SPECIAL: Closet Confessional! Back Home For Chemotherapy with Host Christine Blackburn

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4.1 • 529 Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2017

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Host Christine Blackburn tells the third story in the trilogy about her Peace Corps experience, and subsequent return to Pittsburgh for chemotherapy. Here's a few links to help you get the most out of Story Worthy- if you're listening on an iPhone, all you need to do is tap the cover art while the show is playing, and you'll see the episode notes, including the links. There is one to subscribe, http://bit.ly/2eSlJZw please do! There's one to our Facebook page and to our email address. We'd love to hear from you, either there, or on our survey at wondery.com/survey. You'll also find some special deals courtesy of our sponsors like Hello Fresh (promo code STORY35) Casper Mattress, Story Worthy, ThirdLove, LeTote, and Audible (promo code STORYWORTHY). It's good karma guys! See our Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and our California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Caregivers, are you and the person you care for not satisfied with your current home care agency?
0:04.6	Then you need to call Help at Home as we offer the highest paid wages, weekly pay, overtime pay, benefits, and do not forget paid time off.
0:12.6	Help at Home is actively recruiting caregivers who are caring for a loved one.
0:16.5	We make changing agencies quick and easy.
0:19.3	Call one of our care professionals now at 412-784-6711.
0:23.9	That's 412-784-6711 or go to help-at-homePA.com.
0:34.2	Hey, it's Christine from Storyworthy.
0:36.5	Did I ever tell you that Donald Trump saved my life?
0:40.3	I began my chemotherapy treatments at the University of Pittsburgh's Presbyterian Hospital in Oakland
0:45.7	under the care of Dr. Donald Trump.
0:48.8	Yes, his name was actually Donald Trump.
0:52.6	Now, I have to tell you, I didn't know what to expect from chemotherapy, but I was scared.
0:58.7	I was prescribed among other drugs, Vin Christian.
1:02.3	A few of the side effects included a puffy face and the warning, may get yellow eyes.
1:08.0	So I had that to look forward to.
1:10.7	And what about after chemotherapy? What was
1:13.1	they going to do then? All throughout that spring, I thought I would be returning to the Peace Corps.
1:19.5	I thought, of course, I'm going back to Tonga. It took me two years of applying in interviews to get there.
1:25.4	I'll just finish up this pesky cancer business,
1:28.0	and I'll be back to killing cockroaches in the latrines of the South Pacific.
1:32.5	But that was not to be.
1:34.5	You know, sometimes things just don't work out the way you think they will.
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