Horrific acid reflux is keeping Natasha up at night. None of the remedies recommended by her doctors make a difference, except for handy dandy marijuana. Radiology detects spots on her liver and thyroid and calls her in for an emergency MRI.
The oncologist explains that if the liver lesions are looked at and she actually has stage four, her chemo treatment is completely wrong.
When her doctors recommend 30 minute daily walks, Natasha adopts Pippa, who is already a light in her life as a companion blissfully unaware of her cancer.
She feels as if she has an unfair advantage by getting the oncologist she wanted, changing her treatments, and wiggling out of a clinical trial she was pushed into.
Contents of this video:
00:00 - Is my chemotherapy port infected?
01:33 - The symptom they don’t tell you comes with chemo
07:40 - Why I got a dog during my chemo treatment
13:59 - Am I actually stage 4?
18:37 - My first chemo session
20:36 - The strange side effects of dexamethasone
22:33 - Do I go back to work during my chemo treatment?
25:50 - Can we de-stigmatize breast cancer?
33:02 - Lessons I learned from my first round of chemo
