Are you a cancer patient? Caregiver? Survivor? Advocate? Friend? Then you've come to the right place! The Patient from Hell is a bi-weekly podcast hosted by cancer survivor, founder of Manta Cares, and self-described "patient from hell", Samira Daswani. The podcast features guests who are making the cancer experience a little easier. Each episode will educate, empower, inspire and most importantly, show you that you are not alone in your experience. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you listen to (or watch!) podcasts.
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Living Six Years with Stage 4 Lung Cancer | In Memory of Natalie Brown
Wednesday, July 22, 2026 • Duration 31:58
This episode is dedicated to Natalie's memory and to every patient navigating life with cancer.
Natalie Brown's answer to "How are you?" was always simple:
"I'm here."
Diagnosed with stage 4 non-small cell lung cancer at just 33 years old, despite never smoking and having no family history of lung cancer, Natalie spent six years challenging assumptions about what lung cancer looks like.
In this unforgettable conversation with host Samira Daswani, Natalie shares her journey through multiple rounds of chemotherapy, immunotherapy, failed clinical trials, and one of the rarest procedures in cancer medicine a bilateral double lung transplant. She also opens up about recurrence, chronic pain, advocacy, mental health, and why she believed every patient deserves to know all of their treatment options.
Natalie has passed away. We are honored to share her story again in celebration of the courage, honesty, humor, and determination that defined her life. Her voice continues to educate, inspire, and advocate for patients everywhere.
Whether you're living with cancer, supporting someone who is, or simply want to better understand the realities of serious illness, Natalie's message is one everyone should hear.
In this episode you'll learn:
What it's like to be diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer at age 33
Why non-smokers can develop lung cancer
How a rare double lung transplant became a treatment option
The emotional reality of cancer recurrence
Clinical trials, targeted therapies, and asking "What's next?"
The importance of patient advocacy and second opinions
How friends, family, therapy, and hope helped Natalie keep fighting
Why "Anyone with lungs can get lung cancer"
Natalie's story reminds us that resilience isn't about pretending things aren't difficult—it's about continuing to move forward anyway.
00:00 Introduction: Remembering Natalie Brown
01:00 "I'm Here" — The phrase that defined Natalie
02:00 Diagnosed with Stage 4 Lung Cancer at 33
04:00 Four Chemotherapies & Failed Clinical Trials
05:30 Discovering a Rare Double Lung Transplant
10:40 Returning Home After Transplant
11:45 Cancer Recurrence & New Treatment Options
13:00 The Husband Who Helped Her Keep Fighting
16:00 Facing Mortality with Honesty
18:00 Making the Most of Time
20:00 Living with Chronic Pain
21:00 Becoming a Lung Cancer Advocate
24:00 Learning to Ask for Help
26:45 Advice for Newly Diagnosed Patients
28:40 "Anyone With Lungs Can Get Lung Cancer"
29:45 Why Patients Should Always Ask Questions
31:00 Final Reflections
About Patient From Hell
Patient From Hell is hosted by cancer survivor and founder Samira Daswani, who asks the questions most patients are too overwhelmed or too afraid to ask. The show brings together doctors, researchers, advocates, and survivors to reveal evidence-based answers for patients navigating the chaos of cancer.
Disclaimer: This podcast is for general informational purposes only and does not constitute the practice of medicine, nursing or other professional health care services, including the giving of medical advice, and no doctor/patient relationship is formed. The use of information on this podcast or materials linked from this podcast is at the user's own risk. The content of this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Users should not disregard, or delay in obtaining, medical advice for any medical condition they may have, and should seek the assistance of their health care professionals for any such conditions.
A Rare Liver Transplant Cured His Stage 4 Colorectal Cancer
Wednesday, July 8, 2026 • Duration 36:36
Tim McDonald was sitting down for Thanksgiving dinner in 2020 when the pain started. A few days later, a doctor handed him a single sheet of paper and said three words nobody wants to hear: "You have cancer."
Stage 4 colorectal cancer. Liver covered in tumors. A second oncologist told him he had three years to live and she'd focus on "quality of life." His response? "That's your story. Not mine."
