Carebears Bare All

Caregivers: how are you holding up? This one goes out to you. With cancer people, it’s nothing but me, me, me (at least on this podcast!), and we guess it’s about time our spouses, family, and best friends got their due. But first, Amy is shocked to find out how much her post-chemo hair is worth, and Stef’s getting a cancer tattoo for no reason at all. Does the milestone or the money mean more pressure? The gals revisit a part-time bodybuilder, full-time smart guy who’s helping to develop ErSO, the MBC miracle drug that’s spawned Facebook groups and conspiracy theories. Research fellows: we stalk their social media so you don’t have to. Then, we finally hear from the beleaguered co-survivors who fetch our pills and fluff our pillows. As goat amputee-rescuer Kelly Clarkson said, “[our lives] would suck without you.”

Here’s the grief circle/ring theory we mentioned: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/promoting-hope-preventing-suicide/201705/ring-theory-helps-us-bring-comfort-in?amp

Yet another update on ErSO—since we recorded this episode, another paper was published! We’re finding it hard to find a full linkable version but it’s posted in the public Facebook Group ErSO Activism for Breast Cancer, under the files tab. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1003821677141066/?ref=share

UT’s Care for the Caregiver program is here: https://utcaregivers.org

Our Facebook group for Caregivers is here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/447845883434998/?ref=share

For more info about St Jude’s hoard, listen to our Season 2, episode one: Back on Our Bullsh*t.

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