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Shannon Ivey discusses her memoir about her experience with stage 3 bowel cancer.

Send us Fan Mail I'm delighted to welcome Shannon Ivey to Bedside Reading today. We are talking about her wonderful memoir, Welcome to the Shit Show, her story of being diagnosed with stage 3 bowel cancer 10 years ago at the age of 42. It is brilliant to know that Shannon is still with us, still making people laugh, still full of energy and vitality. I absolutely loved her book. It made me laugh. It made me cry. It made me think. I think most important is Shannon's message that rates of bowe...

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Host: Bedside Reading Podcast

Guest: Shannon Ivey

Topics covered

• cancer
• memoir
• health
• personal story
• resilience

Keywords

• bowel cancer
• memoir
• Shannon Ivey
• health
• resilience
• personal story

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