Nature lover Cheri Henderson lives along Lake Superior in Minnesota and was first diagnosed with breast cancer at 39. She in now living with Stage IV MBC. In this episode, Cheri reads her essay “Scan, Treat, Repeat” from the 2023 “New Normal” issue of Wildfire. Cheri’s piece is about living alongside cancer - but not letting it take over everything. April and Cheri talk about find your footing after a cancer diagnosis, holding both fear and joy while living with metastatic disease, finding community, and the dualities of early stage and late stage breast cancer. Cheri will share her writing process for her essay, and about the cycles of nature.

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Cheri’s resources mentioned:

Better Than Before Breast Cancer podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/6O1n0AC2tuK5SaFFHCK13j?si=oHIG26JzRQWSNTbEQGjf-g&preview=coverart&nd=1&dlsi=7c2a806021c74794

More on Laura MacGregor: https://laramacgregor.com/

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Buy the Wildfire book Igniting the Fire Within: Stories of Healing, Hope & Humor, Inside Today’s Young Breast Cancer Community: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJVJ629F?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

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