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Care Partners Compass: Navigating CRC
by Elsa Lankford
A podcast for care partners, cancer patients, and anybody who knows or loves somebody with cancer, particularly colorectal cancer (CRC). Care Partners Compass is told through the lens of a Stage 4 CRC care partner with occasional guests. Season 1 will be primarily from my personal experience as a stage 4 CRC care partner. Topics will include diagnosis, biomarkers, clinical trials, second opinions, finding hope and joy, and more.The podcast trailer is out now. Please listen and share widely.Logo design: Kristine DunkertonEpisodes will be dropping in March 2024 - Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.If you are 45 and older, or are any age and are experiencing anemia, unexplained weight loss, or other symptoms, please schedule your colonoscopy.Disclaimer: This podcast and its content is for entertainment purposes only. The views and opinions expressed by any hosts or guests on this podcast are their own personal opinions.Reference to any specific product or entity does not co
Episodes
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S2Ep6 Cancerversaries From a Stage 4 CRC Care Partner Perspective
This episode is about cancerversaries, as Kristine just surpassed her 4th cancerversary (it's on her birthday). It's from my perspective as a care partner - what I've learned and hopefully things that are helpful. I'm very fortunate that Kristine has reached this important milestone and hoping…
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S2Ep5 Gut Reactions: The Importance of a Dietitian, pt 2
This episode is the 2nd of a 2 parter! Listen to S2Ep4 for the 1st part of this 2 part podcast. Lora Silver, MS, RDN, CSO, CDN, CNSC an oncology dietitian from Yale Smilow Cancer Center joined me in a conversation about why it's important to have a dietitian on your care team. Food is complicated...
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S2 Ep4 - Chew on This: The Importance of a Dietitian on Your Care Team
This episode is a 2 parter! Lora Silver, MS, RDN, CSO, CDN, CNSC an oncology dietitian from Yale Smilow Cancer Center joined me in a conversation about why it's important to have a dietitian on your care team. Food is complicated in all cancers, but particularly CRC. And there is a lot of...
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S2E3 - The Importance of Exercise to Cancer Patients (and how care partners can help too)
Here are links to some of the information talked about in the episode: Research: - MSK article (April 2025) on exercise as cancer therapy - MSK article (Jan 2017) on cancer patients being less active - ASCO25 press release about the international CHALLENGE trial where early stage colorectal...
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S2Ep2 Home Is Where the Healthcare Is (Sometimes)
This episode is called Home is Where the Healthcare Is (Sometimes). In October 2024, my incredible Kristine (💙💙) had a major surgery - CRS/HIPEC. Over the last few months, she has had some temporary members added to her care team. In this episode, I talk about the importance of a nutritionist,...
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S2Ep1 Saving Cancer Research
This episode is truly from the heart, not just because I recorded it and am uploading it on Valentine's Day 2025, but because cancer research means the world to me. It offers hope in cancerland, which is necessary. Here are some ways that you can help save cancer research in the United States:...
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S1Ep11 Healthy Distractions
Welcome to the eleventh episode of Care Partner's Compass: Navigating CRC where I talk with my best friend for over 30 years, my wife Kristine about healthy distractions. Kristine was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer on her 49th birthday in July 2021. We have had to come up with a lot of…
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S1Ep10 The Importance of Just Saying Yes (in Cancerland)
Welcome to the tenth episode of Care Partner's Compass: Navigating CRC where I talk with friend and fellow stage 4 care partner Liz from Vancouver. Liz's daughter Haley was diagnosed with advanced stage 4 colon cancer in June 2022 at the age of 19. Liz talks about all the different ways she and…
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S1Ep9 Surgery and CRC AKA "Chopped Liver"
Welcome to the ninth episode of Care Partner's Compass: Navigating CRC where I talk about my wife Kristine's liver surgery. Her liver surgery was in January 2022. There is a lot involved in a loved one getting to surgery, and care partners can help them prepare for this challenging time. I also...
