Continuing on with our 3rd season's theme, we are featuring a very impressive young lady who created the non profit Strong Little Souls at the age of 13 years old. Madison Quinn at a young age made a connection with a young child battling cancer and Strong Little Souls was born! Strong Little Souls has been going strong for the past 7 years helping brighten the lives for children battling cancer. Since its inception, they have sent out over 1,000 Care Packages and offer amazing programs. Madison is 20 years young and is currently in nursing school and making the world a better place, one packa ..read more

Update for what’s coming for My Cancer Story Podcast! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mycancerstorypodcast/support ..read more

This months Cancer Story is from Amy Steeves.  She is the founder of  the nonprofit Amys Rays of Sunshine in which they brighten the lives of cancer patients one box at a time.  Amy is a survivor of a very rare type of lymphoma called AILT Lymphoma which is typically diagnosed in men aged 70 and older.  She tells her story of misdiagnosis during and after pregnancy and ultimately how doctors found her cancer.  She also tells the hurdles she endured along the way to find a donor and is now celebrating her 3rd Re-Birthday! "Keep your face towards the sunshine and the sha ..read more

I apologize for the few interruptions that we have in the episode today, I attempted to edit but my software would not cooperate with me.  Hang in there, it is WORTH IT! Today's Cancer Story has a little twist.  You will be meeting and learning about Jacob Beckley.  He is the founder (2016) of the non-profit called The Beckley Foundation and later CURE Token.  The Beckley foundation helps families effected by pediatric cancer by giving grants directly to families.  This especially includes types of cancer with underfunded research.  Not only are they dedicated to ..read more

Celebrating My Cancer Story Podcasts 2nd Anniversary with the perfect guest!  You will be hearing from Dana who is a Papillary Thyroid Cancer Survivor.   Dana was diagnosed at age 24 and after being urged by her dentist to get the lump in her throat checked out.   Going through her thyroidectomy surgery and multiple rounds of RAI treatment was in a survival mode blur. It wasn’t until after all of that, when was released back into the 'wild' with a gigantic scar across her neck, that she started to  struggle with her reality.  For the longest time, she kept her journey ..read more

This is such a very special episode!  Today you are going to hear Tess' Cancer Story and her work as an OT, Sexuality and Cancer Specialist and how she created ConnectAble Therapies.  To me, this is such an important episode for you to listen to as well as the topic of connection and intimacy.  Tess is the founder of ConnectAble Therapies which is a Melbourne-based occupational therapy consulting service focusing on sexuality, intimacy, arousal, communication and partner dynamics.  She work with patients to help patients (individuals and couples) to help get their libido ba ..read more

Buckle your seatbelts kids, you are about to be taken on a wild ride!  This is yet again a very different episode that I am releasing in which you will learn a ton about science, anatomy, philology, the history of medicine, pharmacology and integrative medicine.  This will be unlike ANYTHING else you listen to!  Turn your air-pods up and press play: Today you are going to hear from Dr. Patrick Vickers, he is  an expert on the indisputable, cellular science behind health and disease and the face of Gerson Therapy worldwide.  He was trained by Dr. Gerson's family and is ..read more

" Be the winner in this fight" This episode today is near and dear to m heart.  Today's Cancer Story comes to you all the way from the other side of the world in Georgia.  You are meeting Mariam, a fellow Thyroid Cancer Survivor and the Creator or @Smiley_Scar.  I was so honored to finally have the opportunity to meet her and for her to share her story on this podcast!  Her IG handle was one of the first pages that I found when I first found out of my own cancer diagnosis.   Mariam is a Public Health Specialist who was diagnosed in 2019 and talks of her journey wi ..read more

Get ready to be inspired for season 3 of My Cancer Story Podcast!  This season, I am featuring stories from those effected by cancer who have created something wonderful.  They literally made lemons into lemon-aid and are making the world a better place!  Be on the lookout, every other Monday for a brand new episode wherever you listen to your podcasts. xoxo Jess --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mycancerstorypodcast/support ..read more

Today's cancer story you will hear from power couple Mike and Megan Scherer.  They are high school sweethearts that have been together through thick and thin.  Mike as diagnosed with Testicular Cancer at the age of 26 finding the tumor on his own.  With some luck and a little bit of help from his parent's, he was able to get in testing and diagnosis much more quickly than he may have otherwise.  Mike and Megan tell their Cancer Story from 2 sides.  One as a cancer survivor and one as a caretaker.  Ultimately, through their cancer journey they founded Worth The Wai ..read more