TheOncoPT Podcast
TheOncoPT Podcast
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Ep. 181 - Too Young for This: Shauna's Perspective on AYA Breast Cancer
47 minutes Posted May 25, 2022 at 10:00 am.
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"You're young & healthy."

This was a quote that I heard time & time again with my young patients. If they're so young & healthy, then why do they have cancer?

As frustrating as that may be for us to hear, imagine hearing that as a patient.

For Shauna O'Brien of the Too Young For This Shit Podcast, this is her reality. 

Shauna was diagnosed with breast cancer at 32 & underwent surgery, chemotherapy, & radiation therapy in a whirlwind year.  At the end of that year, in her words, "you get thrown to the wolves."

In our interview, we talk about the fact that it’s important to hear the patient’s side of things - their point of view & the different aspects of life that cancer affects: physically, emotionally, mentally, relationships, socially, etc., and the positive effects of physical therapy.

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