The Cancer Survivor Who's Being Forced To Choose Between Her Job And Her Health (Again)

What this episode covers

I survived breast cancer by making my own medical decisions. I researched every treatment option. I questioned every protocol. I chose what felt right for my body, even when doctors disagreed. That autonomy saved my life. Now they're trying to take that choice away from me. In today's episode, I'm sharing the impossible position that cancer survivors are being put in with COVID vaccine mandates - and why this feels like a betrayal of everything I fought for during my cancer journey. This isn't about being anti-vaccine or pro-vaccine. This is about the fundamental right to make informed medical decisions about your own body, especially when you're someone whose immune system has already been through hell. I'll share why I'm terrified to take an unapproved vaccine without doing my research first. The way my cancer experience taught me that I can't blindly trust medical recommendations without understanding the risks and benefits for my specific situation. You'll hear about the parallels between being pressured to accept standard cancer treatments and being pressured to accept emergency-use vaccines. The same medical autonomy that allowed me to customize my cancer treatment should apply to every medical decision I make. I'll walk you through my concerns as a cancer survivor. The questions I have are about how this vaccine might interact with my compromised immune system. The research I want to see before making a decision that could affect my long-term health. Because here's what's eating at me - if it was my right to decide whether to do chemotherapy or radiation for my breast cancer, why isn't it my right to decide what else goes into my body? Why is medical choice suddenly not a choice anymore? The conversation about bodily autonomy that every cancer survivor needs to have, regardless of where you stand on vaccines.