Season 4, Episode 17. Germany was supposed to be a temporary stop on a longer journey of living abroad for Natalie, from the UK, and her husband Conrad, from Germany. Then, months before their wedding, weeks before her birthday, and days before Christmas, Natalie got diagnosed with cancer.
The cancer diagnosis changed her life dramatically, immediately, and, in some ways, permanently. Natalie went through various operations, treatments, and therapies - and she did it all in German, a language she was still in the process of learning.
The good news: she recovered from the first round of cancer, even despite a month-long detour in quarantine where she almost died. The bad news: the cancer came back, just months later.
Natalie shares with us what it was like to go through intense and intensely traumatic medical experiences as a foreigner in Germany, and why it lead to her embrace a long-term future in Germany.
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Repatriating During a Pandemic with Kate
First Female in the Family to Move Abroad with Reina
Travel Germany: Dessau with Inna
Am I Integrating or Am I Aging? with Rachel from Meet the Germans
Make Me (Techncially) German (But Also Kind Of Not) with Adam Fletcher
Coping with Unrest Back Home with Tara
TikTok, Glühwein, & Finding Independence in Hamburg with Hannah Teslin
SEGEPADFO Winner & Season 5 Announcement
SEGEPADFO Update 4: A Participant's Experience of Über den Tellerrand with Philippa
SEGEPADFO Update 3: A Jingle and Some Trash Talk
SEGEPADFO Update 2: with Tara from Über den Tellerrand
Announcing: SEGEPADFO with Shaun from The Germany Experience
Season 4 Finale: Expat Role Models
Dating as a Foreigner in Germany with Justin
US Americans: How to Vote from Abroad with Candice from Democrats Abroad
The Downside of a Nomadic Life with Mahdia
My Coronavirus Test Experience (Minisode)
Travel Germany: Nuremberg with Shannon
Started from the Bottom with Mari
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