An Oncology Nurse's Sibling Loss Story: Cally/Sarah

The Broken Pack™: Stories of Adult Sibling Loss

An Oncology Nurse's Journey of Grief and Loss: Navigating Sibling Loss , Knowledge, and Devastation
In this episode, of The Broken Pack: Stories of Adult Sibling Loss, surviving sibling Cally Marzolf-Adams, an oncology nurse shares her difficult sibling loss story of losing her sister, Sarah, to metastatic pancreatic cancer.
Through her conversation with Dr. Dean, Cally shares her profound story of love, loss, and heartbreas, highlighting the challenges and coping mechanisms involved. Her knowledge as an oncology nurse both prepared her and haunted her as she watched her sister decline, eventually dying from the illness.
Together with our host and fellow sibling loss survivor, Dr. Angela Dean, they discuss out-of-order loss, Cally's relationship with Sarah who she described as a kind, calming, soul, memories, seeking help in grief, and so much more.
Also mentioned in this episode was Young Adult Survivors United, an organization whose mission is to help young adult cancer survivors and caregivers/co-survivors cope and thrive by providing emotional, social, and financial support. For more information on this organization please see https://yasurvivors.org/about/.

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1. Introduction (00:00:00)

2. The Strongest Person Cally Knew, Sarah (00:02:21)

3. Challenges with Photographs (00:05:27)

4. An Unexpected Cancer Diagnosis (00:08:05)

5. Being an Oncology Nurse & Kowing Too Much About Sarah's Disease Progression (00:13:03)

6. The Torment of Watching Sarah Suffer (00:13:20)

7. A Sisters' Last Trip Together (00:16:00)

8. Dual Roles: Sister & Nurse (00:18:07)

9. It's All Out-of-Order (00:21:48)

10. Working and Grief: Anticipatory and After Losing Sarah (00:24:29)

11. Seeking Help for Overwhelming Grief & Intrusive Thoughts (00:29:48)

12. Coping Now (00:32:29)

13. Platitudes of "At Least..." and "But She..." (00:34:37)

14. Responding Now & Self-Validation (00:38:24)

15. The Abandoning (00:40:23)

16. Finding Space to Grieve with Their Mother (00:42:10)

17. Cally Learning to Move With Her Sibling Loss & Grief (00:44:06)

18. Continuing Bonds with Sarah (00:45:24)

19. Finding Support in Social Media for Sibling Loss (00:47:08)

20. Cally's Message: You Are Not Alone (00:48:44)

21. Cally's Favorite Memories of Her Sister, Sarah (00:50:09)

22. Outro & Credits (00:54:37)