My topic today is the F word. Full stop…it's another F word, friend. I drop F-bombs left and right. But this F word can be paralyzing. It can be debilitating and hold you back. Or it can have the opposite effect and be motivating and help you slay whatever you want to achieve or overcome. So- can you guess what the F word is?

About Katie-

Katie is an entrepreneur, Marketing, and Business Executive with an extensive background in startups and corporate marketing as well as public relations.  She’s a single mom of 2 kids and was diagnosed with metastatic colorectal cancer at the age of 49. She’s also heavily involved in fitness and wellness and am a former competitor and coach.  She invites you to join her and a host of friends, family, and a number of really awesome special guests as she journeys down this path for the fight of her life.

Connect with Katie:

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/441568581134113/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rollin_with_my_colon/

Crabs are helping me fight cancer! I know, I know, that sounds crazy. But they are. So here’s the story on that. I am a reality TV junkie.And at the beginning of my journey to beat this beast, I had a lot of downtime thanks to my surgery. I was also trying to wrap my mind around everything that was happening and how I was going to continue to do all the things I needed to do and beat cancer’s ass.

And there was a show that totally sucked me in called Deadliest Catch. It is about a fleet of elite crab fishermen and women who literally put their lives on the line to bring in the big catch and make that money. But it was this show that taught me something very important.

About Katie-

Katie is an entrepreneur, Marketing, and Business Executive with an extensive background in startups and corporate marketing as well as public relations.  She’s a single mom of 2 kids and was diagnosed with metastatic colorectal cancer at the age of 49. She’s also heavily involved in fitness and wellness and am a former competitor and coach.  She invites you to join her and a host of friends, family, and a number of really awesome special guests as she journeys down this path for the fight of her life.

Connect with Katie:

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/441568581134113/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rollin_with_my_colon/

When you’re going through chemo, how does it affect your hair? In Episode 1, I sat down with my dearest friend and hairstylist Kristen to talk about a very sensitive subject for those of us going through cancer…hair. To be completely honest with you, it affects everybody differently because it depends on the type of chemo that's coursing through your body.  So what’s a girl (or guy) to do?

About Katie-

Katie is an entrepreneur, Marketing, and Business Executive with an extensive background in startups and corporate marketing as well as public relations.  She’s a single mom of 2 kids and was diagnosed with metastatic colorectal cancer at the age of 49. She’s also heavily involved in fitness and wellness and am a former competitor and coach.  She invites you to join her and a host of friends, family, and a number of really awesome special guests as she journeys down this path for the fight of her life.

Connect with Katie:

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/441568581134113/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rollin_with_my_colon/

Kristen’s studio: https://msha.ke/kristengiorgistudio/

Kristen’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamkristenxoxo/

Welcome to Just Katie...Not Cancer. I’m Katie Zereski, an entrepreneur, Marketing and Business Executive with an extensive background in startups and corporate marketing as well as public relations. I’m also heavily involved in fitness and wellness and am a former competitor and coach.  I invite you to join me and a host of friends, family, and a number of really awesome special guests as I journey down this path for the fight of my life.

We all know about the “C” word.  No! not that C word….get your mind out of the gutter. I’m talking about the Big, Dark, Scary C-word, meaning Cancer.

As I started this battle, what I encountered very quickly, was that people started treating me like I was an old farm animal being put out to pasture. They saw cancer first; not me and assumed that I was A sick, sad, feeble, downtrodden Katie, who would easily succumb to this jackass!  What they found was just me, not the disease. and although they wanted to be supportive, they didn’t know what to say, how to say it other than “I’m so sorry. If you ever need anything let me know”

So, this podcast is all about how you can have the big, the dark, the ugliest of Cancer and still choose to live your life.  I promise to share the good, the bad, the funny, the scary, and everything in between while educating and spreading the importance of awareness and being your own champion throughout it all. No subject is off-limits so be prepared to take a deep dive into my crazy world. It’s going to be a roller coaster ride for sure and some of it may be bumpy, but I promise to make it worth the ride.