Breast cancer can happen at any age. But young adults that are diagnosed with breast cancer often have a different journey than their older counterparts.

Treatment for breast cancer can bring on temporary or permanent menopause for women in early adulthood. This means navigating a slew of additional symptoms, on top of a life-changing diagnosis.

It also means making difficult decisions about family planning.

Today, we hear from a breast cancer survivor who was diagnosed at age 40, and learn how she’s using her story to educate others.

GUESTS:
Kate Hayden Ames: breast cancer survivor living in Connecticut
Dr. Niamey Wilson: Medical Director of the Breast Program at Hartford Healthcare
Dr. Nancy Borstelmann: Co-Director of the Early Onset Cancer Program at Yale Cancer Center
Anne Michaud: Yoga teacher for cancer survivors and oncology nurse

Breast cancer can happen at any age. But young adults that are diagnosed with breast cancer often have a different journey than their older counterparts.
Treatment for breast cancer can bring on temporary or permanent menopause for women in early adulthood. This means navigating a slew of additional symptoms, on top of a life-changing diagnosis.
It also means making difficult decisions about family planning.
Today, we hear from a breast cancer survivor who was diagnosed at age 40, and learn how she&rsquo;s using her story to educate others.
GUESTS:
<ul>
<li>Kate Hayden Ames:&nbsp;breast cancer survivor living in Connecticut</li>
<li><a href="https://hartfordhealthcare.org/find-a-doctor/physician-detail?id=003j000000iM0arAAC">Dr. Niamey Wilson:</a>&nbsp;Medical Director of the Breast Program at Hartford Healthcare</li>
<li>Dr. Nancy&nbsp;Borstelmann:&nbsp;Co-Director of the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.yalecancercenter.org/patient/specialty/early-onset-cancer-program/">Early Onset Cancer Program at Yale Cancer Center</a></li>
<li>Anne Michaud:&nbsp;<a href="https://hartfordhealthcare.org/health-wellness/classes-events/event-details?id=3530">Yoga teacher for cancer survivors</a>&nbsp;and oncology nurse</li>
</ul>

Produced by Connecticut Public, 'Where We Live' puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

Where We Live is a call-in talk show about who we are in Connecticut and our place in the world.

Where We Live

Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.