CROC Podcast | For Cancer Survivors

When The Visits End Life After Cancer Care: Featuring Talaya Dendy

When The Visits End Life After Cancer Care: Featuring Talaya Dendy 
What happens when the visits finally end?
In this powerful and deeply emotional episode of The CROC Podcast: Citizens Reunited to Overcome Cancer, we explore a milestone that every cancer survivor hopes to reach—but few are truly prepared for: graduation from oncology care.
Featuring cancer thriver, advocate, and cancer doula Talaya Dendy, this conversation goes beyond celebration. Together, we unpack the complex emotions that come with transitioning from patient to survivor—the joy, the uncertainty, the fear of recurrence, and the quiet strength it takes to move forward without the regular reassurance of an oncology team.
Dr. Eanelli shares the physician’s perspective on this unique and deeply personal relationship, while Talaya opens up about her 14-year journey, the decision to step away from her oncologist, and the tools—like a survivorship care plan—that helped her confidently step into this next chapter.
This episode is a reminder that survivorship is not just about finishing treatment—it’s about rediscovering life, identity, and purpose beyond cancer.
Whether you are a survivor, caregiver, or someone walking alongside a loved one, this conversation will leave you encouraged, informed, and inspired.
Because sometimes, the hardest part isn’t surviving cancer…It’s learning how to live after it.
This link will take you to the ASCO Survivorship Care Plan template and some other resources.
 
https://canceradvocacy.org/resources/care-planning-for-cancer-survivors/
 
https://www.asco.org/news-initiatives/current-initiatives/cancer-care-initiatives/prevention-survivorship/survivorship-compendium/care
 
If you’d like to follow Talaya and learn more about her work, we’ve included links in the description page so you can connect with Navigating Cancer Together.
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YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ontheothersidecancerdoula
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Special Rewind Episode: What Is a Cancer Doula?

What Is a Cancer Doula?Today, we are thrilled to be joined by Talaya Dendy, Cancer Thriver, pioneer and trailblazing Doula, and
certified in patient advocacy and health and wellness coaching. 
Survivor Advocate. If you are not uplifted and inspired by the end of this podcast, then you are not paying attention!https://www.ontheotherside.life/@NCTpodcastfan Navigating Cancer TOGETHERhttps://www.ontheotherside.life/navigating-cancer-together-podcastIf you would like to contribute or help https://www.ontheotherside.life/services
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ontheothersidecancerdoula

S6Ep:225 The Whisper Before the Scream

The Whisper Before the Scream S6 episode 225
A survivor’s story becomes a lesson in humility when Dr. E reflects on a patient who challenged his assumptions and changed the way he practices medicine. In The Whisper Before the Scream, the CROC Podcast explores bias, compassion fatigue, and the quiet strength of a survivor whose voice was heard just in time.
 
 

REWIND: Season 3, Episode 146 — Making Your Own Decisions: A Tricky Business for Survivor-Thrivers.

"Hey everyone, this is Angel from the CROC Podcast — Citizens Reunited to Overcome Cancer.
This week we’re being preempted… but we didn’t want to leave you without something meaningful.
So today we’re taking you back to a powerful conversation from Season 3, Episode 146 — Making Your Own Decisions: A Tricky Business for Survivor-Thrivers.
Because the moment the word cancer is spoken… suddenly everyone becomes an expert.
Everyone has advice. Everyone has opinions.
But how do you keep your voice, your autonomy, and your peace without starting a civil war with the people trying to support you?
Join Dr. E and me as we talk about finding that balance.
That’s today’s CROC Podcast Throwback, and we’ll see you Wednesday with a brand-new episode."

Hey Doc, What Would You Do If You Were Me?

When the room goes quiet and a patient looks you in the eye and asks, "What would you do if you were me?" this episode pulls that single, weighty question apart—frame by frame—so you can feel what it truly means to decide under pressure.
Dr. E and co-host Angel Santana guide listeners through a five-part journey—the gray zone, inversion, isolation, intersection, and clay feet—using real cases and plain talk to turn clinical data into decisions that match who you are. This is a podcast about shared responsibility, not surrender; about walking beside survivors instead of walking for them.
Tune in to be reassured, to learn how to ask better questions, and to find the courage to make choices that protect both your future and your essence. You won’t be alone on this walk.

Special Announcement

due to weather conditions, we will be airing an all-new episode this Tuesday at 9am Et. 

