The Enemy Inside Me - Ewing Sarcoma w/ Brandi Benson

Sickboy

CBC

Society & Culture

4.8 • 524 Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

What's scarier? Being deployed to a war zone to fight a foreign enemy? Or going to battle against a foreign cancer that is eating away at you from the inside out? Brandi Benson is no stranger to either experience. The gang chat with her about the experience of being pulled from the ranks in order to navigate the challenges of fighting a rare form of bone cancer. “Basic training had taught me how to fight, how to use a gun, throw grenades, how to push past my physical limits, combat techniques, and how to defend my country—but this was a different kind of battle. It crept up on me like a stealth enemy in the night. I was not ready for such an attack from within.” - Brandi Benson

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0:00.0	I'm Lisa Yuso, a digital producer at Ideas, the podcast that likes to feed your curiosity.
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0:44.1	Welcome to Sick Boy, a podcast where we talk about what it's like to be sick.
0:48.1	This week's guest is Brandy.
0:49.7	She had a Ewing sarcoma.
0:51.9	Let's talk about it.
1:01.7	Yeah. had a Ewing sarcoma. Let's talk about it. Brandy, where are you, where are you calling us from?
1:04.6	Miami, Florida, or near Miami.
1:06.8	It's called Miramar.
1:07.6	It's about 25 minutes from Miami.
1:09.1	Oh, by the outlets.
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