing Dar Finkelstein who is going to be hosting and writing a monthly segment “A Dash of Joy” which will air with our Trailblazer series on the last Friday of each month. In these segments, Dar will talk about her search for Joy in the middle of a lif...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Season 2!  In this episode, we spoke with five extraordinary individuals who have surpassed prognosis expectations and continue to live with MBC far longer than anyone could have predicted. They spoke about their experiences as exceptional survivors and responders, what being a “unicorn” means to them, and offered insightful advice on living with MBC. We also spoke with...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to another bonus episode of Our MBC Life. In this episode we reintroduce you to our season 1 Trailblazers.  These women and the organizations they started are making a difference in their communities for people living with cancer. Look for our season 2 Trailblazers in a special episode the last Friday of each month.  Send your comments, feedback, and ideas to ourmbclife@sh...

Send us Fan Mail From SHARE Cancer Support this is Season 2 of OUR MBC Life. A podcast dedicated to exploring life with metastatic breast cancer from the perspective of us, the people living with this disease and the experts who partner with us to help make our lives better.  Our creator and co-host Lisa Laudico and producer Anne Woodward preview the coming season.  Hear  what's coming up as...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to this bonus episode of Our MBC Life. We are pleased to again highlight a program from our parent non-profit SHARE Cancer Support.  We are less than 1 week away from Season 2. The premiere episode will drop on March 1.  While we do that, we hope you catch up on any episodes you missed from Season 1. Our MBC Life is a part of the metastatic breast cancer program at SHARE C...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to our fourth bonus episode of Our MBC Life.  We are so excited to share a great episode from another podcast we admire - our friends at the 3 Black Docs podcast.  In this episode from last summer, Dr. Karen Winkfield, Dr. Tiffany Avery, and Dr. Zanetta Lamar, discuss the legacy of Henrietta Lacks and what we can continue to learn.  We are so grateful that they have allowe...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to our third bonus episode of Our MBC Life.  Our team is working on Season 2 – to be launched in a few short weeks on March 1 – and so we wanted to share some of our favorite episodes from Season 1.  This episode is certainly one of those all-time favs! With us are the outstanding Dr. Tiffany Avery, Dr. Zanetta Lamar, and Dr. Karen Winkfield who have developed their own po...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to our second bonus episode of Our MBC Life.  Our team is working hard on season 2 and it’s going to be great! Look for our premier episode on March 1 with the stories and research behind long term MBC survivors.  Always good to have a little hope to talk about.  This bonus pod is the full interview that Senior Producer, Anne Woodward, and Host, Lisa Laudico, had with Caro...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to this bonus episode of Our MBC Life. Our team is currently working on season 2 and we are excited. The premiere episode will drop on March 1.  While we do that, we hope you catch up on any episodes you missed from Season 1.  We will have 3 more bonus pods for you in January and February.   Our MBC Life is a part of the metastatic breast cancer program at SHARE Cancer Sup...

Send us Fan Mail This is our final episode of the Our MBC Life Podcast inaugural season and it is all dedicated to the memory of our friend and co-host, Chawnte Randall, who died in November of this year.  Chawnte was involved with many Metastatic Breast Cancer organizations, foundations, and initiatives during the short 19 months she lived with this disease.  She was passionate about eliminating...

Send us Fan Mail Co-host Natalia Green finds out how Christine Hodgdon and Julia Maués , co-founders of GRASP (Guiding Researchers and Advocates to Scientific Partnerships) saw an opportunity last year to bridge the gap between researchers and MBC advocates in the pursuit of better research connections. Christine Hodgdon was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer in 2015 and has a background in b...

Send us Fan Mail Today we learn more about the Patient-Centered Dosing Initiative (“The Right Dose “) with MBC advocate and author, Anne Loeser and Dr. Aditya Bardia, Attending Physician at Massachusetts General Hospital and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.  Usually when metastatic breast cancer patients begin new treatment, they are treated with the highest possible dosa...

Send us Fan Mail Join Co-hosts Sheila McGlown and Lisa Laudico for a conversation with Maimah Karmo, founder of the Tigerlily Foundation along with Christine Hodgdon and Julia Maues, co-founders of  GRASP and the #PullUpASeat initiative.  We are pleased to release this episode on the eve of Maimah's groundbreaking keynote and session at the 2020  San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, the large...

Send us Fan Mail This month’s JGS Listener Roundup features a listener message from Massachusetts reflecting on our Parenting episode along with special Just Gotta SHARE messages from Katherine O’Brien, Julia Maues, Ricki Fairley, Dr. Aditya Bardia, and Anne Loeser.  We also have a great interview from Senior Producer and Co-host Anne Woodward with Sue Cappucci, a person living with MBC who naviga...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s episode is all about Working while living with MBC.  So many of us have been threading this needle, living with difficult side effect and treatments, while keeping up with work either because we have to or because we want to.  It is no secret that the supports and safeguards for people working while living with MBC vary across the country and that protections at the federa...

Send us Fan Mail First up, we remember our friend, colleague, and co-host, Chawnte Randall, who died on November 12, 2020.  Today's episode is focused on Parenting while living with MBC  and Chawnte was an incredible parent.  We also dedicate this episode to the memory of Heidi Armitage Green who died 11 years ago of Triple Negative Metastatic Breast Cancer at the age of 43.  We wanted to hea...

Send us Fan Mail To kick off our focus on parenting and working while living with MBC, our co-host Natalia Green spoke with the inspiring badass MBC advocate and author, Adiba Barney.  Adiba’s life has been worthy of a book for a while and we are grateful she has written: “When Life Hands You Cactuses, Make Margaritas”.  Grab your beverage of choice and join us to hear how Adiba navigated two earl...