human births plus something that's just as important as these advancements is who exactly will have access to them a patient has to be aware that these services exist if they don't ask for it themselves and so empowering our cancer specialists to know about the ways that we can assist patients to preserve their fertility and just kind of spreading the knowledge amongst the practitioners and we can't forget that all of this costs money i wish i could say that fertility preservation was free but there's also some great societies out there that provide grants for patients to help offset some of the costs and so we try to meet patients you know kind of where they are to get them the care that they want depending on the kind of cancer and the kind of treatment experts recommend that cancer survivors wait anywhere from six months to five years before trying for kids this waiting period reduces the chance of a cancer recurrence and gives the patient adequate time to recover both physically and otherwise now there are lots of folks who complete cancer treatment and go on to have low risk pregnancies and healthy children like betty who got pregnant shortly after getting the green light from her doctor without any fertility help i never expected to get cancer as a new mom at NUMBER_TOKEN. i never expected to have a second child after i was told that i possibly could not have another child so stay positive do your research figure out what you want for your life in your future and where you stand and always always advocate for yourself because no one else is going to do it better than you if you or someone you know is looking for support when dealing with blood cancer then check out the leukemia and lymphoma society they provide patients with free one-on-one support and opportunities to speak with highly trained oncology professionals so to learn more about them check out the resources we've left in the description below thanks so much for watching body language if you want more topics from this series then check out season one here and if there are any other health topics you think we should cover then let us know in the comments below i really hope you learned something new in this video and i'll see you next time
START_SELFPROMO_TOKEN you if you or someone you know is looking for support when dealing with blood cancer then check out the leukemia and lymphoma society they provide patients with free one-on-one support and opportunities to speak with highly trained oncology professionals so to learn more about them check out the resources we've left in the description below END_SELFPROMO_TOKEN