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? 

Resources

• Martha's website
• Martha's Hacking Chemo Facebook page
• Martha on LinkedIn
• Email Martha
• Martha's book Hacking Chemo