Show Notes
It's October, that means you know that it is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. With this, My Cancer Story Podcast will be releasing a new episode every week to highlight a different woman's Breast Cancer Story. In addition to that we will be having additional content and information sprinkled throughout the month so stay tuned for some amazing stuff! Onto our first Breast Cancer Story this month
This episode, Jennifer tells her cancer story and how it and being in quarantine changed her life. Jennifer was originally a Pharmacist before her carrier change into Personal Training/Group Fitness 13 years ago. A little over 2 years ago, Jennifer was diagnosed with a fast moving fairly rare type of breast cancer (makes up about 10-15%). Jennifer tells her story of how she found her lump and the evolution of treatment to recovery and all the side effects of Chemo along the way. She also shares the silver lining of quarantine and how she obtained 2 integral certifcations to her resume and ultimately how she has been helping people ever ssince. She speaks on being proactive with your health as well as healing through the service of others.
This episode is SOOOOOO informative on health, wellness and fitness. Please take a listen and be on the look out for some partnerships between Jennifer and myself this month!!!
To find Jennifer:
IG: @hopemovesyou
News Video and Article about Jennifer
More about Jennifer's experience
More from My Cancer Story
Continuing on with our 3rd season's theme, we are featuring a very impressive young lady who created the non profit Strong Little Souls at the age of 13 years old. Madison Quinn at a young age made a connection with a young child battling cancer and Strong Little Souls was born! Strong Little Souls has been going strong for the past 7 years helping brighten the lives for children battling cancer. Since its inception, they have sent out over 1,000 Care Packages and offer amazing programs. Madison is 20 years young and is currently in nursing school and making the world a better place, one package at a time. To learn more about Strong Little Souls: IG @stronglittlesouls https://www.stronglittlesouls.org/ https://www.facebook.com/stronglittlesouls/
This months Cancer Story is from Amy Steeves. She is the founder of the nonprofit Amys Rays of Sunshine in which they brighten the lives of cancer patients one box at a time. Amy is a survivor of a very rare type of lymphoma called AILT Lymphoma which is typically diagnosed in men aged 70 and older. She tells her story of misdiagnosis during and after pregnancy and ultimately how doctors found her cancer. She also tells the hurdles she endured along the way to find a donor and is now celebrating her 3rd Re-Birthday! "Keep your face towards the sunshine and the shadows will fall behind you" To learn more about what Amys Rays of Sunshine does or how you can help out: https://m.facebook.com/amysraysofsunshine/?ref=py_c https://www.amysraysofsunshine.org/ https://www.amysraysofsunshine.org/get_involved
I apologize for the few interruptions that we have in the episode today, I attempted to edit but my software would not cooperate with me. Hang in there, it is WORTH IT! Today's Cancer Story has a little twist. You will be meeting and learning about Jacob Beckley. He is the founder (2016) of the non-profit called The Beckley Foundation and later CURE Token. The Beckley foundation helps families effected by pediatric cancer by giving grants directly to families. This especially includes types of cancer with underfunded research. Not only are they dedicated to making a difference, Jacob also created CURE pay, a way for people to buy and hold the token with a credit card without having to sign up far a 'wallet'. This is a fact filled episode where you will learn about Pediatric Cancer, Cryptocurrency, NFT's and Block Chain Tech. Jacob has wonderful stories and talks about how he took lockdown and quarantine and made something truly amazing with it! Listen and Learn! To learn about Jacob: https://www.thebeckleyfoundation.org/ https://www.curetoken.net/ https://www.race4acure.com/
Celebrating My Cancer Story Podcasts 2nd Anniversary with the perfect guest! You will be hearing from Dana who is a Papillary Thyroid Cancer Survivor. Dana was diagnosed at age 24 and after being urged by her dentist to get the lump in her throat checked out. Going through her thyroidectomy surgery and multiple rounds of RAI treatment was in a survival mode blur. It wasn’t until after all of that, when was released back into the 'wild' with a gigantic scar across her neck, that she started to struggle with her reality. For the longest time, she kept her journey private, not really talking about her experience with family, friends or coworkers. It wasn't until I Dana met other women who had gone through the same cancer she had noticed that we all had a similar question we would ask each-other: "What does your scar look like?" She realized that she wasn't alone and that she had this built in and awesome cancer community that she was a part of. Fast forward to Dana creating The Butterfly Scar Project.