Cancer Baddies Meeting Recap

Welcome new members & everyone who has hit recent treatment milestones 🎉💖

Here’s what you missed:

• Treatment fatigue - we’ve all been there, the inability to keep your eyes open for more than a few hours each day due to chemo/radiation side effects. The beginning is sometimes the worst because your body is acclimating to all the meds. I started using Encer towards the end of my treatment and it was a game changer. It is a homeopathic supplement that was approved by my doctor and trial team that you take 2-3x a day (treatment weeks 3x/daily). Encer got rid of my chemo fatigue and allowed me to have more energy throughout the day. It also eliminated the nausea and vomiting associated with Kadcyla.

• Avoiding anti-nausea medication - I get it, we take so many meds for treatment, those of us who rarely took medicine in their lives prior to cancer want to limit adding more medications to the list. BUT when it comes to nausea, there is nothing worse than feeling sick. Yes, most anti-nausea meds cause constipation but I noticed when I switched to dissolvable Zofran, it treated the nausea quicker and I didn’t really have much constipation. If you are open to cannabis🍃, Rick Simpson Oil (RSO) is a great alternative to treating side effects naturally. You will have to check with dispensaries in your area to see if it is available. Start with ½ a grain of rice on a cracker and wait 1-2 hours for it to take effect. RSO helped me maintain an appetite, got rid of metal mouth and allowed me to sleep and feel less crumby on treatment weeks.

• Oral Gel vs Magic Mouthwash: Just as effective, but cheaper price for chemo mouth sores.

  Our next meeting on June 26 will be an event with Dr. Aimee Anagnostos: Pelvic PT 101. See below for details!

🎵TREATMENT SONG OF THE WEEK🎵

🗓UPCOMING EVENTS🗓

🌟WED JUNE 26 - 5:30pm PST: Dr. Aimee Anagnostos, Pelvic Floor Therapist

🌟SAT JULY 6 - 11-4PM PST: Cancer Baddies 1-Day Retreat

Join us on Wed June 26, 5:30pm PST, as Dr. Aimee Anagnostos (@aimeedpt), a pelvic health physical therapist, teaches tips and techniques to manage bathroom and bedroom issues. Pelvic floor health is the intersection of improving pain x pleasure  x pooping dysfunctions.

It is common to experience chemo induced constipation and medical menopause. In this workshop, we'll talk about how pelvic health physical therapy is a conservative way to manage these symptoms. You'll learn ways to promote gut motility, decrease straining, and improve ease of bowel movements. We'll also touch upon ways to decrease painful intimacy. There are tools and tips to improve insertional pain and return to pleasure! There will be discussion and gentle movement throughout to educate and empower you on pelvic health!

Bonafide Health is also giving away a month of Reveree to the first 10 people to sign up! Reveree is a powerful, hormone-free vaginal insert that, renews your body’s moisture for everyday comfort and intimacy and relieves vaginal dryness symptoms of medical menopause.

This event is donation-based. The suggested donation is $5 but if you cannot afford a donation at this time, please come anyways! All are welcome.

✨Retreat Tickets are Selling Fast! Spots are Limited✨

Don’t miss out on this 1-Day event in Los Angeles!

Join us for a day of connection, healing, beauty treatments and fun for our 1-Day Cancer Baddies Retreat in Los Angeles, CA on Saturday, July 6.

Wellness activations will be led by Amanda Butler, ACE Easter and Camila Tamayo with beauty treatments from ADY and Rosa Rodriguez. Event sponsors & goodie bags from: Thrive Causemetics, Encer, Topicals, Kate Sommerville, Intelligent Change, Perfect Amino, Gem, Poppi & more!

Spaces are limited so make sure you grab your tickets ASAP! Can’t wait to meet you all in person 💕