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Jayne Schack

Sep 8, 2026

1:33
Our listeners would like to know and understand when your journey with CIPN began and your experiences with CIPN.
1:39
Certainly.
1:40
I'm happy to answer that question.
1:42
First, I must delve into the prequel of my peripheral neuropathy journey, which began with, as you said in the introduction, my diagnosis of breast cancer in December of 2021, and that was via a yearly mammogram.
2:01
I then had treatment consisting of minimal surgery, 12 weeks of chemotherapy, a year from that point of another infusion because of my specific type of cancer, and after the chemo ended, about 20 or 25 days of radiation therapy.
2:23
I began to feel, I would call them, strange sensations in my feet, the bottom of my feet after my chemotherapy ended in May of '22.
2:34
And that began the whole journey or trek or quest, whatever you wanna call it, which has been very dramatic, has its ups and downs, and it's really characterized by physicians who did not believe that I have the pain that I have, which has only progressed in two ways.

14 MINS LATER

16:53
Can you discuss about your key priorities for future research in the area of CIPN?
1:33
Our listeners would like to know and understand when your journey with CIPN began and your experiences with CIPN.
1:39
Certainly, I'm happy to answer that question.
1:42
First, I must delve into the prequel of my peripheral neuropathy journey, which began with, as you said in the introduction, my diagnosis of breast cancer in December of 2021, and that was via a yearly mammogram.
2:01
I then had treatment consisting of minimal surgery, 12 weeks of chemotherapy, a year from that point of another infusion because of my specific type of cancer.
2:15
And after the chemo ended, about 20 or 25 days of radiation therapy.
2:23
I began to feel, I would call them strange sensations in my feet.
2:28
The bottom of my feet after my chemotherapy ended in May of 22.

14 MINS LATER

16:53
Can you discuss about your key priorities for future research in the area of CIPN?

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