Latest Cancerperks Podcast Episodes
Guys Respond: Hair
Life on Pause - October 05, 2021 13:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsWhat is hair loss due to cancer treatment like for guys? Three guys weigh in about hair in response to the Women Talking Hair podcast episode. For two of these young men, their hair didn’t come back the same as before treatment. Listen in as they describe the impact on their identities and liv...
The Psychology of Survival with psychologist, Dr. George Blackall and survivorship social worker, Sara Merrill
Life on Pause - September 21, 2021 13:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThe Life on Pause crew chats with Dr. Blackall and Sara about the emotional impact of a cancer diagnosis. How does a young adult navigate the emotional territory of mortality, fear, anxiety and survivor’s guilt? How do I do the ‘normal’ tasks of young adulthood with a cancer diagnosis?
Scar Stories: Markers of Cancer Survivors
Life on Pause - September 07, 2021 13:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsWhether small or large, physical scars often mark the bodies of cancer survivors. In this episode, the Life on Pause crew shares stories of moving through the world with a body and spirit transformed by the experience of cancer.
Young Women Talking Hair
Life on Pause - August 24, 2021 13:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsA group of young women discuss how hair loss as part of their cancer treatment affected their life and identity. The group ranges in age and experience from the early teenage years to the late twenties, middle and high school students through college graduates, and including a newlywed. These yo...
Milestones: Graduation
Life on Pause - August 10, 2021 13:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsWhat happens to the usual milestones like graduation when you throw cancer into the mix? Seven 2021 graduates reflect on cancer’s impact on this milestone—some of the graduates were treated as young children and others more recently. No matter when their diagnosis, cancer played a role in shap...
Ewings Sarcoma
Life on Pause - July 20, 2021 13:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsWhat is Ewings Sarcoma? In this episode, three young adults describe it from the inside out while Dr. Joe Drabick provides the medical description. Special thanks to University of Florida for partnering with Penn State Health to make this episode possible.
You’re Stronger Than You Believe: Reflections on Limb Loss
Life on Pause - July 06, 2021 13:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsFour young adults with amputations due to their cancer treatment reflect on their experience. They share what it was like to come to terms with the limb loss, adapting to the new reality, interacting with the public and much more. You won’t want to miss this episode of Life on Pause.
Between Two Kingdoms Discussion
Life on Pause - June 15, 2021 13:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsYou finish cancer treatment and then what? Suleika Jaouad's memoir, Between Two Kingdoms, beautifully captures the young adult cancer experience. Traveling through diagnosis to discovering and creating a life after treatment, her words provide the springboard for a rich discussion amongst the Li...
Twenty Years Later
Life on Pause - June 01, 2021 13:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsWhat is life like twenty years after a cancer diagnosis? Does life ever return to ‘normal’? The Life on Pause crew talks with three different cancer survivors, who are twenty years post-diagnosis. Does scanxiety ever go away? How did treatment impact fertility? These questions and more are co...
The Boot Camp of Bone Marrow Transplant
Life on Pause - May 18, 2021 13:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsA bone marrow transplant can be life-saving and changing for some oncological and non-oncological conditions. Terry Shapiro, CRNP, with 30 plus years of experience, talks with four young adults about their experience with the ‘boot camp’ of bone marrow transplant. From a review of what the proc...
Social Media: The Public Side of Cancer
Life on Pause - May 04, 2021 13:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsWhat to post? What to share? Social media can be tricky enough without a cancer diagnosis. Listen in as Sarah Daniels, AYA Child Life specialist and social media researcher from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, facilitates a lively discussion with a group of young adults about the choices...
Through Cancer with Video Games
Life on Pause - April 20, 2021 14:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsHow do you continue to connect to friends, keep your mind engaged and yet distracted from dark thoughts and pass the time in the infusion room? Through video gaming, of course. Three teens share their cancer experience and how their video-gaming provided needed support through treatment.
Overcoming the impact of cancer treatment with exercise
Life on Pause - April 06, 2021 15:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsCancer treatment impacts greatly impacts the physical treatment. This podcast begins with young adults sharing their experiences of physical deconditioning, regaining strength and exercises role in helping cope with cancer. (13:30) Natalie Burse, cancer exercise researcher and breast cancer s...
Body image and how it is impacted during cancer treatment
Life on Pause - March 16, 2021 15:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsJoined by Julie Larson, clinical social worker with a focus on cancer patients, the Life on Pause crew discusses cancer’s impact on body image. From the moon face from steroids, hair and limb loss to changes in body capabilities, the young adults review how they navigated their relationship to b...
Pets as Medicine
Life on Pause - March 02, 2021 16:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsFurry friends offer a lot in the way of medicine and therapy during cancer treatment. In this episode, young adults talk with Karen Casto of Canine Assistants about the role of animals as supports during cancer. From pure entertainment to incentive to exercise to quiet, non-judgmental companio...
Emily's story from diagnosis to life afterwards
Life on Pause - February 16, 2021 16:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsListen in to Emily’s story as she walks us through her cancer diagnosis which isn’t a straightforward one and done diagnosis. She also describes her experience with anti-mnda receptor encephalitis, life in a rehab hospital as a young adult and shares what it’s like to re-enter life afterwards.
The Unmentionables
Life on Pause - February 02, 2021 16:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThis episode, the young adults talk about some of the ‘unmentionable’ parts of the cancer experience. Join them as they discuss using a humor (including a dark sense of humor), pulling the cancer card, ‘cancer perks’, body functions, fears, ugly thoughts, survivor’s guilt and more.
College and Cancer
Life on Pause - January 19, 2021 16:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsIn this episode, Life on Pause talks with Marcus about his experience with cancer and college. How do you attend college with a compromised immune system? What is studying like with the effects of chemo? Should I use accommodations from the college for support? Marcus weighs in on these question...
The Teen vs Young Adult Cancer Experience
Life on Pause - January 05, 2021 16:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThis week the group discusses what parts of their lives were put on pause when they received their cancer diagnoses. From friendships, to college and careers, to the stepping stones of life, the group reflects on how they faced these rising obstacles and found a positive spin to life on pause. T...
Tips & Tricks from Life on Pause
Life on Pause - December 21, 2020 22:24 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsLife On Pause is a podcast for and by young adults living with cancer. Each month, young adult cancer patients from Penn State Health share honestly about their cancer diagnosis, treatment and life afterwards. As cancer causes the group to reflect on issues both large and small, surprisingly rel...
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