Conversations That Matter, Episode One

When a physician becomes the patient

Dr. Sheri Prentiss spent her career practicing medicine. Then breast cancer, and the lymphedema that followed, moved her to the other side of the exam room. She sits down with Carlissa Crawford, her lifelong friend, for an honest hour about diagnosis, recovery, and what it takes to keep going afterward. No slides and no lesson plan. Enter your email and we will send you the full recording, along with the checklist of questions worth taking to your next appointment.

Presenter Information

Dr. Sheri® Prentiss

MD, MPH, CPE, FACPE, CSP®

Dr. Sheri Prentiss, known professionally as Dr. Sheri®, is a physician, healthcare executive, bestselling author, ordained minister, Certified Speaking Professional, and breast cancer survivor living with lymphedema. She founded the LIVE Today Foundation, which helps cancer patients and survivors afford the compression garments their care depends on. She speaks on stages worldwide about turning the hardest things that happen to us into something useful.

Carlissa Crawford

Carlissa Crawford is Dr. Sheri's lifelong friend and the Chief Financial Officer of the LIVE Today Foundation. She walked beside her through the diagnosis, the treatment, and everything after.

What the Recording Covers

This is a conversation, not a lecture. Dr. Sheri talks about what changed when the physician became the patient, what she did not know about lymphedema risk until it was her own, and what she wishes someone had told her at the start. Carlissa talks about the same year from the other chair. It runs about an hour.

What a breast cancer diagnosis looks like from inside the profession, and which questions get missed even when you know to ask them.
Why lymphedema risk deserves a conversation before surgery rather than after the swelling starts.
What real support looks like over a long recovery, from the person giving it and the person receiving it.