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Podcast: Campfires of Hope: Stories of Cancer
Episode: Cancer Taught Me How to Accept Help
Description: Manny De La Cruz was diagnosed with testicular cancer in January 2022. After several surgeries and four rounds of chemotherapy, he showed no evidence of disease in March 2023.
Manny describes his cancer journey as “riding a wave”: every time something good happened, it was shortly followed by something bad. Through this wave-riding, Manny has gotten better at asking for help and leaning on others. “I had no idea how much I needed other people. But I had no choice, so I allowed myself to open up to others, which was probably one of the most difficult things to do.”...