Rod Ritchie
After a Stage IV Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC) diagnosis, patients and the people around them are often left reeling and looking around to figure out how to make some sort of meaning from the trauma. The guests and representatives from LBBC and METAvivor on this episode share how finding purpose in the midst of adversity has helped them to truly LIVE with MBC. Don’t forget to listen all the way to the end as guest producer, Abigail Johnston, has some specific calls to action to share!
Grab those negative covid tests and passports because we travel around the world in this episode! Oh yeah, get your proof of vaccination and N95s too since this thing ain’t over yet sadly. We wanted to learn how others living with and advocating for MBC deal with it all in other places. So we travel virtually to Canada, Japan, Kuwait, Egypt, Australia, Portugal, Kenya, Nigeria, and the UK. Co-hosts Natalia Green, Sheila McGlown, Lisa Laudico, and Anne Woodward find out what it’s like to get a second opinion in Europe & Canada, or why MBC is called Advanced Breast Cancer in some places, or how getting drugs in some countries is like applying for a car loan, or the debilitating stigma of cancer and so much more.
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Written by Rod Ritchie
In this month’s edition of 'The Vault', we’ve decided to revisit three excellent episodes with author interviews which we thought listeners might have missed. Adiba Barney talks about her early and late-stage breast cancer, Dr. Pauline Boss talks with the late Lisa Laudico, and members of the LGBTQ2S+ Community living with breast cancer speak with Dr. Evan Taylor.
Written by Rod Ritchie
The Our MBC Life Podcast has delved deep into what living with MBC is like and, for that reason, has become a prime resource for the community. This month we are celebrating Women’s History Month by remembering four women who, in their own way, embodied SHARE’s philosophy that “no one should have to face cancer alone”.
Written by Rod Ritchie
The Our MBC Life Podcast has delved deep into what living with MBC is like and, for that reason, has become a prime resource for the community. We’ve tackled many topics and this month we are inviting you to visit, or revisit, our favorite episodes from Season 5
Written by Rod Ritchie
Our last episode of the year, ‘Laughter as Medicine’, explores this seemingly incongruous connection.
This companion piece was written by Rod Ritchie for the monthly “Our MBC Life Podcast Matters” newsletter,
To live with your own diagnosis or to be a loved one, caregiver, or friend of someone with MBC is to inhabit a community of loss. “We Remember” is our opportunity to give voice to the profound grief we share and to honor and celebrate each person lost to this disease. It’s a chance for the MBC community to express gratitude for the extraordinary and unique ways they made our lives richer.