Ep. 139 - Cancer, COVID, & survivorship: what this PT wants you to know - Dr. Bri DeWitt, PT

<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>A cancer diagnosis is bad enough, but experiencing cancer during a pandemic is on a different level.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Dr. Bri DeWitt, PT, is a physical therapist from Hawaii who treats patients with orthopedic, pelvic floor, & oncologic impairments. She also is a survivor of triple negative breast cancer, diagnosed smack-dab in the middle of the pandemic.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>I'm so grateful to Bri for so openly sharing her treatment journey, the impairments & side effects she's still dealing with today, & how she's harnessing her journey to advocate for her patients moving forward.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p> <p><!-- wp:heading --></p> <h2>What we cover in this episode:</h2> <p><!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:list --></p> <ul> <li>How the pandemic & quarantine affected Bri's cancer treatment (& what this means for our patients)</li> <li>The physical but also psychosocial changes Bri experienced plus what's helped (& some that surprised her)</li> <li>How she's educating & advocating for patients through her own experience & blog</li> <li>What she wants every PT to know about working with people after cancer - from her firsthand experience</li> </ul> <p><!-- /wp:list --></p>