Perkybits: Riding the Waves of Life
Claire is a 41 year old breast cancer patient who is now living with metastatic breast cancer after having found out her breast cancer had spread to her liver and bones at the end of 2025.Her original diagnosis was in June 2014, after finding the breast lump herself in the shower. She went thru getting a lumpectomy, chemotherapy where she lost her hair, and 36 rounds of radiation. She continued on with Tamoxifen for a total of 8 years, after taking breaks to have her children, who are now 6 and 7 years old. She continues to live through a vibrant and positive lens alongside her h...
Lives 3 & 4
Depicting 2014 and on...active treatment recap, having my kids, and life now. Plus some new things on the horizon!
Recorded March 11, 2026
Wouldn't let me make an Episode 6B so this goes in place of episode 6 (if you want chronological order).
PerkyOves Surgery
Ovaries & tubes are coming out!
Holy Shit I'm Back!
I discuss Camp Breastie from early June!
Riding the High Wave
Be ready for me to talk your ear off and ramble!!
I Am Just Me
May updates and my personal thoughts.
April Updates
Some updates about life with metastatic breast cancer, but then I got cut off when my children FaceTimed me to say goodnight from their dad's house. I will come back again to finish on Thursday so stay tuned!!
Life 3 & 4
Perkybits: Riding the Waves of Life Intro
Claire is a 41 year old woman, wife, mother, and step-mother who is currently living with metastatic breast cancer. She is thriving and living life. Depicting everything in a raw, unedited way!
My First Life
After some great feedback from family and friends, I explain how I got my podcast name and dive into some of the things that were happening to me in and around my diagnosis date in 2014. I also discuss today’s mammogram and ultrasound.
Detour from Episode 3
Detailed my trip up to Boston’s Dana Farber Cancer Institute with my parents and husband.
Life Lately
Describing past 2 scans: bone scan & CT scan.
