Paige and Maddy are giving some life updates on this bonus episode of Cancer Actually F***ing Sucks! Maddy shares how her health coaching career is going, her recommendations for eating clean, the moment she knew nutrition was her path after cancer, and how food affects everyone's bodies in different ways. Paige shares with us some residual health issues she's been dealing with since chemo, not being able to gain weight, and battling an all or nothing mentality with food after cancer. 

Paige is also getting married!!! She shares how her wedding plans have changed because of Covid and Maddy dives into dating in a pandemic...not ideal.

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We are so excited about this week's guest! Summer Germann created Brave Gowns 10 years after losing her little brother to a medical error from fighting childhood leukemia. She knew that the hospital gowns that children patients were provided with could be so much better - more comfortable, practical, allow kids to have more privacy, and way more fun! Brave Gowns give patients hope, happiness, and laughter during what can be a difficult and dark time in the hospital. 

In this episode Summer talks about being an older sister while her little brother Mac fought a rare form of Leukemia, the rollercoaster of emotions that her and her family endured, how she still connects with him even though he is in heaven, how she got started with Brave Gowns, and so much more. 

Learn how to gift a custom gown, sponsor a gown, purchase gowns, and custom masks at bravegowns.com and follow Summer and the incredible children Brave Gowns help at @bravegowns on Instagram. 

You can also purchase a Cancer Actually F***ing Sucks mask here: https://www.bravegowns.com/products/cancer-actually-f-ing-sucks-podcast?_pos=1&_sid=96a360c50&_ss=r

All proceeds from these masks go to St. Jude's children's hospital. 

This week we're talking to Kayla Szampruch, a health and wellness coach, soon-to-be Naturopath, and the Director of Academics at The Gerson Institute. We chat with Kayla about the different types of nutritional therapy that the Gerson Institute offers their patients who are looking for a nontraditional approach to recovering from cancer. She explains the details of the Gerson therapy, how it's an individualized holistic approach, examples of the success cases that she's seen over the last 10 years working there, and gives us some of the scientific details as to why the Gerson therapy works to cure some cancer patients. We also touch on body detoxification, clean beauty products, coffee enemas, and lots more! 

Follow Kayla @kaylaszampruch and for more information on The Gerson Institute go to gerson.org 

*Please keep in mind that any therapies or treatments discussed on this podcast should always be consulted with your doctor. 

This week we're chatting with Sorabh Gupta, a Leukemia survivor who was diagnosed with cancer in the middle of his college career. Sorabh chats with Paige and Maddy about dealing with cancer as a college student, having to go through all the intense treatments necessary for Leukemia, including chemo for three years, tons of spinal taps, and having to get a hip replacement at 18 years old because of the side effects. However, even through all this physical turmoil, Sorabh shares with us how cancer has positively affected his life too and what he took away from the experience. Take a listen and as always, thanks for tuning into the cancer podcast where we get down to the real details of what actually happens for young adults during and after a cancer diagnosis!

Stacie-Rae Weir is a woman of many talents and we're so excited to have her on the show! She talks to us about how her mother's fight with breast cancer led her to ultimately have a prophylactic mastectomy, which in turn caused her to create the A.R.T to help other people going through breast cancer to be able to have access to high quality, realistic, 3D nipple tattoos after mastectomies. Stacie-Rae is also a Reiki healer and explains how she brings in reiki, intention setting, and trauma release into her tattooing process with her clients. She is truly so amazing and inspiring you will love listening to how she fully embraces her life path and purpose.

Follow her on Instagram @stacierae.art and @areolarestorativetattoo

Check out her website: www.areolarestorativetattoo.com

In this week's episode we're sitting down with Pasha Chaney to talk about her experience with Squamous Cell Carcinoma and writing her book, Through The Scars during her treatment in order to help other young adults not feel so alone in their cancer journey. Pasha reminds us what's truly important life, how to take a step back from our busy lives and remember all the things we need to be grateful for, why setting boundaries for ourselves is so important and how loneliness is more complicated than people realize. You can purchase her book and follow her at the links below! 

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Through-Scars-Rising-Pasha-Chaney/dp/0578717409/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=through+the+scars&qid=1604931940&sr=8-1

Book Depository (for outside the US): https://www.bookdepository.com/Through-Scars-Pasha-Chaney/9780578717401?ref=grid-view&qid=1604932050411&sr=1-1

Email: [email protected]

Follow Pasha on Instagram, Facebook, & Twitter @pasha4bedroc 

Zoya Ibrahim recently celebrated her 5 year cancerversary from Papaillary Thyroid Carcinoma! In this episode, Zoya dives into how she was diagnosed, the surgery and iodine radiation treatment she experienced, what the thyroid actually does for your body, how our body can force us to deal with the anxieties after a cancer diagnoses even if our mind doesn't want to, pulling the Cancer Card and so much more. Zoya has become so knowledgeable about hormone health since her diagnosis and teaches us all about different supplements ways to balance our hormones. 

*Please keep in mind that any medical recommendations on this podcast should be reviewed with you and your doctor.

In today's episode, we speak with Beach Helterbrand, who was diagnosed with a rare Germinoma tumor in his brain at 24 years old.  Beach talks us through how he found out he had the tumor, his multiple brain surgeries, whole brain and spine radiation, the side effects of all of the treatments, and what he's doing now 6 years free of disease! Beach's story is so inspiring and his love for the outdoors is palpable as he explains that before he was diagnosed he was living in a cabin in the woods in Montana with no running water or central heat. While that adventure had paused when he was diagnosed he still loves the outdoors and being in nature! 

This week we're speaking with Mark Garza, the founder of Flatwater Foundation! Flatwater is an incredible organization based in Austin, TX that offers access to therapy for people going through cancer, their families, and their caregivers! Listen to hear how Mark's experience with losing his father to prostate cancer helped him realize how important mental health is for everyone that is going through a cancer diagnosis. Mark's work with the foundation has helped hundreds of families "find their flatwater." 

To get in touch with Flatwater and Mark himself, you can contact them at the email addresses below: 

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