In this episode, Tim shares how over a decade of mindfulness practice shaped the way he faced one of the hardest diagnoses a person can receive and how he went from following doctors' orders to becoming the general manager of his own care team, ultimately pursuing a liver transplant at a time when fewer than 20 people in the US had received one for colorectal cancer.
This conversation goes deep on:
→ What it actually feels like to hear "you have cancer" and stay calm
→ Why getting a second (and third, and tenth) opinion saved his life
→ The player → quarterback → general manager framework for owning your treatment
→ Men, vulnerability, and why cancer support groups changed everything
→ The dark thought he had toward the end of chemo — and what pulled him back
→ Why survivorship was mentally harder than treatment itself
→ How advocacy work became part of his healingIf you or someone you love is navigating a cancer diagnosis, this episode is essential listening.
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AI in Cancer Care: Hype, Hope, & Reality (2026 Update)
Wednesday, February 11, 2026 • Duration 30:19
Is Artificial Intelligence actually helping cancer patients, or is it just noise? In this episode of The Patient From Hell, Samira sits down with Dr. Shadi Nabhan to separate the Hype from the Reality in 2026.
We discuss the massive evolution in oncology—from the "library days" of 1995 to the AI-driven diagnostics of today.
Dr. Shadi shares his "Airport Analogy" for navigating a cancer diagnosis, offers a life-changing reframe on how we view advanced disease (it’s not just "curable" vs. "terminal"—it can be "controllable"), and gives his #1 piece of advice for selecting a medical team that will actually show up for you when things get hard.
Key Topics Discussed:
AI in 2026: How doctors use AI to simplify complex terms like CAR T-cell therapy and why patients need to "trust but verify" AI-generated medical advice.
The "Controllable" Reframe: Why treating metastatic cancer like diabetes or hypertension changes the patient experience.
Navigating the "Airport": Why the healthcare system feels like being dropped in a foreign airport without a map.
Advice for the Industry:
What Healthcare Systems and Pharma companies need to change right now regarding clinical trials and drug pricing.
About Today’s Guest Dr. Chadi Nabhan:
Dr. Chadi Nabhan is a board-certified hematologist, oncologist, and the Chief Medical Officer at Ryght, Inc., where he leads the integration of Generative AI into clinical research to accelerate the delivery of lifesaving therapies.
With a career spanning leadership roles at Caris Life Sciences and the University of Chicago, Dr. Nabhan is a prolific researcher with over 300 publications and a prominent author whose work focuses on the intersection of medicine, justice, and technology.
Episode 20: Navigating Uncertainty, Making Decisions in the Absence of Data, Advocating & Caregiving with Jane Gutkovich of the EHE Foundation
Saturday, February 4, 2023 • Duration 39:16
Our guest is Jane Gutkovich who was thrust into the land of patient advocacy and navigation after her son was diagnosed with Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma (EHE), a rare type of sarcoma cancer. Given the rare nature of EHE and after four different treatment plans from the four of the top cancer centers in the US, Jane had to turn to other patients to help determine her son’s path. Jane talks with Samira about the decision process for rare cancer patients with small amounts of available data, the role of the family caregiver, the power of patient advocacy and the evolution of patient communities.
Decision making for rare cancers with small amounts of data – relying on some combo of trust, faith and instinct
The role of the family care team to support patients
The evolution of patient communities from small to larger and the opportunities and challenges that presents
About our guest:
Jane Gutkovich is one of the founding members of the EHE Foundation, and has served on the Board of Directors. Her responsibilities as Vice President of the Foundation included: furthering the foundation’s impact by securing strategic partnerships with relevant organizations, institutions, and individuals; raising funds to support key initiatives; and growing EHE awareness in the medical and research communities. She maintains a deep engagement with the EHE community and active member of our EHE Facebook support group, as well as through personal communications and meetings.
Key moments:
4 minutes 58 seconds: I remember driving in a car to the fourth doctor, and I look at my husband and I said, you want to bet that because there’s only one combination left that this guy will say yes to surgery and no chemo. Sure enough, that's what happened. The best sarcoma specialists in the country gave us totally opposite recommendations. What do you do? Well, you learn and you have to make your own decision.
