My Guts Are Nuts | Familial Adenomatous Polyposis
Sickboy
CBC
4.8 • 524 Ratings
🗓️ 5 August 2025
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
They say laughter is the best medicine - unless you're diagnosed with something that sounds like a meme.
Mike lives with FAP, short for Familial Adenomatous Polyposis - a rare genetic disorder that guarantees colon cancer without drastic surgical intervention. In this unfiltered and laugh-out-loud conversation, Mike opens up about the brutal realities of living without a large intestine, the mental toll of life-altering surgery at 18, and the deeply personal decision to write a memoir titled A Bump in the Road. From rows of shark-like baby teeth to an ostomy bag that looked like Rudolph’s nose, Mike takes us through the gritty details of his medical journey. But what starts as a conversation about disease turns into something much bigger: a story of resilience, perspective, and finding purpose on the other side of pain. Plus, a passionate pitch for bidets, because we all know bidets are for kings.
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| 0:42.6 | All right, folks, this week we have the pleasure of sitting down with a Mr. Michael Caprio, |
| 0:44.4 | all the way from Jersey. |
| 0:51.1 | And Michael lives with familial adenomatous polyposis. |
| 0:51.9 | Thank you very much. |
| 0:57.4 | Which also is known as FAP. Get your mind out of the gutter. |
| 1:06.3 | Basically, it's a genetic condition that predisposes him to colon cancer. And in this conversation, |
| 1:11.2 | Michael takes us through his entire life story in battling FAP. |
| 1:22.7 | It's a beautiful conversation, especially coming from a young, well-spoken gentleman who is so open to being vulnerable and being really real about the challenges that he's been through. |
| 1:24.7 | We love this. |
| 1:26.9 | We hope you love this conversation as much as we do. |
| 1:31.7 | Make sure you check out Michael's book that he also wrote about his journey. |
| 1:36.9 | It's called A Bump in the Road, My Medical Journey, Over Pottholes, Detours, and the Bridge to Gratitude. |
| 1:45.6 | You can find the book on Amazon, of course, and we'd really appreciate it if you gave Michael some love there. And hey, listen, |
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