Life: With A Side Of Cancer

For more information check out our website: www.CancerOnTheSide.comOr Follow us on Social Media by searching@CancerOnTheSide on IG and Twitter“Life With A Side of Cancer” on Facebook__________________Episode 4 SummaryAPPETIZER: Sierra talks about the challenges of getting back into running after dealing with injuries (1:35), while Vinnie discusses his 2020 word of the year and the challenges that come with taking a steady approach to life. (2:35)MAIN COURSE: The Co-Hosts discuss their personal experience with mental health prior to being diagnosed with cancer (9:02) and the mental health practices they implemented to support themselves during treatment. (14:34) Sierra and Vinnie both then go on to unpack the impact that their change in physical appearance had on their body image. (18:40)TAKE OUT: What are some strategies you’ve incorporated into your life to support your mental health? (35:15) Email us with your responses, questions, or feedback at CancerOnTheSide@gmail.comNUGGETSWord of The Day: Illness (4:47)Check Out Sierra’s Blog Post on Blood-Cancer.com about the mindset she cultivated as an athlete to always push herself to the limit.“Mentally, I wasn’t naturally trying to give space for other stuff to come up. I remember the first session I had with the psychologist. I was very blunt and short.” - Sierra (10:36)“The idea that you can not look sick and you can actually physically be sick or mentally not be well.” -Vinnie (12:50)MUSIC CREDIT:Big thanks to Holly Gottlieb! Check out her music on YouTube

For more information check out our website: www.CancerOnTheSide.comOr Follow us on Social Media by searching@CancerOnTheSide on IG and Twitter“Life With A Side of Cancer” on Facebook__________________Episode 3 SummaryAPPETIZER: Vinnie and Sierra discuss chemo brain and different variables relating to memory and mental health. (3:55)MAIN COURSE: The Co-Hosts discuss the communication with doctors in regards to side effects (8:48) and the ones that were the most unexpected (10:52). Sierra and Vinnie then go on to reflect on how they approached discussing with others the impact of their side effects during treatment and post treatment. (14:18).TAKE OUT: How are you in an active relationship with your cancer experience? (33:25) Reflect on what your relationship with cancer was like as a patient, survivor, caregiver, or loved one and email us with any of your responses, questions, or feedback at CancerOnTheSide@gmail.comNUGGETSWord Of The Episode: Chemo BrainHow can one distinguish between Chemo Brain and a Mental Health issue?“[The tremors] would feel like an earthquake inside of my body. Let me tell you..I have never been so tired just laying in bed before.” -Vinnie (11:31)“My body was responding well [to treatment]. I was physically and energetically coming back up. But then I didn’t want to go [back to treatment]. So I went on anti anxiety medication and that seemed to help but it was also a weird struggle for me...” -Sierra (13:35)MUSIC CREDIT:Big thanks to Holly Gottlieb! Check out her music on YouTube

For more information check out our website: www.CancerOnTheSide.comOr Follow us on Social Media by searching@CancerOnTheSide on IG and Twitter“Life With A Side of Cancer” on Facebook___________________Episode 2 SummaryAPPETIZER: Vinnie talks about how discussing the podcast influences UBER passengers (1:31) and Sierra talks about coming clean about cancer to her new employer (4:23).MAIN COURSE: The Co-Hosts then begin to discuss family and relationship dynamics, and how their diagnosis influenced those interactions. (9:23) The conversation leads Sierra and Vinnie to the question of choice, the boundaries that were created or discovered, and how each initially communicated about their cancer experience (14:54).TAKE OUT: How did you choose to play your cancer card in the past? Has it changed since? (35:51) Email us with your responses, questions, or feedback at CancerOnTheSide@gmail.comNUGGETSWord Of The Day: Cancer Card (5:22)“Sometimes teachers announced to the class that I had cancer without giving me a heads up. The intention I believe is that they wanted me to have help…” - Sierra (18:27)“I chose to handle those challenging days by making light of them. I think part of it was for me. But I think part of it was for people around me.” - Vinnie (22:00)Subscribe to our podcast and email us with your name and shipping address and we will send you a Stupid Cancer Cancer Card on us. (36:39)MUSIC CREDIT:Big thanks to Holly Gottlieb! Check out her music on YouTube

For more information check out our website: www.CancerOnTheSide.com *Or Follow us on Social Media by searching: @CancerOnTheSide on IG and Twitter and “Life With A Side of Cancer” on Facebook——————————————————————————————————Episode 1 Summary—————APPETIZER: Sierra schools Vinnie on how to lead the conversation as they dive into the first episode of their podcast. The Life: With A Side of Cancer duo acknowledge World Cancer Day by providing a breakdown of facts, the current theme, and discussing their experiences/relationship with the occasion (2:33).—————MAIN COURSE: The Co-Hosts then begin to share their diagnosis stories (14:06), how a series of connections in the Philadelphia fitness community unexpectedly brought them together in 2015 (23:51), and the challenges of navigating friendship with another Cancer Survivor (31:53).—————TAKE OUT: Think back to a time that someone you were connected with had been diagnosed with cancer.(37:35) What was that like for you? Email us with your responses, questions, or feedback at CancerOnTheSide@gmail.com—————NUGGETS:(About World Cancer Day) “It’s almost like a Unity Day” -Vinnie (7:20)Word of the episode: Cancerversary (11:04)“Food has a way of holding space for conversation” -Sierra. (34:35)“In sharing these stories we all have opportunities to open doors to being better versions of ourselves.” -Vinnie (39:04).CLICK HERE to check out Get Busy Living by Goldfish—————MUSIC CREDIT:Big thanks to Holly Gottlieb! Check out her music on YouTube