Episode 19: Cancer Financial Toxicity & Health Inequities with Rosie Cunningham of Family Reach
Saturday, January 21, 2023 • Duration 33:58
When we think of a cancer diagnosis, we focus on the physical ramifications of the disease. But a cancer diagnosis also leads to major financial costs. Today we are speaking with Rosie Cunningham, COO of Family Reach, about financial toxicity, health inequities and tips for patients and caregivers on how to navigate the financial landscape of a cancer diagnosis.
Key highlights:
1. Financial toxicity is driven by lack of transparency in the healthcare system as well as the complicated nature of cancer care
2. Health inequities drive financial toxicity and are deeply rooted in the healthcare system
3. Tips for patients and caregivers on navigating financial challenges during the cancer experience
About our guest:
As COO at Family Reach, Rosie plays a pivotal role in the progression of the organization’s services, research, and collaborations. She launched the inaugural strategic planning process in 2019, and works closely with the team to ensure that all internal and external activity is aligned to push the mission forwards. She also oversees the organization’s content, programs, and impact teams, driving awareness of Family Reach as a data-driven thought leader and solution provider on financial toxicity. A strong believer that no one deserves the turmoil caused by a cancer diagnosis, Rosie applies her sales, marketing, and partnership expertise to guide Family Reach toward ensuring no family has to choose between their health and their home.
Key Moments:
6 minutes 30 seconds: 2/3 of people living with cancer are unable to work full time after a diagnosis. Of the families we serve 65% of them have lost over half of their household income. So before you even get into the web of healthcare costs, you’re already in crisis, unable to make ends meet.
9 minutes 30 seconds: People with cancer are more likely to file for bankruptcy, but beyond that, people who do file for bankruptcy are 79% more likely to die from their disease. So financial toxicity is not just a financial problem it is literally a life or death problem.
Episode 18: The future of patient data with cancer survivor and healthcare entrepreneur Jennifer Hinkel
Sunday, January 8, 2023 • Duration 29:53
We are kicking off 2023 with the fabulous cancer survivor, healthcare entrepreneur and thought leader, Jennifer Hinkel. As a survivor of Stage III Hodgkin Lymphoma, Jennifer has a special interest in oncology innovation as a cancer survivor. She is passionate about using data to improve the lives of cancer patients, and also making sure that patients are aware and compensated for the use of their data.
Key highlights:
1. What advice would adult Jennifer give to her 17-year-old self about being diagnosed with cancer?
2. The importance and value of patient data
3. Building the bank for patient data
4. Henrietta Lacks’ cell line and its incredible impact on science relate to digital patient data today
About our guest:
Jennifer Hinkel is an oncology market access and health economics leader with experience in consulting, global pharma and biotech, health policy, and health care startups. She has held management and executive roles at companies including National Comprehensive Cancer Network, Roche UK, Roche Argentina, Genentech, and Caris Life Sciences. She is a Managing Director of The Data Economics Company where she leads commercialization of the Lydion Engine in life sciences and healthcare applications and is a Founding Partner at Sigla Sciences, a market access firm.
Key Moments:
7 mins 22 secs: Walking through a portal. One of the things I recall most strongly is this feeling that I walked through a door, a portal to a different world. No one around me had seen that world. They didn't even know that that world existed. And it is not a super pleasant world, it's a world full of a lot of scary things. Although it's also a world full of like a lot of really smart people and people who are out there trying to be helpful and to make the experience better for people. I think that the most important thing to say would be: you might feel like you're the only one that's gone through this, but there are actually other people out there going through the same thing.
Episode 17: Tumor boards, team-based care, and the business of healthcare with medical oncologist Dr. Gabriel A. Brooks
Thursday, December 8, 2022 • Duration 53:21
Key highlights:
The art and science of personalized cancer treatment.
What are tumor boards, how do they work, and why are they important for cancer treatment decision-making?
Team-based oncology care delivery, understanding patient preferences, and providing appropriate care.
The business of oncology and how reimbursement influences patient care decisions.
About our guest:
Dr. Gabriel A. Brooks is an oncologist in Lebanon, New Hampshire and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and White River Junction Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He received his medical degree from Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and has been in practice for 11-20 years.
