What Comes After Surviving Cancer? Giulia Rozzi On Identity and Healing

Giulia Rozzi has built a career around saying the uncomfortable things out loud, and she brings that same honesty to her experience with breast cancer. After a bilateral mastectomy, radiation, hormone therapy, and multiple reconstruction surgeries, Giulia found herself navigating not only cancer treatment, but also the emotional impact of losing a part of her identity and trying to recognize herself again.Giulia speaks candidly about the overwhelming process of making life changing medical decisions while feeling like she did not have all the information she needed. Her experience taught her the importance of self advocacy, asking questions, seeking second opinions, and understanding that there is no single right way to move forward.She also opens up about body image, mental health, and the complicated emotions that can come with surviving cancer. After initially choosing to remain flat, Giulia eventually realized that reconstruction was important to her and underwent a less common flap procedure. Through it all, she learned that wanting to feel comfortable in your body does not make you vain or ungrateful.For Giulia, humor became a way back to herself. Her Substack, Seven Bodies, explores the many versions of her body and identity throughout her cancer journey, giving her a space to talk about the realities of cancer that are often left unsaid.Today, Giulia uses her voice to remind others that surviving cancer is not the end of the story. Her message is simple: ask everything, ask for help, ask for more time, and most importantly, ask for what you need.Episode Resources:Seven Bodies Substack:https://giuliarozzi.substack.com/We Got This:https://wegotthis.org/https://www.instagram.com/wegotthisorg/https://www.facebook.com/wegotthis.orgWe Got This “Cancer Is A Joke” Stand Up Comedy Fundraiser:https://wegotthis.org/pages/cancer-is-a-jokeOklahoma Proton Centerhttps://www.okcproton.com/https://www.instagram.com/okprotoncenter/https://www.facebook.com/OKProtonCenterThe Cancer Project Podcasthttps://www.instagram.com/the_cancerprojecthttps://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61581844363126https://www.tiktok.com/@protonguy