Welcome to the eleventh episode of Care Partner's Compass: Navigating CRC where I talk with my best friend for over 30 years, my wife Kristine about healthy distractions.Kristine was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer on her 49th birthday in J

S1Ep10 The Importance of Just Saying Yes (in Cancerland)

9 days ago 28m 43s

Welcome to the tenth episode of Care Partner's Compass: Navigating CRC where I talk with friend and fellow stage 4 care partner Liz from Vancouver. Liz's daughter Haley was diagnosed with advanced stage 4 colon cancer in June 2022 at the age of

S1Ep9 Surgery and CRC AKA "Chopped Liver"

16 days ago 17m 12s

Welcome to the ninth episode of Care Partner's Compass: Navigating CRC where I talk about my wife Kristine's liver surgery.Her liver surgery was in January 2022. There is a lot involved in a loved one getting to surgery, and care partners can h

S1Ep8 Finding reliable medical information online

23 days ago 19m 58s

Welcome to the eighth episode of Care Partner's Compass: Navigating CRC where I talk to medical librarian Carrie Price about how to find reliable medical information online.I know I learned a lot from Carrie during this episode (including how a

S1Ep7 Immunotherapy Trial: No Regrets

30 days ago 19m 36s

Welcome to the seventh episode of Care Partner's Compass: Navigating CRC where I talk about my wife Kristine's very recent immunotherapy trial and all that it entailed.This is the first episode where I talk about something that is so recent (sp

S1Ep6 Teamwork makes the cancer suck less

Apr 5th, 2024 19m 48s

Welcome to the sixth episode of Care Partner's Compass: Navigating CRC where I talk about the importance of a team of... teams?It's so difficult to go through CancerLand by yourself - as a stage 4 patient, or even as a care partner. In this epi

S1Ep5 Chemo Part 2 - EGFR Inhibitors: Rash and Resilience

Mar 29th, 2024 17m 45s

Welcome to the fifth episode of Care Partner's Compass: Navigating CRC with the 2nd episode of chemo.This episode is what happened after the 1st pivot (Episode 4) and 3 liver mets popped back up and had to be dealt with using FOLFIRI and EGFR i

S1Ep4 The Pivot (Part 1)

Mar 22nd, 2024 17m 2s

Welcome to the fourth episode of Care Partner's Compass: Navigating CRC on The Pivot (part 1). Having backup plans, and being able to pivot quickly is essential, especially with a stage 4 colorectal cancer diagnosis. In this episode, I talk abo

S1Ep3 Biomarkers and CRC

Mar 15th, 2024 18m 7s

Welcome to the third episode of Care Partner's Compass: Navigating CRC on biomarkers.I am joined again by CRC patient advocate and friend Annie Delores, whose information can be found here or through the podcast's website. In today's episode, w

S1Ep2 Chemo and CRC

Mar 8th, 2024 18m 40s

Welcome to the second episode of Care Partner's Compass: Navigating CRC.In today's episode, we'll look at my wife Kristine's first line chemo (FOLFOXIRI) for colorectal cancer as I trace some of the earlier steps of her stage 4 colorectal cance

S1Ep1 The Diagnosis

Mar 1st, 2024 21m 15s

Welcome to the first episode of Care Partner's Compass: Navigating CRC.In today's episode, we'll look back at the beginning of the my wife Kristine's stage 4 colorectal cancer journey, the diagnosis. I am joined by CRC patient advocate and frie

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S1 Trailer for Care Partners Compass: Navigating CRC

Jan 28th, 2024 3m 32s

Trailer and introduction to Care Partners Compass: Navigating CRC podcast.Short introduction to the podcast. New episodes will start to be released in March 2024, Colorectal Cancer Awareness month.Host: Elsa LankfordProduction: Elsa LankfordMus

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