Ep. 62: Thriving Beyond Cancer with Athena Scalise Waitt

More and more people with cancer are living (and thriving!) beyond treatment. How can healthcare providers better meet their needs in a post-treatment world? I'm diving into this question with triple-negative breast cancer survivor thriver and mom of two, Athena Scalise Waitt. In this episode, she's opening up about the ways she took control of her cancer & wellness journey, the unspoken side-effects of cancer treatments, and we'll dive into why there's still so much more to be done for survivorship care. We're exploring:  Why Athena believes an earlier stroke was connected to her breast cancer diagnosis What's different about treating triple-negative breast cancer (and what it meant for Athena) Her choice to have a bilateral mastectomy—and the silver lining of her "upgrade" a couple years later Chemo brain, libido, and other (NORMAL!) lasting impacts of cancer treatments that no one talks about What we think should be happening during post-treatment risk periods How practitioner bias is impeding survivorship care plans  And so much more!   Learn more about or donate to the Barnett-Searing National Cancer Foundation (BSNCF): http://www.bsncf.org/   BSNCF 2nd Annual Virtual Walk/Run: http://www.bsncf.org/bsncf-events/a-virtual-walk-run-crushing-cancer-and-covid-19/   Follow me on Instagram to get the latest updates on the podcast: https://www.instagram.com/thejennifercochran/   Continue the conversation in my free private Facebook group, Surviving is JUST the Beginning: https://www.facebook.com/groups/SurvivingisJUSTtheBeginning/ Join me for a Coffee Chat here: https://fitnessdesignsolutions.as.me/CoffeeChat