Rosemary Lang - Survivor of Stage III Rectal Cancer

Today’s guest is Rosemary Lang. Rosemary lives in the beautiful Finger Lakes Region of New York State and enjoys hiking and riding motorcycles with her husband and best friend. Rosemary is an inquiry, discovering what it is to live life beyond cancer. Rosemary has been cancer-free for 2 1/2 years.

 

0:00:00 Clinical Trial to postpone surgery 

0:10:50 Recurrence/Ileostomy

0:14:20 Community Support 

0:17:00 Human touch

0:22:55 Nasogastric Tube

0:25:30 Change in treatment plan

0:30:14 Acceptance

0:43:20 Grief and Shame

0:52:40 Lower Anterior Resection Syndrome

0:59:10 Long-term Survivorship

1:11:21 Allowing the sadness to be

1:17:20 Physically expressing our emotions 

1:23:06 Sex after cancer

1:27:41 Self-love

1:35:17 The Hero’s Journey

 

- recorded 2/22/202