Key Moments:
At 16 mins and 0 seconds: About team-based care in cancer.
“Nothing I do for my patients happens in a vaccum. There are questions about radiation, radiology or pathology…the cases we bring to tumor board are the cases where we have questions. It maybe for a patient with a new diagnosis or a patient I’ve had for years and the situation has changed and there is a new question. I could send the patient to another specialist but it’s not the same as four specialists in one room looking at a single case.”
At 30 mins and 05 seconds: Tumor board vis-a-vis guidelines.
“The NCCN guidelines are very influential documents that say what the evidence is in that cancer type. They are not proscriptive. There are lots of areas that are highly subjective in patient care. It’s also true that they are a US organization and refer to drugs available in the US. Tumor board addresses the issues where guidelines are not detailed enough, or where more subjective discrimination is required.”
Episode 16: Navigating sex, dating, and stigma during the cancer experience with Sanjay Deshpande
Tuesday, November 29, 2022 • Duration 43:21
In this episode, we cover:
Intersectional experience as a cancer survivor across sex, sexuality, and dating.
Nuances of cancer stigma in South Asia and how to navigate it.
The need for creating resources specific to the South Asian Young Adult community.
About the guest:
Sanjay is a Learning Designer who currently leads L&D at Pride Circle. He has previously worked as a part of the Founding Team of Harappa Education and the skilling team of NASSCOM Foundation. He is passionate about mental health, queer rights and cancer advocacy.
He got diagnosed with incurable brain cancer at the age of 29 the day he landed on Harvard University's campus to start his Master’s program in September 2021. He's currently leading an effort to write & publish a first-of-its-kind book on Adulting with Cancer called ‘Don’t Ask Me How I’m Doing: Life, Death and Everything in Between’ -- to chronicle the experiences, raise awareness and create a resource for Indian and South Asian young adult cancer patients, survivors and caregivers.
He is an incoming graduate student at Harvard University, a postgraduate of the Young India Fellowship program at Ashoka University, and a Valedictorian and Student of the Year from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai.
Key Moments:
2 mins and 3 seconds
So my understanding of privilege was very different. Because even if I identified myself as a queer person, it came with many safety nets around me. That went away when I got diagnosed with cancer. Now not only was I disadvantaged because of my sexuality, but I was at a disadvantage because of my cancer experience.
6 mins and 23 seconds
So there is this generation of queer people who have just realized that they can be themselves. They are in that phase where they're trying to explore things. They're trying to be openly themselves. There's that frog in the pond syndrome. There are so many fish in the sea, why do you want to settle for one, so everyone's trying to experiment and like, you know, like, find their own feet.
Episode 15: Living life with an incurable brain tumor as a young South Asian with Sanjay Deshpande
Sunday, November 13, 2022 • Duration 54:36
In this podcast we cover -
How to live a life with an incurable cancer
Using creativity in moments of darkness
Creating a cancer support community for South Asians
About Sanjay Deshpande:
Sanjay is a Learning Designer who currently leads L&D at Pride Circle. He has previously worked as a part of the Founding Team of Harappa Education and the skilling team of NASSCOM Foundation. He is passionate about mental health, queer rights and cancer advocacy.
He got diagnosed with incurable brain cancer at the age of 29 the day he landed on Harvard University's campus to start his Master’s program in September 2021. He's currently leading an effort to write & publish a first-of-its-kind book on Adulting with Cancer called ‘Don’t Ask Me How I’m Doing: Life, Death and Everything in Between’ -- to chronicle the experiences, raise awareness and create a resource for Indian and South Asian young adult cancer patients, survivors and caregivers.
He is an incoming graduate student at Harvard University, a postgraduate of the Young India Fellowship program at Ashoka University, and a Valedictorian and Student of the Year from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai.
Key Moments:
4 mins and 1 second: In response to the question “how are you?”
When you ask that to a cancer patient or survivor, the expectation is that you're likely wanting to hear the truth. But in my experience, most people aren't ready to hear the truth. They don't want to know that you're struggling, they don't want to know that you're having a mental breakdown. They don't want to know that you are in pain.
