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Today we are joined by our parents! You’ve heard them mentioned on the show time and again and today they get to tell the story from their perspective. We are so grateful for their love and support. For our full show notes, visit the podcast pa
Today we are joined by our two favorite people: our husbands. For the last year they’ve supported us as we record the podcast weekly, and for years before that they supported us through cancer and its aftermath. Today we get to hear how cancer
While surviving a life-threatening situation calls for celebration, it comes with a heaping helping of guilt on the side. Why did some of my friends die and not me? Or why did my loved one get sick and not me? Today on the podcast we discuss th
Life is, by nature, precarious. None of us knows when our last day will be. But if you’ve had a life-threatening illness, this truth feels a lot more real. On today’s show we discuss the way that you never really lose a sense of life’s precarit
Even when you’ve been a survivor for years, cancer can still affect your daily life. We’ve talked about lasting physical side effects; today, we tackle lasting mental and relational changes that sprung from our cancer experience. For our full s
Issues of fertility and reproduction are fraught even in the best of scenarios. And for many AYA cancer survivors, their fertility and reproductive health were not addressed during the course of their cancer treatment in the way they had hoped.
Everyone knows that many cancer patients go bald and spend a lot of time throwing up. Fewer people understand that there are many physical side effects that stay with cancer survivors for years, decades, or their entire lives. On today’s show,
Believe it or not, it’s been four years since the COVID-19 pandemic first swept the globe. On today’s episode, we discuss the parallels between pandemic and cancer experiences, and explore how it felt for Ella as a still-recovering cancer survi
It’s (kind of) spring, and here at My Sister’s Cancer we are ready to talk about survivorship. On today’s episode we relate Michigan springs - unpredictable, stop and start, beautiful and cold - to the experience of emerging into cancer survivo
Today we get the pleasure of bringing you our second guest episode. Mom of two Trish shares her family’s right-now, real-life experience with her son’s leukemia. Parents of tweens - or anyone with tweens in their life - might find this episode
We are so honored to be able to share our first guest episode on the show today. Jack Foster shares the story of his wife’s cancer, his daughter’s mental health, and the way he now sees his son was affected by it all. We thank him and his famil
Ella turns 26 next week! To celebrate, the sisters are discussing the bittersweet significance of birthdays after a cancer diagnosis, and unpacking our culture’s attitude toward aging in general. For our full show notes, visit the podcast page
Today’s episode is short but sweet, packed with lots of advice on how to show up for your people when someone can’t be there in person. Although we all may think we are pros at this post-COVID, there is a difference between the way things worke
Mental health is vital to our overall well-being. We know this. But what are you supposed to do in a prolonged season of isolation or recovery when you can’t reach for your usual mental health boosts? Today on the podcast we discuss Ella and Ka
Are you (still) there, God? On today’s podcast, the sisters discuss the ways their faith shook, grew and changed throughout the course of Ella’s cancer. It’s complicated and personal when you start to ask the big questions about the universe an
While sister stories are everywhere, it is rare to find a cancer memoir that focuses on the sister relationship between two adults. Elizabeth Lesser has filled that gap with her stunning memoir “Marrow” that chronicles her experience being a bo
Cancer is unpredictable in nature and can drag on for months or years. Sometimes original timelines get extended, sometimes cancer returns, sometimes recovery takes a lot longer than anticipated. If you’re still dealing with cancer but feel lik
We’re not treading any new ground here when we say social media is controversial. It connects us… and it depresses us. It sparks our imagination… and leaves us feeling lonely. Today on the podcast, the sisters discuss the good, the bad, and the
It’s no secret that January is the biggest month for self-improvement of all sorts. Today on the podcast the sisters unpack this messaging, discussing what’s helpful, what’s not, and how to adjust your perspective to accept the reality that we
‘Tis the season for… mixed emotions. If you’ve ever been going through something tough during the holidays, this episode is for you. The sisters remember the December Ella spent inpatient for her stem cell transplant and hold space for difficul
Ella celebrates two birthdays every year - the day she was born, and the day that her stem cell transplant gave her another chance at life. Join us on today’s special episode as we commemorate Ella’s 6th “re-birthday” and discuss her transplant
Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, we all became a bit too familiar with what it’s like to stay away from other people. But years before this worldwide experience, cancer patients were isolated from friends and family for months on end as they tr
As the calendar turns from fall to winter, we too are turning from a focus on the treatment season of cancer to the isolation season that often follows it. As a final reflection on what cancer treatment was like, the sisters turn to the written
Today is Thanksgiving in the United States, and all month we’ve been hit by the mixed messages of gratitude and consumerism leading up to this holiday season. Today the sisters hold space for when you just don’t feel grateful, and reframe what
Chemo regimens, radiation schedules, surgery dates - sounds like cancer is full of airtight planning, right? Wrong. Cancer is unpredictable and so are our bodies. In today’s episode we discuss the myriad of reasons things can get delayed, resch
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