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S1Ep8 Finding reliable medical information online
Welcome to the eighth episode of Care Partner's Compass: Navigating CRC where I talk to medical librarian Carrie Price about how to find reliable medical information online. I know I learned a lot from Carrie during this episode (including how awesome medical librarians are!), I hope that you do...
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S1Ep7 Immunotherapy Trial: No Regrets
Welcome to the seventh episode of Care Partner's Compass: Navigating CRC where I talk about my wife Kristine's very recent immunotherapy trial and all that it entailed. This is the first episode where I talk about something that is so recent (spoiler alert, she exited the trial officially this...
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S1Ep6 Teamwork makes the cancer suck less
Welcome to the sixth episode of Care Partner's Compass: Navigating CRC where I talk about the importance of a team of... teams? It's so difficult to go through CancerLand by yourself - as a stage 4 patient, or even as a care partner. In this episode I talk about the importance of a good medical...
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S1Ep5 Chemo Part 2 - EGFR Inhibitors: Rash and Resilience
Welcome to the fifth episode of Care Partner's Compass: Navigating CRC with the 2nd episode of chemo. This episode is what happened after the 1st pivot (Episode 4) and 3 liver mets popped back up and had to be dealt with using FOLFIRI and EGFR inhibitors (specifically panitumimab or Vectibix)....
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S1Ep4 The Pivot (Part 1)
Welcome to the fourth episode of Care Partner's Compass: Navigating CRC on The Pivot (part 1). Having backup plans, and being able to pivot quickly is essential, especially with a stage 4 colorectal cancer diagnosis. In this episode, I talk about the need to pivot, what that entails, and some…
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S1Ep3 Biomarkers and CRC
Welcome to the third episode of Care Partner's Compass: Navigating CRC on biomarkers. I am joined again by CRC patient advocate and friend Annie Delores, whose information can be found here or through the podcast's website. In today's episode, we talk about the basics and importance of biomarkers...
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S1Ep2 Chemo and CRC
Welcome to the second episode of Care Partner's Compass: Navigating CRC. In today's episode, we'll look at my wife Kristine's first line chemo (FOLFOXIRI) for colorectal cancer as I trace some of the earlier steps of her stage 4 colorectal cancer journey and what it is like for a stage 4 care...
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S1Ep1 The Diagnosis
Welcome to the first episode of Care Partner's Compass: Navigating CRC. In today's episode, we'll look back at the beginning of the my wife Kristine's stage 4 colorectal cancer journey, the diagnosis. I am joined by CRC patient advocate and friend Annie Delores, whose information can be found…
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S1 Trailer for Care Partners Compass: Navigating CRC
Trailer and introduction to Care Partners Compass: Navigating CRC podcast. Short introduction to the podcast. New episodes will start to be released in March 2024, Colorectal Cancer Awareness month. Host: Elsa Lankford Production: Elsa Lankford Music by: Elsa Lankford Disclaimer: This podcast and...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
A podcast for care partners, cancer patients, and anybody who knows or loves somebody with cancer, particularly colorectal cancer (CRC). Care Partners Compass is told through the lens of a Stage 4 CRC care partner with occasional guests. Season 1 will be primarily from my personal experience as a stage 4 CRC care partner. Topics will include diagnosis, biomarkers, clinical trials, second opinions, finding hope and joy, and more.The podcast trailer is out now. Please listen and share widely.Logo design: Kristine DunkertonEpisodes will be dropping in March 2024 - Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.If you are 45 and older, or are any age and are experiencing anemia, unexplained weight loss, or other symptoms, please schedule your colonoscopy.Disclaimer: This podcast and its content is for entertainment purposes only. The views and opinions expressed by any hosts or guests on this podcast are their own personal opinions.Reference to any specific product or entity does not co
HOSTED BY
Elsa Lankford
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A podcast for care partners, cancer patients, and anybody who knows or loves somebody with cancer, particularly colorectal cancer (CRC). Care Partners Compass is told through the lens of a Stage 4 CRC care partner with occasional guests. Season 1 will be primarily from my personal experience as a...
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