A Survivor’s Story
Pulling from the pages of her book, Waldy, Myelo, and Me, with heart and humor, Dr. Turner’s story comes to life during her speaking engagements. Candid and moving, Dr. Turner leaves no detail untold as she explores the depths and heights of her cancer journey with audiences in real time. Whether you’re a survivor yourself or love someone going through the struggle right now, her message of hope and perseverance might help you see a light at the end of a dark tunnel.
Lessons of Resilence
Dr. Turner’s story is much more than its narrative arch. Throughout, she reveals the critical lessons learned—some harder than others. Audiences will come to understand with greater clarity what sources can be trusted, how to mitigate uncertainty, who to turn to when it all becomes too much, when experts should be treated as experts and when they should be challenged, and, importantly, the power and agency patients have in their own care and outcomes.
Building a Community
While inspiration and information are critical components, Dr. Turner wants her audiences to leave feeling heartened by the experience, and less alone in their personal struggle, less alone as caretakers and loved ones, and less alone as physicians and healthcare providers. It took a broad community of people to help Dr. Turner through her cancer journey, and it’s her mission to ensure that others are able to build communties of their own, empowered by the knowledge that they don’t have to go it alone.
Speaking topics include:
- Narrative speech of my story
- The power of denial
- Physician as patient
- The post stem cell transplant journey
- The new portrayal of the cancer-stricken mom
