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ChemoSkinny: The Podcast We Hope You Never Have To Listen ToChemoSkinny Episode 12: "Final reconstruction, and now what?" FinaleSend us a textNipples, nipples, nipples! Press-on fake ones, rebuilt, or tattooed, the options are many. In this, the final installment of their cancer journey, Collin and Steph break down the last steps of breast reconstruction surgery:Implant Exchange, during COVID.The difference between the implant placement surgery and the double mastectomy.Whether or not nipples are necessary part of their relationship. Tamoxifen, the "anti-viagara" and medical menopause. Figuring out your new body and trying to discover your new normal.Survivors guilt .How your " last steps" are actually the "f...2021-07-0134 minChemoSkinny: The Podcast We Hope You Never Have To Listen ToChemoSkinny Episode 11: "Radioactive!"Send us a textAs much fun as chemo was, radiation is a whole new level of sucking. In this episode, Steph and Collin dissect what it means to have a massive laser shot at your chest, and how the monotony of treatment can take its toll on even the happiest couple. They'll discuss...The process of aligning the radiation lasers, and making form-fitting breast shields.How daily radiation treatment becomes a "part-time job" for both of them.Ways to make treatments a little more fun ( parking garage game anyone?)Th...2021-07-0126 minChemoSkinny: The Podcast We Hope You Never Have To Listen ToChemoSkinny Episode 10: "The sex, or the lack thereof."Send us a textIf there anything that can kill your libido faster than cancer... and chemo ...and radiation ... and drugs ...and recovery, it's news to us. Collin and Steph get fully frank to talk about sex (yes, mostly from memory ). They'll disect the little things you don't notice while "fighting the fight", look at how these little steps start to create physical distance in your relationship, and how you can stop the emotional bleed. Maybe. (Like we said, not doctors or therapists.)Can people get over the cancer hurdle to restar...2021-07-0133 minChemoSkinny: The Podcast We Hope You Never Have To Listen ToChemoSkinny Episode 9:"The Great Poisoning."Send us a textSteph and Collin talk the actual "skinny" about Chemo treatment, like...Fear of chemo, and how it's not exactly your "grandmother's chemo anymore."The effects of Steph's particular drug cocktail of Taxotere & Cytoxan, How to "pre-game" with steroids and benadryl.Neulasta your best friend and worst enemy. Whether or not to get a chemo port implanted in your chest And Cold Caps or Shaving? To hair or not to hair, the debate rages.Plus all the things can that make a chemo treatment more pleas...2021-07-0130 minChemoSkinny: The Podcast We Hope You Never Have To Listen ToChemoSkinny Episode 8: "Just when you thought it was over, and cancer-cations!"Send us a textWhen the pathology on Steph's excised tumor and lymph nodes from the double mastectomy comes back officially making her cancer STAGE 2, Steph and Collin have to start making decisions about treatment options. To Chemo or NOT to Chemo ? Will Radiation screw up all the new "boob work"? What are the odds of reoccurrence if you just do nothing? And when your not totally sure, sometimes you just need a "CANCER-CATION" for a brief respite of normal. 2021-07-0138 minChemoSkinny: The Podcast We Hope You Never Have To Listen ToChemoSkinny Episode 7: "Fluids goin'in, Fluids comin' out."Send us a textWith the major hurdle of surgery over and post-op easing , Stephanie and Collin finally look at the " Frankenboobs" and talk reconstruction and physical rehabilitation . The removal of surgical drains and the bizarreness that is filling of chest expanders.How the nagging voices of "female body image" can start to invade Realizing physical vulnerability and how to give yourself grace in recovery.2021-07-0132 minChemoSkinny: The Podcast We Hope You Never Have To Listen ToChemoSkinny Episode 6: "Blood-bags, Pain Management, and Pooping."Send us a textThey've made it through surgery, so easy sailing from here on, right? Please?! Nope. This is not even the halfway point, as Collin and Stephanie have to deal with convalescence, rehab and a bunch of stuff they maybe should have known but didn't. Trigger Warning: This episode mentions blood and poop, probably more than it should, so... ya know. 2021-07-0128 minChemoSkinny: The Podcast We Hope You Never Have To Listen ToChemoSkinny Episode 5: "Why is there a dog in pre-op ward?"Send us a textWe finally get to surgery day . Or as Steph affectionately calls it "DOUBLE D-DAY", and things don't go exactly as planned. From a dog in the pre-op ward, to someone forgetting to remove their underwear before the operation, Collin and Stephanie still manage to come out the other side. 2021-07-0133 minChemoSkinny: The Podcast We Hope You Never Have To Listen ToChemoSkinny Episode 4: "Is that a fake nipple in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?"Send us a textThe march to surgery day continues, but first there's a few stops to be made : DNA counseling, anyone? How about a "What to Expect When You're Expecting a Double Mastectomy" seminar? And don't forget post surgery bra shopping and getting your first look at the fake nipples you can buy. It's all becoming more and more real as Collin and Steph prepare for the big day. 2021-07-0130 minChemoSkinny: The Podcast We Hope You Never Have To Listen ToChemoSkinny Episode 3: "No really, how're you doing?"Send us a textSo when do you tell people you have cancer? Or, do you even have to? On this episode, we'll weigh the pros and cons of both approaches. (Pro for telling? Cancer presents! Con for letting people know? Having to answer the question posed in the episode title.) There is no "right way" to do this one, but here's how Collin and Steph's version played out. 2021-07-0128 minChemoSkinny: The Podcast We Hope You Never Have To Listen ToChemoSkinny Episode 2: "Living in a Real World Grey's Anatomy... for a day."Send us a textStephanie and Collin take you further into the "post-lump discovery" part of their story, talking what to expect on hospital visits including ones where all the Doctors look like they just walked off the set of a network TV medical series. How it went down in the run-up to surgery.What kind of "feels" it gave them in the moment. And if they had a time machine, what advice would the give themselves before this phase of their cancer journey started? 2021-07-0128 min
ChemoSkinny: The Podcast We Hope You Never Have To Listen ToChemoSkinny Episode 1: "Come in here and feel this!"Send us a textAfter learning how cancer often kills relationships, happy Hollywood couple Collin and Stephanie decided to throw open the doors of their post surgery marriage and talk about all the icky personal stuff no one warned them about when discussing the "C Word." With three cancer surgeries and no divorces under their belts, actress and fitness instructor Stephanie and her writer/director husband Collin have figured out some of the tricks to make things work from surgery to chemo and beyond. So feel free to jump in and listen to other people work out...2021-07-0127 minChemoSkinny: The Podcast We Hope You Never Have To Listen ToWelcome to ChemoSkinny...we sincerely hope you don't NEED to be here.Send us a textAfter surviving an 18 month onslaught of three different unrelated cancers, Stephanie and her husband Collin looked up and realized they were still together. This was not a given.They had both read articles warning that roughly half of all couples in their situation split up , specifically if the cancer entails more than a simple surgery and ongoing treatment. to make matters worse, the third cancer was invasive breast cancer and resulted in what 1 in 8 women potentially have to go through surgery, chemo, radiation, and ongoing chemical support. At the...2021-07-0101 min