Sick & Good Podcast

02/01/2025

For 2024, we had over 800 downloads! Thanks for listening. We were also able to release an episode a month. Which doesn't seem like a lot but it feels like quite the accomplishment. Looking forward to growth in 2025!

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01/01/2025

Dr. Rushil Patel joins us as a special guest for our latest episode exploring spirituality and religion in cancer care. Rushil is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the O'Neal Cancer Center at the University of Alabama Birminham. It was an honor to hear him speak about his passion for his work and research interest in exploring Dharmic faith in the face of cancer diagnosis and treatment.

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31/12/2024

We've published our last episode of the year and wanted to pause to reflect and voice gratitude for our guests, listeners, and organizations that we've partnered this year for the Cancer Awareness Series. We have some other things in the works that will be shared all in good time but for now just wanted to highlight two things:
Rushil Patel, MD, is our special guest for our latest episode as we discuss spirituality and religion in the context of cancer treatment. It was such a pleasure hearing about his perspective, research and work.
Over the course of the year, we have collaborated with several organizations to create unique merchandise associated with cancer awareness months. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to the organization! If you'd like to make a charitable contribution before the end of the year, follow the link below.

05/12/2024

In reflecting on the Cancer Awareness Series being wrapped up for this year, we'd like to pause and acknowledge the relationships we've created with organizations and the fantastic amount of information we've been able to share with our discussions with our special guests. We're humbled to have been a part of conversations, raising and broadening awareness through education and importantly resources to connect those in treatment, in recovery or effected by cancer to the cancer community. We'd like to give a huge thank you to the following organizations that we've partnered with this year: Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation Fight Colorectal Cancer Testicular Cancer Society Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network (BCAN) Sarcoma Foundation of America, Inc. Global Liver Institute No Stomach For Cancer
We're happy to have collaborated on episodes featuring Juan Vallle, MD, Zac Getty, Mike Craycraft, R.Ph, Stephanie Chisolm, Brandi Felser, Sarah Manes and Jon Florin, respectively.
We'd also like to thank our subject matter experts Hui Amy Chen, MD, Wendy Hobbie, CRNP, and Julia Diaz, RD for dedicating time to discuss the topics on cervical cancer, survivorship and thyroid cancer. We appreciate you and look to you in leading the way to make changes in the cancer field!
And lastly, thank you to our listeners for joining in our conversations throughout the Cancer Awareness Series. It was a blast!

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27/11/2024

We're concluding our Cancer Awareness Series with Jon Florin. Jon is the Executive Director and Chief Patient Advocate for and joins us to honor Stomach Cancer Awareness Month. He covers risks, symptoms, treatments and adjustments to a gastrectomy.

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13/10/2024

October celebrates LIver Cancer Awareness Month. Sarah Manes, Program Director Liver Cancer joins us in a conversation spanning topics across the Cancer journey for those diagnosed with liver cancer.

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20/09/2024

September marks Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month and championing the topic is our special guest .cancer.dietitian! She shares her personal cancer story and brings her brand of wit and expertise to the conversation on the topic ranging from risk factors and symptoms, to treatment and side effects.

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23/08/2024

Kailey Proctor, MPH, RDN, CSO, is our special guest for our recently episode focused on oncology nutrition. We'd love to have you give it a listen and share your thoughts on the conversation.

06/08/2024

We're taking a break from our Cancer Awareness series but we'd like to acknowledge Appendecial Cancer Awarness month and the ACPMP - Appendix Cancer / Pseudomyxoma Peritonei Research Foundation

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13/07/2024

July is Sarcoma Awareness Month and Brandi Felser is our special guest for our continued Cancer Awareness Series. We talk about prevalence rates, risk factors, treatment and late effects associated with sarcoma. Overall, we speak on how unique sarcoma is compared to other cancers.

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18/06/2024

National Cancer Survivor Month is upon us! Celebrate with us by listening Wendy Hobbie, CRNP, share her passion and expertise in creating and building survivorship programs.

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03/06/2024

Happy National Cancer Survivors Day!

03/06/2024

Happy Cancer Surivivor month! We're looking forward to sharing our episode for the Cancer Awareness Series soon!

16/05/2024

May is Bladder Cancer Awareness Month! Joining our latest episode is Stephanie Chisolm, PhD, the Director of Education and Advocacy for . Stephanie shares her wealth of knowledge in discussing prevalence rates, risk factors, and novel treatments for bladder cancer.

03/05/2024

Co-host, Colin Goodwin, PsyD will be a guest on an upcoming webinar for the National Cancer Institute's Office of Cancer Survivorship to be aired during Cancer Survivorship Month in June. Follow the link below to register to participate in the webinar:

Join the NCI Office of Cancer Survivorship (OCS) during National Cancer Survivors Month for this OCS Director’s Series webinar on June 18. OCS Director Dr. Emily Tonorezos will moderate Survivor Voices: The Vital Role of Survivors in Advancing Cancer Survivorship Research featuring a panel of canc...

03/05/2024

Welcome to May! This month is Bladder Cancer Awareness Month and looking forward to sharing our next episode in our Cancer Awareness Series! Stephanie Chisolm, PhD, the Director of Education and Advocacy from is our special guest we're we dive into all things related to bladder cancer!

22/04/2024

April is Testicular Cancer Awareness and Founder of Testicular Cancer Society, Mike Craycraft is our special guest to continue our Cancer Awareness Series. Mike is a testicular cancer survivor, pharmacist and advocate for treatment guidelines. As survivors, we share our stories and discuss mental processes and preferences on central lines. Mike stresses the importance of self-examination, talks us through common treatment and treatment effects and survivorship.

April is Testicular Cancer Awareness month and Mike Craycraft the founder of the Testicular Cancer Society (TCS), a testicular cancer survivor and registered pharmacist graces us as our special guest continuing our Cancer Awareness Series. Mike details his personal cancer experience , available foru...

16/04/2024

Mike Craycraft from the is our special guest for our latest Cancer Awareness Series. April is Testicular Cancer Awareness month and Mike talks on his personal cancer diagnosis, his involvement as a survivor/pharmacist in the group guidelines for testicular cancer, self-examination, and novel treatments. We also discuss central lines and other forms of administering IV fluids.

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