The Flourish After Cancer Podcast

66: Why “Boosting Your Immune System” Is the Wrong Goal After Cancer

Your treatment is over… but your white blood cells are still the headline of every lab report. Somewhere along the way, you heard that your immune system is supposed to

65: Ozone Therapy After Cancer: What We Know and What Still Needs Research

If you’ve spent any time on social media since your diagnosis, you’ve probably seen ozone therapy. Maybe it was someone sitting with two IVs while their blood ran through

64: Cancer Is A Metabolic Disease, Here’s Why That’s Great

You’ve been told to lower your stress after cancer, and you’ve probably felt the quiet pressure of that advice every time life refused to cooperate. A scan date, a lab re

63: The Mistake Most Cancer Survivors Make Trying to Block Cancer

Whether you were just diagnosed or finished treatment years ago, the instinct is usually the same: find the thing that fights the cancer. "What's the best cancer-killing

62: Fearing Estrogen To Stop Breast Cancer...Or Missing The Real Drivers Of Recurrence?

If you've had ER+ breast cancer, estrogen probably feels like the enemy, and every food label, lotion, and supplement bottle comes with the same question: "Is this raisin

61: Is A Mammogram Your Best Screening Option For Recurrence Risk?

A viral claim swept across social media a few months ago: a prominent breast surgeon said that mammograms cause breast cancer. The fear spread quickly, and so did the co

60: Can You Take Estrogen To Treat Menopause After Breast Cancer?

Hot flashes, joint pain, night sweats, and decreasing bone strength—many survivors are told the same thing by their doctor: “Hormone therapy is completely off the table f

59: The Cancer-Fighting Compounds in These Vegetables and How to Get More of Them

Broccoli, cabbage, kale, and Brussels sprouts. Your mom probably told you to eat them—but she probably never told you why. Every vegetable in this family produces the s

58: Your Muscle Sends Signals That Can Kill Cancer Cells

You've heard "move more" a hundred times since your diagnosis, and it never quite explains why. What if the advice was never vague, just incomplete. There's a real tria

57: The Test That Could Explain Your Post-Cancer Fatigue (And Address Cancer Risk)

Brain fog that won't lift. Energy crashes an hour after lunch. Cravings you can't outrun, no matter how disciplined you are. You've probably chalked it up to stress, age

56: The Cortisol Conversation No One’s Having After Cancer

You're exhausted, but not the kind of tired that sleep fixes. Wired at night, dragging in the morning, and nobody's mentioned why. There's a piece of the recovery convers

55: Where chatGPT Can (And Can’t) Help Your Cancer Recovery

You've probably typed your labs into ChatGPT at some point, or asked it a question you were too tired to bring up at your next appointment. Maybe you got an answer back

54: My Oncologist Said I Probably Shouldn’t Take These Supplements

"My oncologist said I probably shouldn't take these supplements." You've heard some version of this. Usually it comes with one word attached: interacts. And then the con

53: There Is No Anticancer Diet. But This Works.

"What's the best anticancer diet?" Keto, Mediterranean, plant-based, vegan, raw. You've probably tried at least one of them, and you're still wondering if you picked the

52: Should You Consider GLP-1s For Cancer Survivorship?

The weight shifted during treatment, and now everyone seems to have an opinion about GLP-1s Maybe your GP mentioned it, maybe a friend is on one and feels amazing, or ma

51: Your Blood Work Has A Cancer Marker Hiding In Plain Sight

Your oncologist looked at your blood work and said everything looks fine. And maybe it does — on paper. But "fine" and "optimal" are not the same thing. There's a number

50: The Unsung Hero of Blocking Cancer: Your Lymphatic System

Your lymph nodes were removed. Nobody warned you what that means for the years after treatment, and your medical team probably hasn't brought it up since. If you've been

49: The 4 Types of Women After Cancer Treatment. Which One Are You?

You've done everything right. The grocery list, the supplements, the meal prep, the research tabs that stopped making sense weeks ago. And underneath all of it, there's s

48: Why Standard Labs Fall Short After Cancer (And How To Get More Ordered)

You show up to every follow-up. You ask the questions. And every time, you hear the same thing — "your labs look fine." But fine isn't what you're after. You want to feel

47: Protein After Cancer Treatment- Why You Need More (And Why the Fears Don’t Hold Up)

A pattern that comes up regularly in cancer recovery communities is women who are genuinely trying to do everything right and ending up under-fueled, exhausted, and still