I'm Still Here: Real Conversations About Living with Metastatic Breast Cancer

I’m Still Here: Real Conversations About Living with Metastatic Breast Cancer is a podcast about the real-life experience of living with metastatic breast cancer (MBC). Hosted by long-term thriver Heather Jose, diagnosed at 26 and living with metastatic disease for over 25 years, the show explores what life actually looks like beyond treatment. Topics include identity, relationships, work, uncertainty, quality of life, and the emotional realities of metastatic cancer. Episodes feature long-term survivor stories, caregiver perspectives, listener questions, and expert conversations.

I'm Still Here: Real Conversations About Living with Metastatic Breast Cancer is a health podcast hosted by Heather Jose, with 279 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Heather Jose hosts I'm Still Here: Real Conversations About Living with Metastatic Breast Cancer, a health show with 279 episodes published.

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  I'm Still Here: Real Conversations About Living with Metastatic Breast Cancer

  Episode 276: Encore Episode: Gillian Burles — 20 Years Living with HER2+ Metastatic Breast Cancer

  Jun 24, 202641 min

  Gillian Burles was 39 years old when her breast cancer metastasized to her spine — so severely that her T10 vertebra had to be replaced with a titanium alloy cage. She was living in the Northwest Territories, 1,500 kilometers from the nearest major cancer center, with two young children at home. Her oncologist gave her 18 to 24 months. That was 20 years ago. In this conversation, Gillian talks about what it actually looked like to rebuild her life after that diagnosis — returning to work, raising her kids, completing the Camino de Santiago with her husband, and managing HER2+ metastatic breast cancer from a small city in Northern Canada. She also shares the mantra that has stayed with her since the beginning: averages are the abstraction, variation is the reality. If you're newly diagnosed and struggling to see past the statistics, this one is worth your time. Heather was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer at 26 and has now been living with the disease for more than 25 years. Through this podcast she shares perspective, lived experience, and conversations that help people navigate life with metastatic cancer. Sensational Survivor Series If you have been living with metastatic breast cancer for 10 years or more and would like to share your story on the podcast, you can apply here: https://forms.gle/6H9K7NXMAeN1QEv87 Digital Guides https://shop.heatherjose.com/all-guides/ Listener Questions Have a question you'd like answered in a future episode? Submit it through the contact form: https://heatherjose.com Connect with Heather Instagram: https://instagram.com/heatherbjose Website: https://heatherjose.com Music Intro and outro music for the podcast was created by Heather's son, Ty. You can find his music here: Instagram: https://instagram.com/tyjosee

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  Episode 275: This Is the Good Stuff

  Jun 3, 202626 min

  Heather and Larry are back together, and they're catching up on a full couple of weeks. First up: Larry's first time volunteering at a Little Pink Houses of Hope retreat on the Outer Banks — what he expected, what surprised him, and why he's already ready to go back. From the families powering through the week despite treatment to the moment a 10-year-old said it was just nice to see other people in her shoes, this one is a good reminder of why this work matters. Then Heather and Larry talk about their daughter's upcoming wedding — what it means to be here for it, why it doesn't feel arrogant anymore to talk about these milestones, and why being on the dance floor is the whole plan for the night. A honest, warm episode about the moments that make the hard stuff worth showing up for. Heather was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer at 26 and has now been living with the disease for more than 25 years. Through this podcast she shares perspective, lived experience, and conversations that help people navigate life with metastatic cancer. Sensational Survivor SeriesIf you have been living with metastatic breast cancer for 10 years or more and would like to share your story on the podcast, you can apply here:https://forms.gle/6H9K7NXMAeN1QEv87 Digital Guideshttps://shop.heatherjose.com/all-guides/ Listener QuestionsHave a question you'd like answered in a future episode? Submit it through the contact form:https://heatherjose.com Connect with HeatherInstagram: https://instagram.com/heatherbjoseWebsite: https://heatherjose.com MusicIntro and outro music for the podcast was created by Heather's son, Ty. You can find his music here:Instagram: https://instagram.com/tyjosee

