{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/689fca81aabbc2ace3b711fa/69ced211ac25e4bf66321e97?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Not Sick, Not Fine: Living With a Genetic Mutation","description":"<p>What does it actually feel like to live with a genetic mutation like BRCA, Lynch syndrome, or other hereditary cancer risks?</p><p>Not the medical side. Not the statistics.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, I’m talking about the space in between — the place where you’re not sick, but you’re not untouched either.</p><p>Living with a genetic mutation or high cancer risk changes how you think, how you make decisions, and how you move through your life… even when everything looks completely normal on the outside.</p><p>We talk a lot about prevention and cancer. But we don’t talk enough about what it feels like to live in the middle of it.</p><p><br></p><p>In this conversation, I’m opening up about:</p><ul><li>the feeling of not fitting anywhere — not in the cancer world, but not outside of it either</li><li>the internal “imposter” feeling of questioning whether your experience is valid</li><li>the quiet, constant “what if” that lives in the background</li><li>how this impacts your body, identity, relationships, and everyday life</li><li>the weight of making preventative decisions that permanently change your body</li><li>and why this experience can feel so isolating, even when you’re surrounded by support</li></ul><p><br></p><p>If you’ve ever felt like:</p><p> “I’m not sick… but I’m not okay either”</p><p> this episode will put words to that feeling.</p><p><br></p><p>Whether you are BRCA positive, living with Lynch syndrome, CHEK2, ATM, or navigating any form of hereditary cancer risk — this conversation is for you.</p><h2><br></h2><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><ul><li>BRCA</li><li>genetic mutation</li><li>hereditary cancer risk</li><li>previvor</li><li>BRCA anxiety</li><li>Lynch syndrome</li><li>high cancer risk</li><li>preventative surgery</li><li>living with BRCA</li><li>cancer risk anxiety</li></ul><p><br></p>","author_name":"Marisa Stachelski"}