Ms. Kathleen Haden, ANP, is a nurse practitioner who now focuses mainly on cancer prevention strategies in clinic. But her journey is an interesting one: training to be a nurse practitioner when it was very uncommon (and not nearly as straightf

Season 3. 3: Craig Slingluff, MD

Aug 28th, 2023 31m 39s

Dr. Craig Slingluff is a surgical oncologist and immunology researcher who treats and investigates melanoma, respectively. But he also was diagnosed with cancer, himself. Two years ago, he found out he had metastatic prostate cancer. With famil

Season 3. 2: Ann Marie Smith, MDiv

Aug 21st, 2023 43m 1s

Her breast cancer diagnosis in 2008 did not just have her thinking about death and dying, it inspired a second career: chaplaincy. Ms. Ann Marie Smith, MDiv, began volunteering with hospice care after her breast cancer journey, and eventually g

Season 3. 1: Fumiko Chino, MD

Aug 15th, 2023 35m 32s

Starting off the 3rd season of "When We Had Cancer," which newly features providers (in the general sense) of cancer patients, is an interview with Dr. Fumiko Chino. Dr. Chino is a radiation oncologist in Manhattan, New York City, at Memorial S

Season 2. 7: Maggie Walsh

Jul 31st, 2023 49m 59s

Maggie is a 34-year old cancer survivor who, frankly, isn’t thankful she ever was diagnosed. Maggie’s cancer compromised her fertility, brought upon anger, and played awful waiting games with biopsy results. Tune in to this week’s episode to he

Season 2. 6: Colleen Bergin

May 26th, 2023 32m 48s

Colleen is a 3-year retiree and a two-time breast cancer survivor. Living in rural Virginia with her four animals and husband, Bill Collins, of almost 48 years (who gets credit for being her rock through it all), Colleen recommends that you be

Season 2. 5: Michelle St. Germaine

May 9th, 2023 15m

This episode is a little different. Instead of interviewing a cancer survivor, I read a chapter from my book, "Six Women." This chapter is a story about a beautiful woman named Michelle called "Coffee Shop Miracles." Welcome to Season 3. Fea

Season 2. 4: Deborah Clarkston

Apr 22nd, 2023 39m 18s

Deborah, Deb, or Debby—depending on who you are—is a 5year cancer survivor from triple negative breast cancer, s/p double mastectomy. An ER/ICU nurse by training, Deborah took the diagnosis seriously: time to figure it out, get treatment, and m

Season 2. 3: Margarita Figueroa

Feb 25th, 2023 51m 2s

Margarita shares about self care, trusting your gut (and your research!), and being a two-time cancer survivor. Part of the UVA Cancer Peer Parter Support Group, Margarita helps other folks who are first starting their cancer journeys.

Season 2. 2: Farah Contractor

Jan 14th, 2022 46m 15s

Season 2. 1: Kate Franklin

Sep 18th, 2021 46m 20s

Foster mom of puppies, spin class extraordinaire and excellent storyteller Kate Franklin sits down with me to tell us about her Leukemia diagnosis at age 4 and life since. Listen and learn about how cancer survivorship can be thought of as a pi

9: LaTonya Bennett

Mar 11th, 2020 42m 33s

Full of energy and youthfulness, LaTonya is a natural storyteller with the perspective and story to match. One of the best things about having breast cancer was the self realization of her tenacity (immediately after being diagnosed LaTonya dro

8: Brenda Washington

Mar 4th, 2020 43m 58s

Brenda is a bit more soft spoken than past cancer survivors on this podcast, her journey a bit more private and her circle a bit more intimate. Nonetheless, Brenda had a challenging but ultimately triumphant journey battling breast cancer and l

7: Sheri Denkensohn-Trott

Feb 25th, 2020 45m 24s

Sheri is a 10-year breast cancer survivor. Sheri is also a quadriplegic after a diving incident at age 16. Injury coupled with illness, Sheri's challenging journey ten years ago was wrought with disability accommodations, familiarity with recu

6: Jacqueline Beale

Feb 25th, 2020 35m 12s

Jacqueline is your unconventional cancer survivor- true alone from the fact that throughout our conversation about her breast cancer diagnosis she sat across from me with a beaming smile, giggling between anecdotes. Losing her mother and grandm

5: Ify Nwabukwu

Feb 24th, 2020 33m 1s

Ify is an immigrant health advocate (and an African immigrant herself) who founded and serves as director of the organization, The African Women’s Cancer Awareness Association. Her spirituality, family, friends, and gentle spirit have gotten he

4: Jourgette Reid-Sillah

Jan 10th, 2020 26m 46s

Ms. Reid-Sillah is a current D.C. resident who advocates on behalf of the underserved communities of the metropolitan area. In episode #4 of "When We Had Cancer," Ms. Reid-Sillah approaches her breast cancer journey from a unique perspective, b

3: Vatesha Bouler

Nov 25th, 2019 34m 58s

A kindergarten teacher born and raised in Chester, South Carolina, “Tesha” Bouler moved to the D.C. area seven years ago. At age 36, she found a lump in her breast and assumed it was a benign cyst. The breast cancer diagnosis came as a devastat

2: Susan Banta

Nov 18th, 2019 34m 33s

Not a “survivor" and technically not said to be in remission either, Susan has been N.E.D. ("no evidence of disease") since her last surgery in January 2017. A local from northwest D.C. and the mother of Sarah’s childhood friend, Isabel, Susan

1: Gigi El-Bayoumi

Nov 10th, 2019 30m 3s

Dr. Jehan "Gigi" El-Bayoumi is the founder and director of the GWU Rodham Institute, a clinical professor and internal medicine physician at GWU Hospital, and 15 years in remission since her double-mastectomy.

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