Episode 22: Cancer Doesn’t Have to Take Your Hair

Cancer makes you feel like everything is being taken from you — your routines, your certainty, your identity. But what if it didn’t have to take your hair?

In this episode of Kicking Cancer’s Ass, Roxanne shares the exact method she used to keep her hair through chemotherapy… twice. After losing her hair the first time, she approached her second diagnosis differently — and found one thing she could control.

You’ll hear:
• How cold caps actually work (science + practicality)
• What it really takes to use them during chemo
• The “cold cap brigade” of friends who helped swap caps every 25–30 minutes
• The emotional power of preserving your identity during treatment
• The advice she gives anyone newly diagnosed and overwhelmed

If you’re facing cancer, terrified of losing your hair, and desperate for even one point of control — this conversation will give you hope, clarity, and a real option to stay you.

You are not powerless. And you don’t have to go through cancer looking like your diagnosis.

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Joelle K

Joelle K

I'm a 54 year old former CMO/CRO and generational breast cancer survivor. My early cancer experiences shaped my personal and professional philosophy to continuously cultivate an approach that adjusts to whatever curveball shows up. And we know, curveballs are constant, especially in midlife with aging parents, maturing kids (if you have kids), and opportunities to focus on new goals for our next 50 years. I have a book being released in January - Crushing the Cancer Curveball, A Veteran's Guide for the Newly Diagnosed. While no one wants cancer, 1 in 2 Americans and 1 in 4 people worldwide will face cancer in their lifetimes. There's an alternative narrative to the terror, anger and fear that accompanies a diagnosis - a narrative that spawns compassion, confidence, and even joy. I'd love to talk about it with you and your audience.

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