Amy Artuso, MPH, CPST-I
Special guest
For more than 25 years Amy Artuso has worked in a variety of roles dedicated to child development, safety and wellness. In April 2021 she was diagnosed with stage 3 invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) breast cancer. Following a necessary double mastectomy, she underwent chemotherapy and radiation. She has had additional surgeries and continues on long-term oral medications to reduce her chance of recurrence. However, at the time of the release of this podcast we are excited to share she has no evidence of disease (NED).
Amy holds a masters degree in public health and is a 3rd year doctoral student in advanced practice leadership in public health at the University of South Florida in Tampa, FL, where she lives with her husband and their four children.
To read social media posts throughout Amy's cancer treatment visit #StrongFierceUnited on Facebook. She also participated with a video about helping children during cancer at
https://www.risefound.org/children-during-your-diagnosis.
Amy Artuso, MPH, CPST-I has been a guest on 7 episodes.
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Episode 309: Lessons Learned
January 23rd, 2023 | Season 3 | 39 mins 29 secs
acceptance, bluey, cancer, challenge, child life specialist, children, hamster wheel, help, life, motherhood, rediscovery, snuc, treatment, unexpected, work
Our guests talk about how their perspective on life has changed after being diagnosed with and fighting cancer.
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Episode 308: Damocles Sword
January 13th, 2023 | Season 3 | 21 mins 52 secs
ambiguity, cancer, challenge, children, life, motherhood, rediscovery, sword of damocles, uncertainty, unexpected, work
This week we're talking about what it's really like once you finish treatment for cancer. Uncertainty is also a theme of the episode.
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Episode 306: To Tell or Not to Tell (Part 2)
December 21st, 2022 | Season 3 | 33 mins 30 secs
breast cancer, cancer, children, communication, life, md anderson cancer center, moffitt cancer center, motherhood, rediscovery, snuc challenge, unexpected, work
This is a continuation of our conversation about talking with children about a parent's cancer diagnosis.
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Episode 305: To Tell or Not to Tell (Part 1)
December 14th, 2022 | Season 3 | 27 mins 58 secs
breast cancer, cancer, children, communication, life, md anderson cancer center, moffitt cancer center, motherhood, rediscovery, snuc challenge, unexpected, work
Sometimes the when/if/how to share information about a diagnosis of cancer isn't easy.
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Episode 304: And then You Build Back Up
December 8th, 2022 | Season 3 | 29 mins 47 secs
acceptance, breast cancer, cancer, challenge, child life specialist, children, help, life, md anderson cancer center, moffitt cancer center, motherhood, rediscovery, snuc, treatment, unexpected, work
This episode explores treatment & it's impact. We also start talking about kids & helping them navigate difficulty.
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Episode 302: Wait, you had to wait how long?
November 23rd, 2022 | Season 3 | 29 mins 49 secs
bipoc, breast cancer, cancer, covid-19, diagnosis, dismissed, md anderson cancer center, moffitt cancer center, people of color, screening, second opinion, snuc, waiting, women
The path to diagnosis isn't always smooth or short.
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Episode 301: What's the common thread?
November 15th, 2022 | Season 3 | 21 mins 2 secs
breast cancer, cancer, challenge, children, life, md anderson cancer center, moffitt cancer center, motherhood, rediscovery, snuc, unexpected, work
We're back for Season 3! This season we're talking about unexpected rediscovery among other things.