Getting The GIST Of It: Becky With The Good Cancer

Sickboy

CBC

Society & Culture

4.8 • 524 Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2021

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Becky had what is known in the biz as a "Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour". In short she had cancer in her guts. Have you ever been in a seated twist and thought "damn.. I feel like there is something growing inside me." Well Becky did, and that thing was no baby. It was indeed a tumor and it had to go! Join the fellas as they speak with Becky about her uncertainty of the future, her daily regimen of keeping the C word at bay and what her experience was like with diagnosis and management of GIST!

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0:00.0	This week on two blocks from the White House.
0:03.2	We're talking about our recent travels and what we've learned from them.
0:06.4	I just got back from the Middle East after covering the Iran War.
0:09.6	And I took what felt like the shortest trip to France ever,
0:12.7	accompanying Secretary of State Marco Rubio to the G7 Foreign Ministers meeting on Friday.
0:17.8	And I'm in Florida this week for the Artemis II space lunch.
0:21.7	Join me, Katie Simpson and my fellow Washington correspondents, Paul Hunter and Willie
0:25.7	Lowry every week on two blocks from the White House.
0:31.0	This is a CBC podcast.
0:36.0	Welcome to Sick Boy, a podcast where we talk about what it's like to be sick.
0:40.0	This week's guest is Becky.
0:41.8	She had a gastrointestinal stromal tumor.
0:45.1	Let's talk about it.
0:53.3	Becky, we are very excited to talk to you about something I don't think we've covered on the podcast before, which is gist, gist.
1:03.8	Gist.
1:04.5	At least that's how I say it.
1:05.7	It's like the gist, gist debate.
1:07.4	Yeah, it's gist.
1:08.5	Yeah.
1:08.7	And what does gist stand for?
1:13.6	Gastrointestinal stromal tumor.
1:20.6	Jared, there is an opportunity for you to say, can you give us the gist of it? I made that joke.
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