Stephanie Czajkowski & Collin Friesen
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Send us a Text Message.As much fun as chemo was, radiation is a whole new level of sucking. In this episode, Steph and Collin dissect what it means to have a massive laser shot at your chest, and how the monotony of treatment can take its toll
Send us a Text Message.Steph and Collin talk the actual "skinny" about Chemo treatment, like...Fear of chemo, and how it's not exactly your "grandmother's chemo anymore."The effects of Steph's particular drug cocktail of Taxotere & Cytoxan, Ho
Send us a Text Message.Nipples, nipples, nipples! Press-on fake ones, rebuilt, or tattooed, the options are many. In this, the final installment of their cancer journey, Collin and Steph break down the last steps of breast reconstruction surge
Send us a Text Message.If there anything that can kill your libido faster than cancer... and chemo ...and radiation ... and drugs ...and recovery, it's news to us. Collin and Steph get fully frank to talk about sex (yes, mostly from memory
Send us a Text Message.After surviving an 18 month onslaught of three different unrelated cancers, Stephanie and her husband Collin looked up and realized they were still together. This was not a given.They had both read articles warning tha
Send us a Text Message.When the pathology on Steph's excised tumor and lymph nodes from the double mastectomy comes back officially making her cancer STAGE 2, Steph and Collin have to start making decisions about treatment options. To Chemo or
Send us a Text Message.With the major hurdle of surgery over and post-op easing , Stephanie and Collin finally look at the " Frankenboobs" and talk reconstruction and physical rehabilitation . The removal of surgical drains and the bizarrene
Send us a Text Message.They've made it through surgery, so easy sailing from here on, right? Please?! Nope. This is not even the halfway point, as Collin and Stephanie have to deal with convalescence, rehab and a bunch of stuff they maybe sho
Send us a Text Message.We finally get to surgery day . Or as Steph affectionately calls it "DOUBLE D-DAY", and things don't go exactly as planned. From a dog in the pre-op ward, to someone forgetting to remove their underwear before the
Send us a Text Message.The march to surgery day continues, but first there's a few stops to be made : DNA counseling, anyone? How about a "What to Expect When You're Expecting a Double Mastectomy" seminar? And don't forget post surgery bra shop
Send us a Text Message.So when do you tell people you have cancer? Or, do you even have to? On this episode, we'll weigh the pros and cons of both approaches. (Pro for telling? Cancer presents! Con for letting people know? Having to answer th
Send us a Text Message.Stephanie and Collin take you further into the "post-lump discovery" part of their story, talking what to expect on hospital visits including ones where all the Doctors look like they just walked off the set of a networ
Send us a Text Message.After learning how cancer often kills relationships, happy Hollywood couple Collin and Stephanie decided to throw open the doors of their post surgery marriage and talk about all the icky personal stuff no one warned them
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