How Do We Fix It?

Debbie Galant talks about what it's like to live with breast cancer.  What she learned along the way amount to solutions for what can be a desperate, lonely experience. From the shock of her first diagnosis to sometimes wrenching, sometimes funny conversations with her doctors and family, Debbie gives us valuable lessons about how to survive and recover, physically and emotionally. "You are pitched into this world of fear... this incredible world of fear," she tells us. "You're making a lot of decisions in that period, but you're really in a primal place." Her journey includes how to "de-code" her oncologist, and learn from a nurse-navigator to dealing with her own emotional roller-coaster ride.  She also talks about a vital ingredient: humor. "Going into a doctor's appointment with a sense of humor, as opposed to a sense of dread, really helped." Debbie, her husband Warren Levinson, and son Noah tell their story in the podcast, "Chemo...  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out informati