Myth Busting Male Breast Cancer

Approximately one percent of breast cancer diagnoses each year occur in men. Tammey talks with male breast cancer survivor, Chris Gallo as they bust multiple myths around male breast cancer, discuss treatment similarities and talk about the very real hurdles men face in diagnosis and treatment as they navigate the female-focused world of breast cancer treatment.Topics in this Episode:Intro”Like a half unshelled peanut…”“A general practitioner who was not messing around”“Like I said, a lot of men don't know about this mammogram”“Expectations around what cancer is and what cancer looks like”“The association I had with cancer, is death”Procedural barriersLife: post-surgery“Some pretty surprising reactions”From a guy's perspective. How did you emotionally process?“Did you get shark bit?”Gratitude with intent“My wife says I'm a different person”“The tail end of that bell curve”“I can tell them my experience”“It's not as uncommon as we think it is”Sign offGuest Contact Information and Social Links:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/christopher.gallo.79Male Breast Cancer Coalition: https://malebreastcancercoalition.org/Contact Information and Social Links:Website: www.yourkillerlife.comInstagram: www.instagram.com/yourkillerlifeFacebook: www.facebook.com/yourkillerlifeYouTube: www.youtube.com/yourkillerlifeTwitter: www.twitter.com/yourkillerlifeResources:Be a guest on the Your Killer Life PodcastSponsor the Your Killer Life PodcastBook Tammey or Griff as a speaker or podcast guestSnag Your Killer Life Swag!Check out the Your Killer Life blog posts, or the original blog, Killer Left BoobThis podcast is professionally edited by Roth MediaA special thank you to our sponsor, Riverdance Soapworks. Handcrafted products we personally use. Visit www.riverdancesoapworks.com and let them know you heard about them from Tammey.