The Pink Ribbon Roller Coaster

No doubt about it. It's a real fear and "scan-xiety" is no joke. So how do you move forward without letting every routine doctor visit and every yearly check-up send you into panic mode? Let's talk about it.  

Listen in as host Jane Wilson talks with breast nurse navigator Jennifer Harrod about some of the questions she gets most often from women going through treatment or who have just been diagnosed.  

Host Sarah talks with Amanda, who was 8 months pregnant when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She shares about her feelings hearing the news, how it affected her as she began chemo just after giving birth, and now... what her perspective is five years later.  

Listen as hosts Sarah and Becki share some time with Norma Goff - a retired nurse, talented actress, speaker, breast cancer survivor, mother, wife, and woman of unrelenting faith. She shares her story and the many things she learned and experienced along the way.  

It's easy to say those vows, but it gets a lot more complicated a few years - and a breast cancer diagnosis - down the road. In this episode, Project31 co-founders Steve and Sarah McLean continue their series on topics so relevant to couples struggling to make it through this roller coaster. Today's discussion on commitment is a big one for many of us. Listen in as they share their experience and...

Hosts Becki and Sarah talk with the ever-joyful TerJuana about her diagnosis just two weeks after she married her husband, and her perspective throughout the journey.  

Hosts Becki and Sarah talk with Dr. Nicole Sharp Cottrell, a board-certified and fellowship-trained breast surgical oncologist at INTEGRIS Breast Surgery in Oklahoma City. Listen in as she covers many of the FAQs breast cancer patients have - and pick up important information if you are just starting down the road to surgery.

Project31 co-founders Sarah and Steve McLean dive into episode 2 in their series on the issues surrounding marriage and intimacy during and after breast cancer. This week, they talk about expectations and how they can be very different for each partner throughout this experience, often leading to major difficulties if not confronted.  

Project31 founders Sarah and Steve McLean have been through 2 bouts with breast cancer - the first one when they were barely one year into their marriage and in their 20s. Now, more than 20 years later they have a unique perspective on how breast cancer can affect a marriage and both love to talk with and encourage others, sharing some of the things they've learned along the way. Steve has a heart...

Host Becki of Project31 talks to her friend Cynthia about the importance of having "that" friend when you're going through the breast cancer journey.  

Hosts Sarah and Becki share a conversation with survivor and professional musician Julie Clifford, who reflects on how she was able to find comfort and healing throughout her diagnosis and treatment.  

This week, Sarah shares some time with guest Lindsay - who was diagnosed at 35 with breast cancer and is now living with metastatic cancer, as it has spread to her bones and brain. She shares how she's found purpose in the experience, a peace with the reality, and a way to continue to have open, honest conversations with her 10-year-old son.  

Trauma is a word we hear a lot - but do we really know what it means and how it occurs? And can a cancer diagnosis cause a trauma response? Today, hosts Jane and Sarah talk with guest Angie Ridings, who is a breast cancer survivor as well as a licensed professional counselor with a special focus on trauma. She shares her story and tells us a little about some of the ways a medical diagnosis can le...

Beth, a captain for the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, has spent her life being the strong one in every situation. The one people lean on for help. So when she was hit with a sudden breast cancer diagnosis at 40, she had to learn what it meant to let people help her for a change. She shares her story of continuing to work as an officer throughout treatment and the inspiration she's found...

Join us as Sarah talks with Krista and Ryan Price, who found out they were having their first baby....and then found out Krista had breast cancer. They share their story of the feelings, the treatment, the surgeries, the tears, and how they came through it all together, now with a healthy baby boy in the family.  

Hosts Becki and Sarah talk with fellow survivor Necy about the not-often-talked-about feelings that come with making it through the diagnosis and treatment and still not feeling like you're "ok". Hear a little about what they found to be the keys to healing the emotional and spiritual wounds that leave scars, too.

In this episode, we hand the mics over to the guys and let them talk about their experiences throughout their wives' battles with breast cancer. We hear from four men, all at different stages in the experience - two who are many years out, onee going through it now, and one whose wife was diagonsed while pregnant. It's a side of the story we don't often hear, and one that we are very focused on at...

Hosts Becki and Sarah speak with the founders of Fahrenheit Mentoring and discuss the value of mentors in our lives.  

Pelvic floor physical therapist Christina Wright has spent many years helping women deal with pelvic floor issues - and there are many! Especially after cancer treatment, women experience difficulties and often run into frustration trying to find any sort of help. But it doesn't have to be that way! Tune in as hosts Sarah and Jane learn all kinds of great information from Christina.  

Physical therapist Paige Sims specializes in working with breast cancer patients. In this episode, she shares with hosts Sarah and Becki some of the many ways physical therapy can be targeted specifically for women before, during and after treatment to help reduce and even eliminate many of the difficulties patients face, including lymphedema.

Christina Wright is a physical therapy specialist with a heart for breast cancer patients. In this episode, she talks with hosts Sarah and Jane about the reality of pain, what it's all about, and how we can deal with it. Join the conversation for some very interesting insights on this very real and sometimes very mysterious part of life.  

Sarah, Jane, and Becki continue the conversation on the things they wish they'd known when they were first diagnosed. Listen in for great insights and personal stories of the big and small decisions that can have lasting effects you may not think about until years down the road.

In the middle of everything else that happened in 2020, Sarah was diagnosed with breast cancer and jumped on the roller coaster of trying to figure out life with treatments and surgery and medical bills along with everything else that comes along with life for her, her husband and two small children.

Hindsight is always 20/20.... but when you're dealing with your health, body image, sexuality, intimacy, and confidence as a woman ... there's a lot at stake. In this, the first in a series of things you need to know, we hear from three different women who offer three different perspectives on surgery decisions and what they wish they had known before making decisions at the beginning of their bre...

Jane and Sarah are back after a break due to Covid restrictions and are talking prepping for the holidays when there's family, travel, meals, breast cancer, and more to deal with! Believe it or not, this can still be a time of peace and thanksgiving. Tune in for some encouraging words.