In the first-ever episode of Sexcess Story, you meet your host, Heather DeKeyser, as she shares where this podcast began. It all started exactly a year ago today, with her own diagnosis of triple negative breast cancer. She tells all, including how her dog found her cancer, being afraid of losing the business she spent 8 years building, and how her diagnosis rocked her family and her marriage. Now, a year later, she is cancer-free, stilling running a successful business doing sex therapy, and beginning this podcast to help others understand the impact illness and treatment have on people's relationships and sex lives. Follow along as Heather, and her sister Carissa, share details of her cancer no one has ever heard before. 

Takeaways from today:

-Heather & Carissa have conversations even they have not had before this podcast episode about what it was like to be patient and caregiver during a cancer diagnosis

-How an illness affects someone emotionally, psychologically and sexually

-Sexual side effects of illness and treatment last long after treatment ends

-Having support systems are key in beating an illness, but even the books don’t tell us everything

-When we get sick, our sexual health and relationships with our self and others often get placed last on the priority list, but become one of the biggest areas of life affected, and most people do not feel like they can talk about it.

Heather is looking for individuals and couples to interview to be on the podcast or to tell your story on her podcast! Here is how you can get in touch with her!

Instagram: @Sexcess_Story

Website: www.hopetherapeutics.org

Facebook: Heather DeKeyser-Smith

Email: [email protected]