We’re back with Part-2 of our Survivorship series, continuing the complex conversation about why cancer isn’t over when treatment ends. When we’re in survivor mode, we don’t think about what happens next after treatment ends. “It’s over for other people. It’s not over for us.”

The cancer fam responds to share their experiences and perspectives around the process of survivorship, mental health and managing expectations after treatment, the importance of cancer friends, and dealing with uncertainty.

Resources:

Survivorship Clinics:

https://www.cancer.org/health-care-professionals/national-cancer-survivorship-resource-center.html

https://www.mdanderson.org/patients-family/life-after-cancer.html

Defining “Survivorship”: https://canceradvocacy.org/defining-cancer-survivorship/

Making Memories Last: The Art of Legacy Work: https://www.mdanderson.org/cancerwise/making-memories-last-the-art-of-legacy-work.h00-158673423.html

SENDtember with the Send It Foundation
SENDtember

Rising Strong by Brene Brown

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23317538-rising-strong

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25899336-when-breath-becomes-air

This episode of The Cancer Patient podcast was made possible by Send It Foundation. Send It provides free outdoor adventures such as skiing, surfing, mtn biking, and backpacking for young adult cancer survivors. The mission of the Send It Foundation is to inspire positivity, courage, and gratitude in young adult cancer survivors by creating a vital community through shared experience.

The Cancer Patient Podcast is produced by Layla Moheimani and engineered by Layla Moheimani and Isaiah Ashburn. Our executive producers are Katie Schou and Caroline Schou. Theme music written and performed by Heritage Park.

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