426 My Skin Cancer Journey: A Cautionary Tale
The Terri Cole Show
Terri Cole
4.9 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 2 August 2022
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
I don't think I've ever shared this story publicly, but skin cancer awareness is a topic that is near and dear to my heart (and my nose!). If my journey can inspire even a handful of you to start a new routine of daily sun protection, sharing it will have been worthwhile.
If you're someone who knows you should be using SPF when you go out in the sun, but you still don't do it consistently, this episode is for you, my friend, because I don't want you to experience what I experienced.
I'm sharing my very personal story (and some raw pics!), as well as resources and ways you can become more educated to take the very best preventative care of the skin you're in!
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| 0:00.0 | Well hello and welcome to this episode of the Terry Cole show that is going to be a very personal |
| 0:07.2 | episode because I do not believe I have told this story to the public world before. So I'll start |
| 0:14.6 | with a question. Are you someone who really knows you should be taking care of your skin in the |
| 0:20.5 | sun better, but you still don't? Are you someone who thinks that skin cancer only happens to other |
| 0:26.6 | people? Oh right, well I used to be you and I am no longer you. So this episode is all about my |
| 0:32.6 | journey with skin cancer where I had a misdiagnosis twice before I got the proper diagnosis and all |
| 0:40.9 | of the bullshit that I then had to do because of that, which I would love to spare you and know I'm |
| 0:47.6 | not a doctor, but this is my educated patient experience with skin cancer because I would really |
| 0:55.2 | love to spare you the experience that I had. So if you are new to this podcast, I am your |
| 1:04.1 | host, Terry Cole and I'm also the author of Boundary Boss, which you can get at BoundaryBossbook.com |
| 1:10.2 | and I'm so grateful that you guys are hanging out with me today as I am every day because you know |
| 1:14.9 | what? There are a zillion other options for podcasts that are really good and the fact that you |
| 1:20.4 | choose this podcast to spend your time really warms my heart. And if you want to support the show, |
| 1:26.6 | do you know what really helps me? Rate it, review it or subscribe to the podcast on Apple podcasts |
| 1:32.7 | and I love to feature your reviews. So thank you Brand for the five star review that says realistic |
| 1:39.3 | insightful, supportive and helpful. The Terry Cole show is fantastic from the range of relevant |
| 1:44.4 | topics to the straightforward way she handles them. Terry is willing to speak the difficult truths |
| 1:48.8 | not minimize or euphemize them and then provide practical steps to change behavior to change one's |
| 1:53.9 | life. And she has changed mine. Even after years of therapy, I had no idea that trauma bonding |
| 1:59.6 | was even a thing. But after hearing Terry's explanation of it, I realized that it applies directly |
| 2:04.0 | to me and since then using her realistic steps has helped me change my life. I realized that I've |
| 2:10.9 | been a boundary disaster for years, my whole life really. And I'm working at becoming a Boundary Boss |
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