Upfront About Breast Cancer – What You Don't Know Until You Do, with Dr Charlotte Tottman

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Episode 2: What You Don’t Know Until You Do, With Dr Charlotte Tottman: A Tale of Two Husbands: Emotional Isolation


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In this episode of What You Don’t Know Until You Do, with Dr Charlotte Tottman, we hear about Charlotte’s experience of emotional isolation during her cancer journey, which is the feeling of being alone in the intense experience of a cancer diagnosis and treatment, despite being surrounded by loved ones. Charlotte shares her 'tale of two husbands' in which she reveals her own feelings of emotional isolation following unexpected responses from both her long term and current husband and her ex-husband. We learn about the importance of empathy and strategies of how to best get emotional needs met. 


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Upfront About Breast Cancer is a production of Breast Cancer Network Australia.


Our theme music is by the late Tara Simmons, and this episode is proudly brought to you by JT Reid.


Produced by Dr Charlotte Tottman and BCNA 

Engineered and edited by Jane Nield at SEN Studios


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