ABOUT THIS EPISODE:

An incredibly stressful time in cancer care is the time of treatment completion and the transition into cancer survivorship. This one catches people off guard. You’ve rung the bell, so exhaustingly and blissfully happy to be done with surgery, chemotherapy and radiation. But then you realize when it’s over, it’s not really over. You eventually realize you may not fit neatly into your previous world. You may still face a wall of weakness, side effects, and uncertainty. And new fears can creep in. You may also feel like all of your favorite doctors and nurses are now on the other side of a door that just closed behind you. You’re supposed to go back to normal, but nothing is normal and everyone around you thinks you should be fine.

So There you stand, dumped off the cancer conveyor belt with no road map. Welcome to the crickets of early cancer survivorship. This is what we are talking about today. Welcome to The Recovery Room Podcast. I’m cancer physical therapist Dr. Leslie Waltke. My guest today on the show is nurse practitioner and cancer survivor specialist Michelle Kirschner.

ABOUT THE RECOVERY ROOM PODCAST:

The Recovery Room Podcast discusses all things cancer recovery. We bring you the accuracy, experts, understanding and next steps you need to be healthier, more confident, make better decisions and live your best life after cancer!

I appreciate you watching and listening!

Hugs,

Dr. L

GUEST INFO: Michelle Kirschner

linkedin.com/in/michelle-kirschner-159a0a1b4

Email: kirschnerml@gmail.com

Michelle's 3 recommended resources:

My Cancer Crew App: https://mycarecrew.co

NCCN Treatment guidelines for patients: https://www.nccn.org/patientresources/patient-resources/guidelines-for-patients

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Want direct connection and interaction with me and other awesome cancer survivors? I have an incredible cancer survivor community membership group called Recovery Room Plus, I‘d love for you to consider joining! In recovery Room Plus you get direct interaction with me, in depth cancer recovery info and experts and really cool live events like yoga, book discussions, cooking demos, member meets and more. I would love to connect with you! You can learn more at https://www.recoveryroomplus.com

CANCER REHAB CONTINUING EDUCATION for rehab therapists or cancer providers:

The Waltke Cancer Rehabilitation Academy provides medical education lectures, rehab continuing education courses, keynotes and talks to cancer groups. Learn more at:

https://www.waltkeacademy.com

EMAIL: Dr.Waltke@WaltkeAcademy.com