When Life throws you a Curveball
When life throws you a curveball like a breast cancer diagnosis, the journey toward healing involves more than just medical treatments, it requires emotional resilience and finding new purpose. In this powerful episode of Off -Balance, Dr. Brooks welcomes Laura Reuter, a breast cancer survivor who transformed her experience into a mission to help others navigate their own cancer journeys. Laura's story begins in 2016 when she received a diagnosis that would completely upend her life. As she describes it, "Everything that you have known gets flipped upside down." This profound statement encapsulates the disorienting nature of a cancer diagnosis. Laura found herself with a different house, a different motorcycle, and facing the phenomenon of "ghosting" where friends and family gradually stop inviting you to events as your 14-month treatment plan made social engagements difficult to maintain. This isolation is common among cancer patients, whose lives become domina...