Chemo Glow

Facing Life Before Death

Join me on this 2 part matter of fact, upbeat and honest conversation with the powerful and inspiring Jean Holstein. Jean has been living with Metastatic Breast Cancer for the past 13 years. She is sharing her truth about facing life before death with her family, friends and doctors. Thank you Jean for finding the humor and allowing me to share your story. Look out for Facing Life Before Death Part 2. Please check out Jean's blog where she occasionally update her journey through the world of Metastatic Breast Cancer. chemoglow.com Journey With Jean https://journeywithjean.blogspot.com/?m=1 #chemoglow #metastaticbreastcancer #UNCPFAC #jean'sbridge #deathdoula #hospice #palliativecare #suicidebydisease #diarrhea #drawingstraws #robinroberts #tamronhall

Puzzle Pieces

Join me for a lively, funny and heartfelt conversation with Dr. Anita Groves McAllister, PharmD. Dr. Groves McAllister practiced traditional pharmacy for 13 years and has been a Healthcare consultant for the past 21 years. Her background is in pharmacy oncology with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer. Ironically her thesis was on doxorubicin better known as the “red devil”. She is well versed in the pharmaceutical world but realized that lots of life puzzle pieces didn’t fit the same after being diagnosed with breast cancer. Dr. Groves McAllister talks about the love of her life being diagnosed with lung cancer, caregiving, support system and how she managed to pick up the pieces along the way. Thank you, Anita, for the opportunity to listen, learn and laugh with you. You are the best and this is one of my favorite podcasts yet. #chemoglow #breastcancer #lungcarncer #puzzlepieces #research #Keiththebarber #glenwoodsouthbarberstudio #Lymphedema #Radiation #EpiCeram #livestrong #lemondrops #steroidface #neuropathy #Getrealheel #Mentalhealth #showingup #livestrong #caregiver #exemestane #aromasin #uncPFAC #mammogram #earlydetection #supportgroups #canceriscancer #robinroberts #tamronhall

The Third Wheel...Lymphedema

Valerie Hunsel, is an occupational therapist and a certified lymphedema therapist with Home Health for UNC Rex. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Occupational Therapy from Howard University and she is certified Lymphedema trained from the Dr. Vodder School. Our paths crossed when I started receiving treatment for lymphedema at UNC REX Healthcare Outpatient Rehabilitation Services. Please join me as we talk about treatment, managing the ebbs and flow off the lymphedema and living with “The Third Wheel”. https://chemoglow.com/ https://healthtalk.unchealthcare.org/post-cancer-rehab-easing-back-into-daily-life-after-cancer/ #chemoglow #Lymphedema #Thethirdwheel #Occupational therapy #Dr.vodderschool #Uncrex #Howarduniversity #cording #coldlaser #postcancerrehab #thriver #breastcancer #robinroberts #survivor

I Got You

As a fellow creator, Joseph Pickney is the host of “The Other Side Sports Podcast”. On his show he discuss “All things sports and a little bit of everything else in the world that matters”. What matters most to Joe is his wife Telonya of 28 years and their 2 children. On August 13, 2010, at age of 37 Telonya was diagnosed with Invasive Ductal Carcinoma, Stage 3B ER+. Joe then became his wife Champion supporter and her caregiver. Join me for a very candid conversation about life, love and the true meaning of the words “I Got You”. https://chemoglow.com/ https://anchor.fm/joseph-pinckney4 #chemoglow #theothersidesportspodcast #caregiver #menspreceptive #sexandcancer #breastcancer #pinkthriver #sisternetwork #americancancersociety #survivor #veteran #fatherfigure

No Pictures Please

After 67 years of perfect health Tina was diagnosed in November 2020 with AML(acute myeloid leukemia) a very serious form of leukemia, one that can arise from undiagnosed myleodysplastic syndrome. You may be familiar with that term from Robin Robert’s documented journey back in 2013. Tina’s diagnosis came in her 34th year of sobriety and less than 6 months after her fiancé’s suicide. She is now 200+ days out from a bone marrow transplant which is considered a possible curative fix for this type of AML for some patients. Although Tina has characterized this journey as the most spiritual and transcendent experience of her life, she is now in that further uncharted land of survivorship where gratitude and rebirth live in an uneasy partnership with frustration, fear, and loneliness.