Adios to August as we showcase another Reel Healing blog. Each month, CfR will highlight a health and wellness volunteer that serves one of our many programs including, psychosocial facilitators, medical facilitators, nutritionists and more. Meet Pam Sasser, a Registered Nurse and Breast Cancer Nurse Navigator, who has served many CfR retreats in Montana. Read more below about her role at a CfR retreat and how it provides “reel” healing for breast cancer survivors and thrivers.
Tell us a little about yourself and how you became involved with Casting for Recovery.
Hi, I’m Pam Sasser, Registered Nurse with St Peter’s Health in Helena, Montana. I’ve been in the medical field for thirty years- ranging from a Hospital Corpsman in the Navy, to my current role as a Breast Cancer Nurse Navigator. I have been working as a Nurse Navigator for the past ten years, and I am a certified Oncology Nurse Navigator.
I heard about Casting for Recovery (CfR) through my job, but I truly did not understand, nor appreciate, the full benefit of CfR until I was asked to be a Medical Facilitator for the Southwestern Montana retreat. Now it has become one of my highlights that I look forward to every year. *On a side note, I have become an avid fisherwoman because of CfR.
As an Oncology Nurse Navigator who volunteers at CfR retreats, why do you believe the mental health component at the retreat is so beneficial and/or necessary?
Casting for Recovery has so many components intertwined in the retreats; they all serve an important role in healing, and adapting to life after breast cancer. The mental health component is extremely vital. Some women have never talked about their diagnosis to anyone outside of their medical team, or maybe they’ve never had an opportunity to just focus on themselves. A lot of women have never attended a support group, or really shared much about their experience living with breast cancer.
Continue reading “Reel Healing – Pam Sasser” from the Casting for Recovery blog here.
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