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Episode 7: How to Survive and Thrive<br />
Kevin Campbell: You’re having this sort of out of body experience.<br />
Cortney Campbell: Yeah. You see <strong>the</strong>se sick, sick, sick people…<br />
Kevin Campbell: And people that just almost look like a shell or a<br />
ghost of <strong>the</strong>mselves. And your mind is just beside itself and in <strong>the</strong> midst<br />
of all <strong>the</strong> chaos as we were going through this room, and again, this is<br />
only, what, our third appointment.<br />
Cortney Campbell: Uh-huh, yeah, something like that.<br />
Kevin Campbell: She was in front of me and I was—we were both<br />
getting <strong>the</strong> tour and I just remember sitting <strong>the</strong>re just having this crazy,<br />
this cannot be happening to us. What are we going to do All this sort of<br />
panicky thoughts like one moment at a time, one breath at a time.<br />
Cortney Campbell: Right, this is right after <strong>the</strong>y had told us <strong>about</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
30 to 70 percent chance of infertility because of <strong>the</strong> RCHOP which is a<br />
very, very harsh chemo<strong>the</strong>rapy.<br />
Kevin Campbell: Well, our doctor, our oncologist, his residency was<br />
it…<br />
Cortney Campbell: At MD Anderson…<br />
Kevin Campbell: Was it at MD Anderson<br />
Cortney Campbell: Yeah<br />
Kevin Campbell: I don't know if that’s what its called residency…<br />
Cortney Campbell: And <strong>the</strong>y were <strong>the</strong> ones to say…<br />
Kevin Campbell: He was—yeah, he had not had a lot of experience<br />
with this type of <strong>cancer</strong> so he referred his colleagues back at MD<br />
Anderson and so <strong>the</strong> best recommendation from one of <strong>the</strong> best <strong>cancer</strong><br />
hospitals in <strong>the</strong> world came back—chemo, radiation, surgery. So…<br />
Cortney Campbell: And because of that—<strong>the</strong>y gave us that 30 to 70<br />
percent chance, giant window, of infertility he actually referred us…<br />
Kevin Campbell: Right, he was like your hair is going to fall out, your<br />
nails are going to—how <strong>about</strong> your stomach is going to have all <strong>the</strong>se<br />
issues, and by <strong>the</strong> way, your ovaries will shut down. But don’t worry,<br />
<strong>the</strong>re’s a…<br />
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