287. What No One Tells Partners About Cancer: A Husband’s Honest Story of Love, Caregiving, and Grief

About this episode

This episode features a personal conversation about the experiences of caregivers for cancer patients.

Love the podcast? Send us a text! When someone is diagnosed with cancer, the focus naturally centers on the patient. But behind every diagnosis is another story — the story of the caregiver. In this powerful episode of Breast Cancer Conversations, Laura Carfang steps aside from the microphone as her husband William Laferriere hosts a deeply personal conversation about caregiving. William is joined by Dr. Eswar Shankar, a cancer researcher and faculty member at The Ohio State University Wexner...

People in this episode

Guest: Dr Eswar Shankar

Topics covered

• caregiving
• cancer
• grief
• love

Keywords

• cancer diagnosis
• caregiver story
• personal experience

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