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Podcast: Campfires of Hope: Stories of Cancer
Episode: Dancing with Cancer: Remaining Present in the Moment
Description: Nils Palsson is a father, author, educator, and testicular cancer survivor. Nils was diagnosed in 2021 and by 2023 was declared to have no evidence of disease. He describes his cancer journey as dance, not a battle. Fittingly, the memoir he is currently writing is titled Cancer Dancer.
For Nils, the hardest part about cancer survivorship was thinking about the âwhat ifâŚâ part of his future, something he calls âfuture tripping.â Heâs saved from these thoughts by his daughterâs requests to go play, where he is reminded to be present in the moment. Nils gives us his own reminder to be al...