Life After Breast Cancer: Fear, Healing, and Hope

What happens after breast cancer treatment ends? For many survivors, finishing treatment is a major milestone, but it does not always mean life immediately goes back to “normal.”

In this episode of Baptist HealthTalk, host Johanna Gomez, a breast cancer survivor, speaks with breast cancer survivors Andrea de Armas and Nancy Antoine, both treated at Baptist Health Herbert Wertheim Cancer Institute, talk about diagnosis, treatment, survivorship and the emotional journey that continues long after active care ends.

They discuss:

• Being diagnosed with breast cancer at a young age
 • The importance of self advocacy and getting checked
 • The physical and emotional toll of chemotherapy
 • Fear of recurrence and scan anxiety
 • Fertility, hormone therapy and long term care
 • Body image, reconstruction and restorative tattooing
 • The importance of mental health and survivor community
 • How survivors can move from surviving to thriving

Breast cancer survivorship can bring new challenges, but it can also bring strength, purpose, community and hope.

Host:
Johanna Gomez, award-winning host & journalist

Guests:
Andrea de Armas, Breast Cancer Survivor; Nancy Antoine, Breast Cancer Survivor