Remember Remember That Time I Got Cancer: Recent Episodes
Ericka Lee Conklin
An Occasionally Light-hearted romp through that time I got cancer. Expect irreverent jokes and stuff to get real. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ericka-lee-conklin/support
As I remember my pivotal 5th of November
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The cancer wasn't in my brain but it certainly made a lasting impression. Come in as I talk about Fear, Guilt, Imposter Syndrome, and the 2020 election because that's a thing that's happening.
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Living for song title titles I guess. Is this a song title? Sort of. Not really. Anyways, work is a fact of life and during chemo I could not but you gotta start rebuilding your life somewhere. I guess Lowes isn't the worst place.
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Please join me as I chat with friend, colleague, and fellow-survivor Shivanna Sooknanan about her own experiences with cancer.
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He folks I am so sorry. I had this all cued to go up and apparently missed it. Enjoy Rachel's last episode
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People say wild things to people who have or had cancer. I can't tell you what to say to people but I can tell you what to maybe not say.
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It's the Final Countdown....to saying goodbye to Emilie. Turns out neither of us remember particularly well. I think I blocked it out due to trauma.
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This was my ask me anything episode...but nobody asked me anything. So I found some questions online to respond to.
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Just what it says on the tin. Not all of them are trash though. Sometimes the charities are good and it's just people who are trash. I mean they might mean well...or they might not. Who knows?
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Sometimes a cancer diagnosis 5 years ago has a long-term effect on a pandemic today.
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Part 2 of the Emilie and Jon wedding special! Come on in to hear about the final day of preparations, the day itself, and breaking the news to make Emilie cry.
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It takes a special person to get cancer right before their best friend's wedding. Oh wait. It's me. I am the special person. Come in to hear me talk with guests, Jon and Emilie. And make their wedding all about me and that time I had cancer. (It's a two-parter!)
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Chemo is sort of a game where doctors have to figure out how much chemo you need to kill of your cancer and balance that with how much chemo will do an unacceptable amount of damage. So did my doctors hit that mark or not?
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I didn't come through TheCancerTimesTM without scars. Come hear about them!
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Not only did Rachel and I get into some potentially-hazardous-for-tumor activities prior to my diagnosis. We continued to do so after...when I had a healing incision. Come hear about it!
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Get it? 22? 2 Pelvic Exams? Ok so that wasn't intentional but it works out nicely. Folks this one is going to get pretty much as graphic and descriptive as I've been so if you don't want to hear me describe Pelvic Exams you may want to skip this one. But I think I keep it mostly pretty light.
TW: A traumatic and ultimately incomplete exam is described in this episode. I advise the listener before it starts and suggest skipping to about 7:30 if that's a problem.
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Today I talk about my various nurses through TheCancerTimesTM and the time that I puked a frankly insane amount.
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I have gone through phases of weight loss, weight gain, exercise, and diet throughout my life. The reasons and ways definitely changed after my run-in with cancer.
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But don't worry, before I talk about pain there's a funny Kensi story.
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When I got cancer, I also got a puppy...because I was not thinking long term. Best decision I ever made.
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I wanted to keep today lighter so come on in and hear about the parade of guys who were in and around my life around the cancer times. (Don't worry, I have better instincts now)
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So following chemo I started having vision issues. Maybe coincidence, maybe not...but it does lead me to a soapbox about the sorry state of healthcare in this country.
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Because I had cancer I saw the Aurora Borealis. Find out how.
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Let's delve into my chemo treatments shall we?
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Listen I've got all the fun period symptoms today; cramping, migraine, malaise (what a cool name by the way); So today we are going to talk about something serious. Ferility Fears.
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For chemo treatments a port is installed under the chest. I think that made me an android? Come find out what that means.
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Once upon a time I almost died, and Emilie was watching. Come and hear the eerie tale of why I might not be here now.
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My first ever gynecologist was super hot. Come on in to hear me talk about how uncomfortable that was1
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I spent 7 days at Lewisham Hospital. Take a glimpse at my daily life; from eerie walks, to annoying roommates, to garbage veins.
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Sorry. No. Not the cancer. Just the UTI...I see how that would be misleading and scary
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Hair Loss is just OneOfThoseThingsTM when you're doing chemo. But sometimes OneOfThoseThingsTM comes with a curveball.
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Join me for my first episode with a special guest. Rachel will be joining us as we go down memory lane, exploring the shit I did that I definitely would not have done if I had known I had a great big tumor.
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So we aren't quite done talking about weight yet. Weight loss, weight gain, and the inexplicable cravings of chemo.
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The reality is, that it was the failure and fatphobia of the American healthcare system that let things get as bad as they got. Listen to hear how mad I am about still. XD
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Sometimes trauma needs a friend. Today we explore how bullying and a cancer diagnosis intersect.
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Before we get into the wide world of oncology anecdotes; you should probably know what was done to me, and what they found.
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In 2015 something happened to me. Welcome to Remember, Remember, that Time I got Cancer: An occasionally lighthearted recollection series celebrating 5 years surviving.
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