18 mins and 23 seconds: Living life with cancer
Earlier before cancer, the way I used to usually socialize with my friends was over drinks or over a smoke or going out dancing or to a party. Almost all of them I'm not allowed to do. I can't drink because they tried to trigger my seizures. I can't smoke because, hello cancer. I can't go dancing because my skull hasn't healed from my surgery. I can't stay up late at night because it triggers my cancer and triggers my seizures. So how do you then re-enter this world that you were once a part of, and still live a life right?
Episode 14: Impact of sexual health, barriers in cancer care for the LGBTQ community and the evolving role of the oncologist-sherpa with Dr. Don Dizon.
Episode 14
Sunday, October 30, 2022 • Duration 31:43
Key takeaways:
The changing role of the Oncologist - Starting as the Sherpa, transitioning to a mentor, and then breaking up!
Awareness of barriers the LGBTQ community faces in accessing healthcare
The distinction between addressing reproductive health and sexual health in cancer care
About Dr. Don Dizon:
Don S. Dizon, MD, FACP, FASCO, is an oncologist who specializes in women's cancers. He is the director of women's cancers at Lifespan Cancer Institute and director of medical oncology at Rhode Island Hospital. He is also a professor of medicine at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. His research interests are in novel treatments of women’s cancers and issues related to survivorship, particularly as they relate to sexual health after cancer for both men and women.
He is a prolific researcher and writer, and he has authored hundreds of publications, including peer-reviewed articles, books and book chapters. He is an active member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, SWOG cancer research network, and the National Consortium of Breast Cancers, of which he has served as both vice president and president.
Key moments:
12 minutes 27 seconds
That person may be more interested in symptom control, in which case they would find more affinity in a metastatic brain tumor group. But they also may want to see people that look like them, that are like them who are going through this experience because of the threats metastatic brain cancer has on people’s sexual health.
14 minutes 35 seconds
It’s what makes cancer care so multifaceted today. There’s no one person who can really manage all the aspects of cancer care. By that, I mean whole-person cancer care. It really brings in the importance of having a team approach.
21 minutes 8 seconds
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02:44 – Hearing "you have cancer" — and staying calm
04:51 – Life before cancer: HuffPost, Arianna Huffington, and mindfulness
06:04 – What mindfulness actually gave him during treatment
07:14 – Starting standard treatment and meeting a new oncologist
09:38 – "That's your story. Not mine."
10:20 – Switching to Moffitt Cancer Center
11:53 – Discovering the liver transplant option
13:22 – Stage 4 colorectal cancer explained
17:49 – Going from patient to general manager of your care team
21:26 – The proctologist nobody thought to send him to
23:21 – Why you should always get a second opinion
24:46 – Men and cancer: processing emotions differently
26:18 – Vulnerability and who to open up to
29:02 – The dark thought: wanting to stop treatment entirely
30:52 – What pulled him back from the edge
31:39 – Survivorship: why after treatment can be harder
34:11 – 10 doctors after, 3 before: the survivorship reality
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Tim McDonald: Stage 4 colorectal cancer survivor, liver transplant recipient, patient advocate, and community builder. Former Director of Community at HuffPost.
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ABOUT THE PATIENT FROM HELL
Patient From Hell is a podcast about navigating the healthcare system with confidence, curiosity, and zero apologies. Hosted by Samira Daswani, CEO and founder of Manta Cares.
Leading the charge in using AI to optimize clinical trials and patient outcomes.
Expert Clinician: Trained at Northwestern and Harvard, with decades of experience in malignant hematology.
Renowned Author: Published three books with Johns Hopkins University Press, including The Cancer Journey and the forthcoming AI and Cancer Care (2026).
Podcast Host: Voice of the popular weekly series Healthcare Unfiltered.
Quotes from the Episode:
"We cure more patients than we have ever dreamt of... Women who are affected by breast cancer today are more likely to be completely cured."
"Availability is key. Are they going to really pick up the phone and talk to you when you need them?"
