Ann Camden is a prolific writer and past Burn guest. She was diagnosed Stage III at 38, and then Stage IV at 45.  In this episode Ann reads her essay “Fast Will Make Me Furious” from the 2023 “Body” issue of Wildfire.  Ann’s story is about what happened when she had a severe allergic reaction to chemo.  April and Ann will talk about the mental and physical setbacks of treatment, the immediacy of realizing you might not come home from chemo, and the lessons learned from that reaction.  They will also discuss what a good death would look like, and the importance of having conversations on death and dying. This episode contains explicit language.

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https://player.captivate.fm/episode/255cf7db-e5f7-4811-a47d-d59c6af81c3b

https://player.captivate.fm/episode/f93ba369-0d16-42e8-b521-2844f1ef96eb

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