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  Episode 274: Just a Tuesday

  May 13, 202626 min

  What do we actually want when we go into a scan? When we make the hard choices about treatment and energy and how we spend ourselves? We want a Tuesday. An ordinary, unremarkable, nothing-special day when we feel fine, go to work, eat dinner, and nothing interrupts it. In this episode Heather talks about why the Tuesday is the whole thing — not the milestones, not the moments that take your breath away, but the ordinary days stacked one on top of the other where life actually happens. She talks about what MBC gives you in terms of perspective, how to put the fear down long enough to actually be in the day, and how to hold the grief for the life you thought you would have alongside the life you actually have. This one is a reminder as much as it is an episode. Look up. Heather was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer at 26 and has now been living with the disease for more than 25 years. Through this podcast she shares perspective, lived experience, and conversations that help people navigate life with metastatic cancer. Sensational Survivor Series — apply at: https://forms.gle/6H9K7NXMAeN1QEv87 Digital Guides — https://shop.heatherjose.com/all-guides/ Listener Questions — submit at: https://heatherjose.com Connect with Heather:Instagram: https://instagram.com/heatherbjose Website: https://heatherjose.com Intro/outro music by Heather's son Ty — Instagram: https://instagram.com/tyjosee

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  Episode 273: You Asked, I Answered

  May 6, 202633 min

  You had questions. Heather answered them. In this episode, Heather pulls from questions submitted on Instagram to talk about where her mets were, the treatments she's been on since her 1998 diagnosis, how she manages anxiety and scansiety, why she can't attribute her 27 years of living with MBC to any one thing, and what the first year of a metastatic diagnosis actually feels like from the inside. She also talks about the Block Center, curating your social media feed when you're newly diagnosed, and how to counter the what-ifs before a scan result lands in your portal. Honest, personal, and covers a lot of ground — this is one to share with someone who is newly diagnosed or just has questions they haven't known how to ask. Heather was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer at 26 and has now been living with the disease for more than 25 years. Through this podcast she shares perspective, lived experience, and conversations that help people navigate life with metastatic cancer. Sensational Survivor Series — apply at: https://forms.gle/6H9K7NXMAeN1QEv87 Digital Guides — https://shop.heatherjose.com/all-guides/ Listener Questions — submit at: https://heatherjose.com Connect with Heather:Instagram: https://instagram.com/heatherbjose Website: https://heatherjose.com Intro/outro music by Heather's son Ty — Instagram: https://instagram.com/tyjosee

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  Episode 272: When the Scan Isn't Clear — and That's Okay

  Apr 29, 202626 min

  Scan results don't always come back clean. After 28 years living with metastatic breast cancer, Heather has learned that "okay" doesn't always mean "clear" — and that learning to trust the process when the report isn't black and white is its own kind of work. In this episode, Heather and Larry talk through her most recent PET scan and oncology appointment — including what it feels like to hold uncertainty during a weekend full of life, why the clockwork back pain before every scan never fully goes away, and what it means to be an enigma at 28 years with no real data to compare to. They also get into the bigger picture: what whole-person cancer care actually looks like, why the relationship with your oncologist matters more than most people talk about, and what it's like navigating a stack of appointments — sleep studies, cardiology, titration — all while just trying to live your life. If you've ever read a scan report and felt more confused than reassured, or wondered if the fear ever really goes away — this one's for you. Heather was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer at 26 and has now been living with the disease for more than 25 years. Through this podcast she shares perspective, lived experience, and conversations that help people navigate life with metastatic cancer. Sensational Survivor Series If you have been living with metastatic breast cancer for 10 years or more and would like to share your story on the podcast, you can apply here: https://forms.gle/6H9K7NXMAeN1QEv87 Listener Questions Have a question you'd like answered in a future episode? Submit it through the contact form: https://heatherjose.com Connect with Heather Instagram: https://instagram.com/heatherbjose Website: https://heatherjose.com Music intro and outro music for the podcast was created by Heather's son, Ty. You can find his music here:Instagram: https://instagram.com/tyjosee

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