When the Doctor Becomes the Patient with Guest Speaker - Cheryl Law!
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March is Triple Negative Breast Cancer Awareness Month, so what better time to feature an mTNBC thriver who just celebrated their FIVE year cancerversary!
On this episode of Living Our Breast Lives, join Wren and Cait for this exceptional episode with guest speaker and fellow MBC thriver, Cheryl Law, as they discuss what it's like for a physician to be diagnosed with Metastatic Triple Negative Breast Cancer.
This informative and very touching episode will leave you feeling a certain type of way as they portray the many eye opening moments and hardships that come with a physician having to unexpectedly receive care from others rather than give it.
Key Moments:
- Listen as Cheryl discusses what it was like to navigate her initial diagnosis and treatment plan as both the patient and physician
- Listen as Cheryl talks about whether being a physician made the overall diagnosis experience harder or easier for her
- Listen as Cheryl discusses whether her perspective changed on certain things once the roles shifted and she became the patient
Cheryl Law has advocated alongside other black female physicians to bring awareness to cancer awareness, screening, treatment, and research for black patients. Listen as she discusses why improving cancer care in the black community is so important. You wil not want to miss out on this episode! It will leave you feeling inspired, vulnerable, aware, and most importantly, informed!
Living Our Breast Lives Information:
Instagram: @livingourbreastlives
Where Can I Donate?
Donate to Stage IV Research:
donate.metavivor.org
bcrf.org
Want to connect with our guest speaker, Cheryl?
@lyrehclaw on Instagram
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