Mar 05 2025 32 mins
Meaghan Calcari Campbell returns to The Burn for another episode. Meaghan was diagnosed at 32 with Stage II, Triple Positive breast cancer in 2012. And then again in 2015 with DCIS and the ATM+ gene. Meaghan works in philanthropy and ocean conservation, and is a proud member of the Bay Area Young Survivors. Meaghan’s writing has been published in the four Bay Area Young Survivors anthologies, Wildfire Magazine, The Isolation Journals, and Lake: Diving Deep (The Pandemic Issue). She continues squeezing all that she can out of this one wild and precious life with her husband and post-cancer miracle daughter. Meaghan reads her story “How is Your Body Today?” from Wildfire Magazine’s 2024 “Body” issue. Her essay is about an innocent chance question posed by a stranger who had no idea about Meaghan’s cancer diagnosis. April and Meaghan will discuss what collecting means when it comes to cancer, taking control of your cancer narrative, aging and experiencing cancer a second time around.
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This episode was brought to you in collaboration with Cancer Free Haven.
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If you liked this episode, you might like “When Cancer Clarifies with Meaghan Calcari Campbell”: https://player.captivate.fm/episode/82d0ac2c-0dbc-42b3-b8a1-16efaa3e7b56/
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