All right, I got a big question. How do you feel about aging? Maybe you've got a fear of death, fear of the unknown, fear of change.

Because certainly how we look starts to change. The actor Amanda Pete has given it a lot of thought over the years. She's been in the public eyes since the 90s.

She'll tell you why her new film, Fantasy Life has her thinking about validation, about vanity, and what she thinks about cosmetic surgery and

whether or not to get it.

You'll hear that conversation now.

Just search for Q with Tom Power, wherever you get your podcasts.

This is a CBC podcast.

Welcome to Sick Boy, a podcast where we talk about what it's like to be sick.

This week's guest is April.

She had breast cancer.

Let's talk about it.

All right.

Here we go. We are sitting here with our new friend April Stearns. Did I pronounce the last name right? Stearns?

Yes, you did. Amazing. What was the other way that you thought it might be, it might be? It could have been Stearns, but who knows?

That makes sense.

Stierns.

Stearns.

I'm glad you got it right.

April, we are here to talk to you today about a couple of things.

One being the fact that you were the founder and editor in chief of Wildfire magazine.

But before we get into Wildfire and all the good work that's happening over there,

let's talk about breast cancer and in particular your experience with breast cancer.

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