REWIND/REPLAY Integrating Behavioral Health Into Oncology Treatment Plans

REWIND / REPLAY EPISODE
Integrating Behavioral Health Into Oncology Treatment Plans 
On a gray bridge, a patient named Kelly nearly plunges into darkness—his crisis invisible to scans, yet as urgent as any surgical emergency. In this episode, Dr. Tom Eanelli and co-host Angel Santana sit with Dr. Cara Bohan to trace the divide between lifesaving oncology care and the mental health support that too often gets left behind.
Through raw stories and clear-eyed science, Dr. Cara Bohan reveals how Protocol Behavioral Health is stitching mental health into the cancer treatment protocol—screening early, checking in during chemo, bolstering caregivers, and stabilizing patients when they spiral. You’ll hear how small acts of care, deep breaths, and coordinated teams can mean the difference between despair and survival.
This is a hopeful, urgent narrative for survivors, families, and clinicians: when we treat body and mind together, we save more than lives—we restore dignity. Listen for practical steps, moving patient stories, and a roadmap toward a future where no survivor falls through the canyon of care.
 
 
A Proven, Collaborative Approach to Behavioral Health
Improve your patients’ lives and treatment adherence with clinically proven behavioral health interventions.
Over 50% of cancer patients experience psychiatric distress, leading to unnecessary ED visits and worse health outcomes. Protocol's evidence-based interventions enhance quality of life, build resilience, and reduce care disruptions caused by behavioral health challenges.
 
Website: Oncology-Focused Behavioral Health | Protocol
contact@protocolcares.com

Integrating Behavioral Health into Oncology Treatment Plans

Integrating Behavioral Health Into Oncology Treatment Plans 
On a gray bridge, a patient named Kelly nearly plunges into darkness—his crisis invisible to scans, yet as urgent as any surgical emergency. In this episode, Dr. Tom Eanelli and co-host Angel Santana sit with Dr. Cara Bohan to trace the divide between lifesaving oncology care and the mental health support that too often gets left behind.
Through raw stories and clear-eyed science, Dr. Cara Bohan reveals how Protocol Behavioral Health is stitching mental health into the cancer treatment protocol—screening early, checking in during chemo, bolstering caregivers, and stabilizing patients when they spiral. You’ll hear how small acts of care, deep breaths, and coordinated teams can mean the difference between despair and survival.
This is a hopeful, urgent narrative for survivors, families, and clinicians: when we treat body and mind together, we save more than lives—we restore dignity. Listen for practical steps, moving patient stories, and a roadmap toward a future where no survivor falls through the canyon of care.
 
 
A Proven, Collaborative Approach to Behavioral Health
Improve your patients’ lives and treatment adherence with clinically proven behavioral health interventions.
Over 50% of cancer patients experience psychiatric distress, leading to unnecessary ED visits and worse health outcomes. Protocol's evidence-based interventions enhance quality of life, build resilience, and reduce care disruptions caused by behavioral health challenges.
 
Website: Oncology-Focused Behavioral Health | Protocol
contact@protocolcares.com

Rewind Season 4, Episode 173, "New Shoes"

Welcome to a special Rewind Episode of Citizens Reunited to Overcome Cancer—The CROC Podcast.
Today we’re revisiting Season 4, Episode 173, titled New Shoes.
Inspired by the iconic 1946 Life Magazine photo of a young post-war orphan holding a pair of new shoes with overwhelming gratitude, Dr. E takes Angel and the CROC Nation on a powerful journey—sharing a cancer staff member’s act of selflessness that reminds us all to recognize our blessings, even in life’s hardest moments.
This episode is about compassion, perspective, and the quiet miracles that restore hope.
We hope this rewind touches your heart—and don’t worry, we’ll be back next week with an all-new episode featuring a brand-new guest.
Thank you for listening… and let’s rewind.

Seasonal Affective Disorder

On the eve of a two-foot snowstorm, Dr. E and co-host Angel Santana pull back the curtain on a quiet enemy—Seasonal Affective Disorder—and how it layers on fear, fatigue, and isolation for cancer survivors. Through honest, patient-centered storytelling they trace the slow creep of darkness from the commute to the dinner table and how it magnifies trauma for newly diagnosed, actively treated, and post-treatment survivors.
Then, with the chill biting and the world in grey, a turning point: Dr. E’s hike up Bear Mountain becomes a metaphor for recovery—one deliberate step, one breath, one ray of light at a time. Practical anchors emerge naturally from the narrative: light therapy, gentle movement, daily routines, and social lifelines that transform paralysis into purpose.
The episode closes with a gentle spiritual benediction—grace for the hard days, permission to move at your pace, and a fierce reminder that winter is temporary. This is a short, hopeful guide to carrying light into the dark and reclaiming survivorship as a continuing journey of courage and care.