Martha Tettenborn is a registered dietitian, low-carb health coach, and a recent ovarian cancer survivor. She used nutritional strategies to dramatically reduce her side effects from chemotherapy and Martha is on a mission to share this information with others facing chemo.
- 02:35: It was like I was laying on an egg or something.
- 04:54: The gynecologist that I was referred to was on a month's holiday.
- 07:19: The marker that would have indicated cancer was really low.
- 10:29: I had my tonsils out when I was five.
- 12:43: Did you have the hysterectomy prior to chemo?
- 14:48: There was no tumor to radiate.
- 16:50: If you don't get any recurrence in about five years you were in group A.
- 18:58: I feel incredibly blessed that this cyst was way too big for me to ignore.
- 21:40: I was terrified of chemotherapy.
- 23:19: I discovered that cancer has a different metabolism.
- 25:26: What does it mean to be ketogenic?
- 27:34: I wanted to keep the cancer from having a happy growth environment?
- 30:06: I went through six rounds of chemo.
- 32:34: What was your worst moment?
- 34:10: How has this changed your practice as a dietitian now that you've lived it as a patient?
- 36:02: I do wardrobe and backstage.
- 38:05: What is one thing that you wish you had known at the very beginning?
- 39:08: If you could only do one thing to improve health care in Canada, what would it be and why?
- 40:18: Thriver Rapid Fire Questions.
- 42:54: Aside from Cancer U, what's one resource that you would recommend for cancer patients and caregivers?
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