Your Stories: Conquering Cancer
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S8E10 At the Patient's Side: Appreciation for the Co-Survivor
Writer, podcaster, and healthcare advocate Kristin Flanary—or Lady Glaucomflecken as she's known online—first introduced Your Stories host Dr. Mark Lewis to the concept of co-survivorship two years…
S8E9 Getting Back on the Board: How Kimmy Conquered Cancer
Professional snowboarder Kimmy Fasani was still breastfeeding her second child when she found a lump under her armpit. Just days later, she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer and…
S8E8 Life is a Reason to Celebrate
When Molly Hones was diagnosed with fibrolamellar cancer for the second time in less than two years, she made two critical decisions. First: She wouldn't focus on the unknowns of her condition and…
S8E7 From a Life Saved to Saving Lives
As a young person starting over in a new country—one where she didn't even yet know the language—young Yelena faced no shortage of challenges. But she also found opportunity she believes might not…
S8E6 The Doctor is in ... and on Instagram
These days, there's no getting around it: In a society that practically lives online, it's no surprise that two-thirds of people with cancer—and their caregivers—turn to social media to inform their…
S8E5 Conquering Cancer with Soap and Science
With a rare exception here and there, most scientists will at least complete a college-level science class before making their first cancer research breakthrough. Heman Bekele, on the other hand, is…
S8E4 The Bell: A Viral Journey to Conquering Cancer
It started—as these stories so often do—with fatigue. At first, Jace Yawnick simply chalked it up to a busy life and a job requiring frequent travel. But then he noticed something: There were times…
S8E3 The Comeback: How Emma Learned to Love Life Again
The first cancer diagnosis was scary enough. "I feel like Hollywood actually gets this moment pretty darn right," Emma says, recalling the day—not long before her 18th birthday—that she learned she…
S8E2 Misinformed: The Online Rise and Real-Life Risk of Medical Misinformation
Whether you find it on social media, via search engine, or on a popular news website, it often seems like medical misinformation is everywhere, including in the cancer space. Maybe it's the claim…
S8E1 Two Cancers, One Lung, and Seven Summits
While his teenage classmates were getting ready for school, then-13-year-old Sean Swarner was watching the water rise in the shower, his hair clogging the drain. His first cancer diagnosis—and the…
S7E12 Lessons in Self-Care (and Self-Love) with Cancer Fashionista
For patients with cancer, the holiday season can be particularly difficult: How is anyone supposed to prioritize self-care and recovery at a time when much of the world is going on about the joys of…
S7E11 Big Time Adulting: Kids, Cancer, and a Lesson in Laughter
Caitlin Murray has mastered turning life's setbacks into something that brings joy to the 1.5 million people around the world who follow her Instagram page. When her 3-year-old son, Calum, was…
S7E10 Strength She Never Knew
Every 14 seconds, someone is diagnosed with breast cancer, making it one of the most frequently diagnosed cancers in the world, second only to lung cancer, and the leading cause of cancer-related…
S7E9 Picking Up the Pieces After Childhood Cancer
Prom. Graduation. College. These are just a few rites of passage that high school seniors everywhere look forward to. But for Auburn, a devastating turn of events tilted her entire world off its axis…
S7E8 Three Months at a Time
Gabriele "Gabe" Grunewald was a professional distance runner and a relentless optimist. She competed in Big Ten Championship races, became an NCAA track and field All-American athlete, and finished…
S7E7 Skin Cancer 101: Spotting the Ugly Duckling
Whether you're relaxing on the beach, taking a hike in nature, or hitting your favorite water park, we've heard it time and time again: Excess sun exposure increases the risk of skin cancer, so…
S7E6 Bringing Better Cancer Care Back Home
For Dr. Kekoa Taparra, cancer is deeply personal. Growing up in a remote area of Oahu, Hawaii, Dr. Taparra witnessed his younger cousin's struggles with neuroblastoma. He watched his mother lift and…
S7E5 Why Hasn't Cancer Been Cured?
Not only does cancer predate the practice of medicine, but it may also predate the human species entirely. In 2016, archeologists in South Africa unearthed a large 1.7 million years-old bone…
S7E4 Stopping the Stigma
What do esophageal cancer, testicular cancer, lung cancer, cervical cancer, and colon cancer have in common? Each carries some type of stigma or taboo—whether because they're linked to behavioral…
S7E3 A Collaborative Approach to an Uncommon Cancer
Imagine receiving a cancer diagnosis, only to immediately learn that not only has it spread to other parts of your body, but it's also incredibly rare for it do so—so rare, in fact, that little to no…
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