Sick and Seeking
Ep. 3 | Reema Doshi’s Story of Living with Inflammatory Breast Cancer and How Women Can Empower Themselves in Medical Settings to Advocate and Get What They Want and Need
In this episode I speak with my dear friend Reema Doshi who in 2017 was diagnosed with a rare form of breast cancer called inflammatory breast cancer (IBC).
In this episode we speak about:
- The importance of noting anything abnormal or strange happening in your body and taking the time to look into it.
- How life and being ‘busy’ often gets in the way of seeking professional medical help.
- When you start on a medical journey you’re collecting pieces of data about what’s happening to you in real time, and it’s often confusing.
- The need for a clinical and medical diagnosis to know if it is in fact IBC - inflammatory breast cancer.
- Remembering that medical practitioners are human and fallible too and they can make mistakes.
- How women can empower themselves in medical settings and become an advocate to get what they want and need.
- Small breadcrumbs of knowledge or random people that you come across in your medical journey, and in hindsight how impactful these moments or people are to your story.
- The intense and physically exhausting side effects of Reema’s chemo treatment.
- How the media mis-portrays what it may be like to go through cancer treatment.
- The realization that you are not broken nor is anything wrong with you for needing rest when going through cancer treatment.
- How you can support someone or what to say to someone who is going through treatment, and how this can be different for everyone.
- Reema’s post treatment medical journey, life, chemo brain and being regularly confronted with the possibility of a cancer recurrence and how to manage this fear
- Listen to your body and take action if something feels wrong; early diagnosis can prevent more significant problems in the future
- The dozen symptoms and signs of breast cancer
- The most powerful tool in breast cancer treatment and survival is early diagnosis.
- When going through a medical journey, being someone with you who can be an extra set of eyes and
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- Wednesdays, 6:00pm PT in San Marino, CA
- Virtual/ ZOOM
- Thursdays, : 12-1pm PT on Zoom
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--> For people who are managing a long term health issue
-->We meet on ZOOM once a month at 12pm PT
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Sick and Seeking Disclaimer
In this episode I speak with my dear friend Reema Doshi who in 2017 was diagnosed with a rare form of breast cancer called inflammatory breast cancer (IBC).
In this episode we speak about:
- The importance of noting anything abnormal or strange happening in your body and taking the time to look into it.
- How life and being ‘busy’ often gets in the way of seeking professional medical help.
- When you start on a medical journey you’re collecting pieces of data about what’s happening to you in real time, and it’s often confusing.
- The need for a clinical and medical diagnosis to know if it is in fact IBC - inflammatory breast cancer.
- Remembering that medical practitioners are human and fallible too and they can make mistakes.
- How women can empower themselves in medical settings and become an advocate to get what they want and need.
- Small breadcrumbs of knowledge or random people that you come across in your medical journey, and in hindsight how impactful these moments or people are to your story.
- The intense and physically exhausting side effects of Reema’s chemo treatment.
- How the media mis-portrays what it may be like to go through cancer treatment.
- The realization that you are not broken nor is anything wrong with you for needing rest when going through cancer treatment.
- How you can support someone or what to say to someone who is going through treatment, and how this can be different for everyone.
- Reema’s post treatment medical journey, life, chemo brain and being regularly confronted with the possibility of a cancer recurrence and how to manage this fear
- Listen to your body and take action if something feels wrong; early diagnosis can prevent more significant problems in the future
- The dozen symptoms and signs of breast cancer
- The most powerful tool in breast cancer treatment and survival is early diagnosis.
- When going through a medical journey, being someone with you who can be an extra set of eyes and
🌟 Connect with Leslie and Sick and Seeking Community: 🌟
Website | YouTube | Facebook | Instagram
Join an Embodied Movement Class or Wild Women's Circle!
🔥 CLICK HERE for details 🔥
- In-Person:
- Tuesday, 8:30am PT in South Pasadena, CA
- Wednesdays, 6:00pm PT in San Marino, CA
- Virtual/ ZOOM
- Thursdays, : 12-1pm PT on Zoom
🌟 FREE support group: Chronic Conditions - Coffee & Connection🌟
--> For people who are managing a long term health issue
-->We meet on ZOOM once a month at 12pm PT
Like The Show? Show Your Support With a Donation!
Sick and Seeking Disclaimer