Cancer for Breakfast

Sometimes it’s cancer, sometimes it’s a bad burrito, y’all! Stef lives to tell the tale of her ascites scare. Turns out having a body is stressful...and expensive! The gals talk medical debt and financial toxicity. When insurance still makes you pay thousands for necessary care, how do you stay afloat? Speaking of grifts...we mean GRAFTS...Amy took a trip to her fat grafting surgery and all she got was this lousy dysmorphia. Do her boobs look great now, or is she their Only Fan? Then, to really bring down the mood, we take a moment to remember some friends who passed this summer. It never gets easier. In letters, a creative listener rolls radiation into her honeymoon and dishes on an accident prone frenemy, and another deals with a tactless long-lost friend who probably should’ve stayed lost. We’ve rounded up our RATS to talk about glyphosate and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Is this common weed killer also a PEOPLE killer? Well...just listen. But yes.
NPR’s piece is here. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/07/09/1110370391/cost-cancer-treatment-medical-debt
To look back at some of our wonderful friends’ lives and stories, here are their IG handles:
@bowelbabe
@theenlightenedarsehole
@wonkyarm
@baxlala
@coffeedrinkinmama
That glyphosate info is here:
https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/14/health/us-glyphosate-cancer-study-scli-intl
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1383574218300887
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1382668909001100
Cancer for Breakfast is hosted by Amy Dials and Stefanie LeJeunesse, and is produced by Nathan McGehee.

Our theme music is by Vyvyvyr. RATS theme song is by Jessica Boudreaux of Summer Cannibals.

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It’s our birthday, and we’ll cry (in our nightgowns) if we want to! Happy tears, that is, because today our podcast turns ONE! So grab a slice of cake and cuddle in, dear listeners. We’re taking some time to acknowledge just how far we’ve come, AND offer big gratitude to the Cancer for Breakfast community; y’all put so much gas in our tank. As a present to our producer, we’re giving him the day off—that’s one day off a year, folks—and this entire episode is coming to you unedited, so pardon the coughs, the rambles and the spontaneous poultry drama. Really, no chickens were harmed in the recording of this podcast, but would it even BE Cancer for Breakfast if we didn’t ruffle a few feathers? Then, the theme marches on with a RATS that’ll have you mailing friendship bracelets to your cancer besties and support group leaders. Finally, a birthday present to us all? For the first time ever on the podcast, we air our entire theme song—by Vyvyvyr—in full, beautiful glory at the end of the show.
And before you head to the mall to buy a bday gift for us, save your Kohl’s cash. All we REALLY want is for you to leave us a review here. It makes all the difference.
Read the RATS covered in this episode here: https://web.archive.org/web/20170813132716id_/http://www.isdbweb.org/documents/file/1154_10.pdf
Get info about signing up for that Keytruda/Lynparza trial here: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05156268
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Cancer for Breakfast is hosted by Amy Dials and Stefanie LeJeunesse, and is produced by Nathan McGehee.

Our theme music is by Vyvyvyr. RATS theme song is by Jessica Boudreaux of Summer Cannibals.

Want to support the podcast? We’re on BuyMeACoffee and Patreon. We appreciate it so much when you rate, review or subscribe on Apple Podcasts!

Follow us on Instagram @cancerforbreakfast

or Twitter @cancerbreakfast

e-mail us at [email protected]

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s a-me, Mario... wait no. It’s just us, Stef and Amy. While recovering from surgery—Stef’s on a side quest! Her new video game pastime is helping her heal in more ways than one. Another character (Amy) shares listener letters that cover everything from a Molly Shannon cancer flick review to more of that relatable scanxiety. Then, a diagnosing doc’s perplexing recommendation to a listener’s Italian mama has us hauling out our soapboxes once again. Mamma Mia, indeed! RATS sets aside the deep dive today and instead offers a shallow swim... it’s a lighter sprinkling of news and headlines, including a treatment that makes sure cancer kids go into adulthood with full hearts.
Our pal Rudy’s podcast is here; check it out! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/random-redux-review/id1480112332

Here’s a list of games about grief from a really cool mental health-focused site (it doesn’t list Cozy Grove, however, the game Stef’s been playing): https://safeinourworld.org/news/15-games-about-death-and-grief/ and and article from the Guardian about this: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2023/apr/19/how-video-games-help-people-through-grief

From RATS:

Here’s an article about Merck’s plan to have a vaccine by 2030: https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2023/04/10/moderna-hopes-to-offer-new-vaccines-for-cancer-heart-disease-by-2030.html

Here’s the NCI blog’s piece about protecting heart health in cancer kids: https://www.cancer.gov/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2023/childhood-cancer-dexrazoxane-protects-heart-doxorubicin

Here’s the CNN article about the melanoma vaccine (featuring a surprise appearance by Hugh Jackman!): https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/04/17/health/experimental-skin-cancer-vaccine/index.html
And here’s a press release from our old friends Systems Oncology about SERA2. Fingers crossed! https://systemsoncology.com/news/systems-oncology-to-present-positive-preclinical-data-for-sera2-at-j-p-morgan-41st-annual-healthcare-conference/
Cancer for Breakfast is hosted by Amy Dials and Stefanie LeJeunesse, and is produced by Nathan McGehee.

Our theme music is by Vyvyvyr. RATS theme song is by Jessica Boudreaux of Summer Cannibals.

Want to support the podcast? We’re on BuyMeACoffee and Patreon. We appreciate it so much when you rate, review or subscribe on Apple Podcasts, you can do that RIGHT HERE!

Follow us on *Instagram (*we made a new account!) @cancerforbreakfastpod or on Twitter @cancerbreakfast

Submit a letter via e-mail [email protected]
And as always, thanks for listening!

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When fate (or 23 and Me) intervenes at the eleventh hour, do you open your heart to new experiences or continue searching for an AirBnB to pass away in? It’s the premiere of Second Opinion: our conversations with the cancer people, experts and innovators that excite us. Up first: Holly Raines. A talented photographer, a cool mom, and a woman with end stage cervical cancer, Holly tells Stef about the stunning conversation that made her delay her choice to die with dignity in favor of living with integrity for a few more weeks.
Second Opinion bonus episodes will drop right into the regular Cancer for Breakfast feed whenever we have one to share. If you’d like to nominate a guest, drop us a line at [email protected]!
Cancer for Breakfast is hosted by Amy Dials and Stefanie LeJeunesse, and is produced by Nathan McGehee.

Second Opinion theme music is by Vyvyvyr.

Want to support the podcast? We’re on BuyMeACoffee and Patreon. We appreciate it so much when you rate, review or subscribe on Apple Podcasts, you can do that RIGHT HERE!

Want to connect on social media?
Instagram @cancerforbreakfastpod
Twitter @cancerbreakfast

Submit a letter via e-mail [email protected]
And as always, thanks for listening!

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Amy’s survived her surgery much to her charming anesthesiologist’s surprise. Stef’s onto a new treatment regimen, and so far it’s NOT a tough pill to swallow. In letters we’ve hit the gold mine...( or maybe we just mined it?): when a listener is feeling cornered by the calendar, we’re once again asking, where is the comfort in NEAD? In RATS we ponder if it’s nature, nurture or maybe a sweet synthetic compound? Could cancer actually be cured and we’re just the last to know? (Spoiler: Even the Lyme experts say that’s not true.)

Dr Andrea Love’s Immunologic newsletter: https://news.immunologic.org/p/no-one-is-hiding-cures-for-cancer

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