#50 - Egg Retrieval at 6am. 1st Chemo at 11am | Interview with Caitlin Edmonds, TNBC

Love the podcast? Send us a text!Egg Retrieval at 6am. 1st Chemo at 11am | Interview with Caitlin Edmonds, TNBCIn this episode of Breast Cancer Conversations, Caitlin Edmunds discusses her cancer diagnosis and the various challenges she had to overcome. She talks about getting a second opinion on her diagnosis, her experience with egg retrieval, and her chemotherapy treatment. Lastly, she discusses her genetic testing results. Topics:3:26 Caitlin’s initial diagnosis17:00 Getting a second opinion24:46 Egg retrieval explanation27:38 Port placement30:02 Caitlin’s egg retrieval and cancer treatment33:46 Genetic testingResources:None mentionedQuotes:12:45 Laura: I hate the waiting period. The anxiety is like through the roof. And and then now Okay, so it's like confirmed, but you still don't have a lot of answers. Or, you know, for my experience, also, like I didn't even know what the path was right. Like you You hear about chemotherapy or you hear about surgery, like, I, when I heard the word breast cancer, I'm just like, okay, like, I don't know if I was naive or just shocked. I was just like, okay, I just don't know what that means.15:05 Caitlin:  You know, I'm in my gown and they put on a YouTube video of what breast cancer is. And that was my first like experience and it was--a video first?--Yeah. And it was like, and I had no I didn't, nothing is pointing to my state. I didn't know what kind and I mean, literally, I was like, Am I dying tomorrow? Am I gonna be fine? Like, I didn't know. They put on a video and it's like a 65 year old woman going through menopause and breast cancer and I'm like, Okay, well, this I like this does not related to me. Like I it was awful. And then the oncologist came in, who was not my favorite person. She was pretty cold. And again, looking back I have a lot more experience now where I get that they're not gonna like sit and cry with you and but she just did not have there was no warm feelings. There was no nothing like that not great bedside manner. And so they didn't tell me honestly, even that day, a ton. It was a couple weeks later when I was on like a genetic counselor called I even found out that I was triple negative. She'd my oncologist didn't tell me that in the beginning, which maybe she assumed we knew things I don't know, I knew nothing again, I didn't know that was kinds of breast cancer and the only thing she really told me was that it was grade three, so it was aggressive. 19:40 Laura:  I always advocate like, get as many opinions as you need until you find an oncologist that pretty much is going to be your best friend.Socials:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/SURVIVINGBREASTCANCERFacebook:https://www.facebook.com/SurvivingbreastcancerorgPinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/BreastCancerConversations/Twitter: https://twitter.com/SBC_org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/survivingbreastcancerorg/__________________________Subscribe to our newsletter https://www.survivingbreastcancer.org/subscribe-1Donate to our cause https://tinyurl.com/yc9cgt4eAttend an event https://www.survivingbreastcancer.org/eventsSupport the showListener FeedbackIf this episode resonated with you, we invite you to leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.You can also click the link in the show notes that says "Love this episode? Send us a text" to share feedback.Messages are completely anonymous.If you would like us to follow up directly, please include your email address in your message so we can respond.Latest News: Join our Mailing List - New content drops every Monday! Discover FREE programs, support groups, and resources from SurvivingBReastCancer.org! Become a Breast Cancer Conversations+ Member! Sign Up Now. Enjoying our content? Please consider supporting our work.