Talking about Coping and Living Between Scans

Metastatic Room
Written By Leslie Waltke

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Luz talks about how she copes while living with the overwhelm of changing health and frequent cancer-related scans and tests. Tune in to learn her advice on getting through stressful scans and ways to stay hopeful and nourish yourself even in the face of continual tests, scans, and waiting.

The Conversation Topics and Timeline

  • Introducing my friend Luz at 0:00

  • Dealing with bad news and facing mortality at 1:59

  • Scans as a new part of reality at 5:41

  • The 2 parts of "Scanxiety" at 6:46

  • How Luz copes with getting through scans at 7:27

  • Don’t be afraid to speak up with the radiology team at 11:53

  • Coping with waiting and getting scan/test results at 14:05

  • A conversation recap at 21:16

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