Campfires of Hope: Stories of Cancer

On this episode of Campfires of Hope: How to Cancer, Sabine Schwab discusses how you, as a cancer survivor, can help others by being involved in patient research. Sabine is a brain cancer survivor, patient advocate, and member of the Epic Experience Board of Directors. She discusses how participation in surveys, clinical trials, and quality-of-life studies provides valuable feedback for researcher...

On this episode of Campfires of Hope: How to Cancer, leukemia and bone marrow transplant survivor Vanessa Hood discusses how to be your own advocate when diagnosed with cancer.  Vanessa details the 4 C’s that she lives by: confidence, communication, community, and continual education.  When meeting with doctors, she recommends taking notes and recording conversations to review and process informat...

On this episode of Campfires of Hope: How to Cancer, survivor Carly Weingart gives helpful tips on what to wear to cancer treatment. She discusses the importance of wearing clothes that are warm, comfortable, and accessible. Tune in to hear all of Carly's suggestions for clothing and accessories when preparing for treatment.

 On this episode of Campfires of Hope: Living Beyond Cancer, we welcome Dan Crail and Scott Hood, both caregivers to their wives who are cancer thrivers. During this episode, Dan and Scott share their successes, struggles, and lessons learned while caring for their wives during diagnosis, treatment, and beyond.

Description: On this episode of Campfires Of Hope: Living Beyond Cancer we welcome Triage Cancer CEO Joanna Morales. Triage Cancer  is a national, nonprofit organization that provides free education on the legal and practical issues that may impact individuals diagnosed with cancer and their caregivers, through Joanna shares how to navigate disability insurance for the cancer community and what yo...

On this episode of Campfires Of Hope: Living Beyond Cancer we welcome cancer survivor, Trevor Maxwell. Trevor is the creator and founder of Man Up To Cancer, an online support community for men facing cancer whether as a survivor or caregiver. Man Up to Cancer is a guy’s roadmap to facing cancer with an open heart and a warrior spirit. Tune in and learn Trevors survivorship story and how this grou...

On this episode of Campfires Of Hope: Living Beyond Cancer we welcome cancer survivor, Dan Shapiro, Ph. D. Dan is a clinical psychologist that through the hardships of a cancer diagnosis was able to find a way to turn his story into humor and share it with the cancer community. Tune in for an entertaining episode that is full of hilarious stories but also realistic truths when facing cancer.

On this episode of Campfires Of Hope: Living Beyond Cancer we welcome Gryt Health team members Dan Platt, MD and Lauren Lastauskas. Dan and Lauren share how to get involved in clinical trials, how it can benefit your medical care and debunk some of the myths regarding clinical trials. They also share how Gryt Health empowers the adult cancer community through their programs.

On this episode of  Campfires Of Hope: Living Beyond Cancer we welcome Chris Draft. Chris has taken his experience of playing professional football in the NFL for 11 seasons to building Team Draft,  whose mission is to change the face of lung cancer.  Chris experienced lung cancer first hand through Keasha, his wife and Team Draft co-founder and her year-long struggle and passing from stage IV lun...

Description: On this episode of Campfires Of Hope: Living Beyond Cancer we welcome parent caregivers Karen Hines and Susan Krapinski as they discuss caregiving for their young adult daughters and the journey of coping with their passing. They discuss topics such as self care, anxiety, coping with death, and caring on their daughters legacy’s. 

On this episode of Campfires Of Hope: Living Beyond Cancer we welcome Epic Experience founder and caregiver Nancy Ferro and Leanne Blackburn. These two woman will share their experience of what it was like to care for their adult child who was diagnosed with cancer. They discuss topics such as self care, anxiety, fears and successes through their cancer experience. 

On this episode of Campfires of Hope: Living Beyond Cancer we welcome cancer thrivers Amanda Blackburn and Heidi Fuller to discuss Wigs and Cancer. Heidi is the founder and owner of Awakenings Boutique in Louisville, KY. Listen in and hear how Heidi empowered Amanda through her cancer journey.

On this episode of Campfires of Hope: Living Beyond Cancer we welcome Matthew Zachary as our guest. Matthew is the founder of Stupid Cancer, current CEO of OffScrip Media and host of the Out Of Patients Podcast. In 2007, Matthew founded Stupid Cancer and gave birth to the AYA, young adult cancer movement. Matthew discusses what AYA cancer is, how it is different and why it matters. 

On this podcast of Campfires Of Hope: Living Beyond Cancer we will be discussing Dating & Cancer. Our guests for this episode are cancer thrivers Michael Ferro and Carly Weingart. We will discuss their cancer diagnosis and how they have navigated dating before, during and after a cancer diagnosis.  Our guests will share their initial cancer diagnosis experience, hardships of dating, fertility...

On this podcast of Campfires Of Hope: Living Beyond Cancer, we will be talking with stage 4 cancer survivors & thrivers about their diagnosis and how they live beyond their terminal cancer diagnosis. We will be speaking with lung cancer thriver Hazel, thymic carcinoma thriver Louis and metastatic breast cancer thriver Paige. Our guests will share their initial cancer diagnosis experience, life...

Featured Guests: Cancer Thrivers Kelli Medina and Matt Palmer On this episode of Campfires Of Hope we will joined by Non Hodgkin Lymphoma cancer thrivers Kelli Medina and Matt Palmer. Our guests will share their initial cancer diagnosis experience, life after treatment and address a variety of survivorship topics that have empowered them to live beyond cancer. 

Featured Guest: Fertility Expert Dr Laxmi Kondapalli Fertility is a topic that impacts many young adult and adult cancer survivors and thrivers. Dr. Laxmi Kondapalli is an award-winning, board-certified reproductive endocrinologist at CCRM Fertility in Colorado. Dr. Kondapalli studies the long-term consequences of cancer therapy on ovarian function and fertility, with a particular focus on improvi...

Featured Guest: Colin Ferro – Epic Experience Director of Operations  Are you new to the Epic Experience family? Are you wondering what Epic Experience is all about? Join Epic Experience Director Of Operations, Colin Ferro as he shares the past, present and future of Epic Experience and the programs they provide to empower the adult cancer community. 

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