The Long Game; Fertility Preservation and Cancer (Guests Megan Scherer & Kara Bendle)

When a child, teenager or young adult is diagnosed with cancer, the overwhelming response is to jump into treatment as soon as possible to blast it out of the body. But before diving into treatment, it’s equally important to take a moment, step back and consider the long game; the quality of that young person’s life once the cancer is gone.

In this episode of An Unexpected Life, Marianne Banister dives into the world of Fertility Preservation with two experts who are helping young cancer survivors create families. Thanks to huge advances in medicine, even newborn cancer patients can now preserve their chance to have their own children one day! Our guests are Megan Scherer of Worth the Wait Charity and Kara Bendle of the Cleveland Clinic’s AYA Fertility Preservation Program.

It’s fascinating and vital information for any parent or future parent to know!

What You’ll Learn in This Episode

✅ Fertility Preservation Options

✅ Earliest age available for preservation

✅ How to manage preservation options with cancer treatment options

✅ Funding and financial support options

✅ Alternative pathways to parenthood for cancer survivors

Links

🔶 Preserving Fertility in Children and Teens: https://bit.ly/4nihztS

🔶 Fertility Preservation Program / Cleveland Children’s: https://bit.ly/4kW49SO

🔶 Worth the Wait: https://worththewaitcharity.com/

🔶All Paths Family Support Group: https://allpathsfb.org/support/

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