The Bad Cancer Diaries

Episode 12: Why Am I Not Surprised?

In this episode I read a short post from TBCD substack I wrote in reaction to my last oncology appointment, when I found out the last CT scan showed the small nodes in my lungs had continued growing which was starting to look suspicious for metastasis and was disturbing enough, but my doctor’s strange reaction didn’t help—he was disappointed that I wasn’t more surprised. “I wish you were more surprised,” he said, leaving me once again to wonder WTF does that mean? Since then, I had a PET scan to detect active cancer, and that came back negative, so this was apparently a false alarm. Get full access to The Bad Cancer Diaries: A Cynic's Guide to Surviving Cancer at badcancer.substack.com/subscribe [https://badcancer.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Episode 11: Please Don't Kill My Dog

I read another fairly short essay from the Bad Cancer Diaries blog about the role my best friend has played in my life, both before and after my diagnosis, how we both nearly died within a couple of weeks, and of course, my cynical take on veterinary care and how it is and is not like human medical care. Get full access to The Bad Cancer Diaries: A Cynic's Guide to Surviving Cancer at badcancer.substack.com/subscribe [https://badcancer.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Episode 10: Please Don't Kill me

Systemic Medical Errors Are WAY More Common Than You Think In this episode I read another essay, first published on TBCD substack [https://badcancer.substack.com/p/please-dont-kill-me]. The longer-than-usual intro includes a brief update on current events, including my latest CT scan results. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/badcancer/message [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/badcancer/message] Get full access to The Bad Cancer Diaries: A Cynic's Guide to Pancreatic Cancer at badcancer.substack.com/subscribe [https://badcancer.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4] Get full access to The Bad Cancer Diaries: A Cynic's Guide to Surviving Cancer at badcancer.substack.com/subscribe [https://badcancer.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Episode 9: Whippled (the surgery)

Reading of the essay titled “Whippled: Believe or Not, Sometimes You Just Have To Pray”, about my experience undergoing “the granddaddy of all surgeries”. And my week in the surgical ICU, aka hell, 🤕 originally published on my Substack of the same name [https://badcancer.substack.com]. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/badcancer/message [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/badcancer/message] Get full access to The Bad Cancer Diaries: A Cynic's Guide to Surviving Cancer at badcancer.substack.com/subscribe [https://badcancer.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Episode 8: Erica Lee - part one

This is my first attempt at having a guest. I was the one being interviewed by my good friend Erica Erica Lee. Unfortunately, due to a technical glitch (I forgot to plug in the audio interface and the battery went dead), the recording cut off at around 30 minutes. We kept talking for another hour or so but none of it was saved.  If it seems to end a little abruptly, that’s why. I'm calling this part one and will have Erica back soon to continue the conversation. Erica is an Ayurveda trained advanced yoga teacher working in the field of restorative justice, who always seemed wise beyond her years (I’m Gen X and she’s a Millennial)—or maybe I’m just immature, but I don’t think that’s it.  Our conversations always seem to go interesting places and I thought, even though her main connection to cancer is through me, it would make sense for us to record an episode together.  She's far less cynical than I am and reminds me that sometimes things do get get better when people care enough. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/badcancer/message [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/badcancer/message] Get full access to The Bad Cancer Diaries: A Cynic's Guide to Surviving Cancer at badcancer.substack.com/subscribe [https://badcancer.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]