#74. How to build trust with your oncology team. It's never TMI when you have breast cancer.

Love the podcast? Send us a text! This is Part Two of our Live Stream podcast with Abigail Johnston and Alyson Tischler where we talk about the importance of self-advocating and how to build trust with your medical oncology team. Alyson shares her experience changing oncologists. Abigail talks about the false sense of hope some of us receive when we think we are "cancer-free". When in fact cancer is not curable but the good news is that it is treatable. Topics discussed in this episode: 06:45: How to talk to your doctor about breast cancer, how to be an advocate for yourself? 11:35: Trust and your relationship with your doctors 19:00: Holistic ways to treat side effects 23:00: Honoring Chiara D'Agostino and her advocacy work with Beauty Through the Beast. 27:00: What advice do you have for someone newly diagnosed? Finding a patient mentor. 37:00: Stage IV: We can treat this but we cannot cure this. 42:00: Manifestation of cancer came in the lymph nodes in my neck Resources: Part I of our conversation can be found here titled What Treatments Are Available for Metastatic Breast Cancer and Triple Negative MBC? https://www.survivingbreastcancer.org/podcast/episode/48ad0b4d/what-treatments-are-available-for-metastatic-breast-cancer-and-triple-negative-mbc _________________________ Say Hi on Social: · YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/SURVIVINGBREASTCANCER · Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/Survivingbreastcancerorg · Pinterest: 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-1 Donate to our cause https://tinyurl.com/yc9cgt4e Attend an event https://www.survivingbreastcancer.org/events Support the show Listener Feedback Please share a review with us! If this episode resonated with you, we invite you to leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and share some stars! 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! Enjoying our content? Please consider supporting our work.