Share Your Story: Martha Tettenborn

Share Your Story: Martha Tettenborn Cancer U 46:02

Martha Tettenborn is a registered dietitian, low-carb health coach, and a recent ovarian cancer survivor. She used nutritional strategies to dramatically reduce her side effects from chemotherapy and Martha is on a mission to share this information with others facing chemo.

02:35: It was like I was laying on an egg or something.
04:54: The gynecologist that I was referred to was on a month’s holiday.
07:19: The marker that would have indicated cancer was really low.
10:29: I had my tonsils out when I was five.
12:43: Did you have the hysterectomy prior to chemo?
14:48: There was no tumor to radiate.
16:50: If you don’t get any recurrence in about five years you were in group A.
18:58: I feel incredibly blessed that this cyst was way too big for me to ignore.
21:40: I was terrified of chemotherapy.
23:19: I discovered that cancer has a different metabolism.
25:26: What does it mean to be ketogenic?
27:34: I wanted to keep the cancer from having a happy growth environment?
30:06: I went through six rounds of chemo.
32:34: What was your worst moment?
34:10: How has this changed your practice as a dietitian now that you’ve lived it as a patient?
36:02: I do Wardrobe and backstage.
38:05: What is one thing that you wish you had known at the very beginning?
39:08: If you could only do one thing to improve health care in Canada, what would it be and why?
40:18: Thriver Rapid Fire Questions.
42:54: Aside from Cancer U, what’s one resource that you would recommend for cancer patients and caregivers?

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