The Other Side of Cancer

Food As Medicine: What You Eat Makes an Impact

In this episode of The Other Side of Cancer [https://www.patientpower.info/living-well/the-other-side-of-cancer], patient with prostate cancer and founder of Chemo Cookery, John Hanley [https://www.patientpower.info/bio/john-hanley], talks to Gordon Saxe, MD, PhD [https://providers.ucsd.edu/details/11632/family-medicine], the director of the UC San Diego Center for Integrative Nutrition, about the power of food. Together, they discuss what brought them to seeing food as an alternative medicine, how it can boost your immune system as well as mental health, and what they've learned along the way.

Demystifying the Medical Billing Process

Have you ever been surprised by the amount on your medical billing statement? If so, you are hardly alone.  In this episode of The Other Side of Cancer [https://www.patientpower.info/living-well/the-other-side-of-cancer], Patient Power's Executive Managing Editor, Suzanne Burmeister [https://www.patientpower.info/bio/suzanne-burmeister], is joined by Kristen Taylor [https://www.patientpower.info/bio/kristen-taylor], an Associate Partner at Pinnacle Enterprise Risk Consulting Services, pull the veil back on the mystery of medical billing. Together, they discuss what happens between patient encounter and claim submission, why it takes so long for you to receive your statement, and even more importantly, what you can do to ensure mistakes don't go unnoticed.

How a Death Doula Can Help with Dying (and Living)

In this episode of The Other Side of Cancer, MPN patient advocate Ruth Fein talks to death doula Erin Collins, co-founder of the Peaceful Presence Project, about grief literacy and about the benefits of engaging---with onself and loved ones---with end of life preferences and decisions well ahead of death.     This episode includes discussion about death and the end-of-life process. The subject matter may be difficult for some listeners. Please be advised.

Deconstructing Wellness: "There's No One Way to Be or Feel"

Episode 6 In the sixth episode of the new Patient Power podcast, The Other Side of Cancer [https://www.patientpower.info/living-well/the-other-side-of-cancer/labels-are-tricky], breast cancer survivor and advocate Megan-Claire Chase sits down with Monique Gary, DO, MSc, FACS, Medical Director of the Grand View Health/Penn Cancer Network Cancer Program and CEO of Still Rise Farms, to discuss survivorship, wellness and what it means to take care of yourself.

Episode 4- Part II: "Having a Life vs. Always Being at the Doctor's"

Episode 5 This is the second part of a two-part conversation. Listen to part one here. In the fifth episode of the new Patient Power podcast, The Other Side of Cancer [https://www.patientpower.info/living-well/the-other-side-of-cancer/labels-are-tricky], CLL patient and advocate Michele Nadeem-Baker talks with MPN patient and advocate Ruth Fein about making decisions during their treatment journey. How do chronic cancer patients decide whether to enroll in a clinical trial? How does one find a super-specialist? How can patients live their fullest lives when managing a dizzying calendar of appointments and scans? Go to the series page here [https://www.patientpower.info/living-well/the-other-side-of-cancer/labels-are-tricky].