00:00 - The reality of the cancer journey (It’s not smooth sailing)01:00 - Intro: Dr. Shadi Nabhan & The Fun Factor
01:25 - AI in Healthcare: Hype, Hope, and Reality
04:15 - How doctors use AI to explain complex therapies
06:38 - Warning for patients using AI: "Garbage in, Garbage out"
08:45 - The Evolution of Medicine: 1995 vs. 2026
13:00 - The "Airport Analogy": Why patients feel lost
17:30 - MUST WATCH: Reframing "Terminal" cancer as "Controllable"
21:30 - Advice for Healthcare Leaders: Agility & Patient Involvement
23:50 - Advice for Pharma: Drug Pricing & Accelerating Innovation
26:00 - The #1 criteria for picking your medical team
28:18 - The importance of Second Opinions
28:50 - What to expect in late 2026: AI in Cancer Care Book
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8 minutes 26 seconds: One of my friends had this brilliant idea to launch an EHE Facebook group. It was launched in September of 2013 and was 7 or eight of us on in this group in the beginning. And I remember checking every day five times a day to see if anyone else joined. And every new person who joined was like, “Yes, we have another person!” And when we had 20 patients in the group, I thought, “We're not rare!” And by the way, today we have more than 2400 members in our EHE Facebook group from almost 80 different countries.
22 minutes 27 seconds: We were all in it, me and my husband and my older son. I think he saw that there was a team to cover him. We were not always on the same page. Don't get me wrong, there were fights. But I think my son kind of decided that he cannot do better than I will do, than we will do, than this team will do. He took the position of: I'll trust what you're saying, but it has to make sense to me. He was never like, “okay, whatever you say.” I had to present him with my rationale. But that's the kind of relationship that we developed after he was diagnosed.
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16 minutes 40 seconds: Our mission at Family Reach, which is to alleviate the financial barriers that stand between a patient and their treatment, is rooted in health inequities. For 25 years we've served patients from across the spectrum who are unable to get to treatment because they can't afford it one way or another. Over the last decade, we as a cancer community have done a better job looking more closely at these inequities and charging ourselves to really challenge and understand the root causes and do better to close the gaps. At Family Reach what that has meant for us is to really hone in on low-income Black and low-income Hispanic Latinx patients because these two communities are most adversely affected by the financial burden of cancer.
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18 minutes 37 seconds: Getting compensated of your data
I philosophically believe that this is data that is generated by you, a patient. Yes, you plus an X-ray machine or you plus a doctor. Most of us don't walk around just spouting genetic sequences out of the air, but there has to be some science applied. But really that data is yours. It's pretty unique to you, and that should belong to you. And if other people are using it, especially if they're using it for a business purpose, I think you should get to share in that.
27 minutes 27 seconds: Story of Henrietta Lacks.
This woman Henrietta Lacks, who had cells taken. And her cell line has become a mainstay of biotech research for decades and decades. Only recently it was recognized, that this woman was never really compensated for the contribution that her genetic material made to science. I think that we will start to have that same idea on the digital data. Just because it's in a digitized format, I think doesn't make it any less personal or unique to us really. This data is just the output of your medical procedure or what your body produced.
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At 32 mins and 50 seconds: Guidelines drive most situations.
“95% of the time, or rather 99% of the time…most of the things that I do are consistent with the NCCN guidelines. Once is a while there is situations where the guidelines don’t apply.”
At 39 mins and 12 seconds: Decision making in cancer.
“The idea that you can make this decision today that is going to specify every step along the way for the rest of the year for most of our patients is not realistic.”
At 41 mins and 13 seconds: Honesty in difficult conversations.
“I think it is very important for me to be truthful to my patients and tell them that my goal is to help you live longer and help you, but maybe not to cure you. …It’s not my job to tell my patients what the future holds, because we really don’t know.”
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25 mins and 32 seconds
The worst thing is when you reveal in a public sort of space, and that public, I don't even mean like a huge stage or like in like a large audience, even when it's just five people together, and you just say that. No, I'm sorry, I can't do this because I'm a cancer survivor.
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30 mins and 3 seconds: About that moment post-treatment.
It's kind of like you've you're like running really fast to get to this destination and then you realize the destination is actually a cliff and you're jumping off and you're like ‘oh god I am falling.'
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There’s a relationship between medical oncologists and their patients that is very difficult to walk away from for a lot of people. It almost feels like severing a relationship and it’s quite an unsettling thing.
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