I wanted begin the podcast, by welcoming you and to give you more details on what this podcast is about. It's about offering practical tips on how to take care of yourself during chemo treatments and surgeries. This would mean how to handle some of the side effects that may occur during chemo. This particularly for those of us, who choose not to resort to taking additional medications besides the one's we are already taking, or will be taking. Always communicate with your doctors and let them know that you decided to say forgo taking a zantac for your upset stomach, and you decided to settled on baking soda and warm water instead. To communicate with your Doctor is just to make sure that all these practical choices won’t effect your chemo or medications that you have to take. In addition, will be talking about compromised digestive and intestinal systems, skin break outs, your nails, neuropathy, those who are anemic, what can be helpful, particularly for those who are just beginning chemo, how to manage sleep, hot flashes if you have them, taking care of your teeth, about the food you eat, acid reflux (I would like to welcome this to singers) because acid reflux sometimes interferes with our singing, I have some tips for this as well) Other areas we will talk relationships, for those of us who are single and don’t have a families of our own, how to rely on friends, building a support system, will talk about the act of telling or not telling anyone of your condition, fears of outcomes, all to fully take of your state of mind and body. But there is another reason that I really believe is of great importance. And that is how we can fully benefit from breast cancer treatments and surgeries. Now of course there is the obvious, and that is chemo fighting the cancer. But I’m talking about the life lessons we can learn from it. I’ll explain. We can say between us, that BC is a challenging, dramatic tine in our lives. For some of you, you maybe saying that is an understatement. In any case, there was this concept I had developed over a period of time, of when I was having my chemo that I believed there was something missing in my life. That God was going to take through the chemo, but he was going to show how to fill these areas that were missing. Now, I don’t want to say God caused the cancer, but he was going to help me, not only get through it, but he was help me learn from it, and there for flourish from it. This is what I want to share with you. Practical tips and the ability to become the person you were meant to be. To flourish, to prosper, to stripe away those needless parts of you that do not serve you or your life. Those needless parts that have been holding you back from being the person you were meant to be and want to be.