Dear Cancer, I'm Beautiful Melissa Berry

I'm so excited to have my amazing friend Dr. Alexea back on the show! She's a board certified internist, breast cancer thriver and a true beacon of light in our community. This episode is part of my special series, “Your Voice, Your Health.” and is designed to teach us all about step therapy.  Dr. Alexea shares her honest and first hand experience with step therapy as both a physician and a breast cancer survivor, as well as tactical ways to overcome these very frustrating obstacles. Thank you to Amgen and Merck for making this episode possible!

Meet my dear friend Tracy Posner, an amazing previvor and founder of BRCA Strong. This unique non-profit organization offers education, information, support and advocacy for women who are uninsured or under-insured, by women who truly care. BRCA Strong is one-stop shopping! From pre-mastectomy care packages, gynecological care packages and post-mastectomy garments to prosthetics and other treatment necessities — all of this is provided at zero cost to the recipient! Tune in to this very special episode to hear Tracy’s story, and learn how you or someone you love can gain access to her beautiful and free resources. 
 

Introducing my new friend, Claire L Paxman, who serves as the Brand Ambassador & Director of Global Training for Paxman Scalp Cooling. Listen to the amazing story about her mother’s chemotherapy-induced hair loss andhow it paved her path to her current position at Paxman Scalp Cooling. Claire is truly on a mission to help us preserve our hair and tells us everything we ever wanted to know about cold capping. What it is, how it works, if you’re a good candidate for it and so much more. Do not miss this episode!

This episode is part of my special series, “Your Voice, Your Health and is designed to teach us all about step therapy.  Joanna Doran is a cancer rights attorney, author, speaker, and CEO of Triage Cancer, a national, nonprofit organization providing free education on practical and legal issues that may impact individuals coping with cancer and their caregivers. Joanna has spent nearly thirty years working on behalf of individuals with cancer and co-authored a book called Cancer Rights Law for the American Bar Association. Tune in to learn how to identify step therapy hurdles, the appeals process - and how to educate your healthcare provider to do the same!

Beth Fairchild is an artist, metastatic breast cancer thriver, advocate and founder of a new non-profit called Cancer Culture. This patient-led non-profit organization is designed  to sound the alarm about the growing public health concern that is breast cancer. #CancerCulture uses art and storytelling to raise awareness, provoke and inspire change by bringing a hopeful view to the community and shining a light on the realities of the disease, all while creating a sense of community among patients, building bridges between those with early and late stage disease, and helping to fund life-saving metastatic breast cancer research. Tune in to hear Beth’s story and her “why” behind Cancer Culture!

I’m so excited to have my good friend Rachel Beller back on the show! Rachel is the author of several books including her latest one called, “Spice Rack.” She explains the benefits of the Beller Nutrition approach, offers up expert advice about maintaining a healthy weight during and post-treatment, and the easiest ways to incorporate the Beller methodology into our meals each day.