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\n\t\t\tAnd The Next Thing You Know podcastEpisode 004: Jenessa Schwartz - There's Blood In My Stool\t\t
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\nThis is my conversation with Jenessa Schwartz. She\u2019s 37 years old, and she\u2019s living with stage 4 colon cancer. She\u2019s also my niece, my sister Cyndi\u2019s daughter. Jenessa has two kids under 10. She was the Womb For Hire (her words) for two adorable surrogate kids, which is one of the menschiest things a person can do in this life. She\u2019s a middle school language arts teacher, a musical theater aficionado, a giant nerd, and beloved to her huge, dear circle of friends and family. And she\u2019ll be on chemo or some form of treatment for her cancer for the rest of her life.\xa0
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\n\t\t\tMore about Jenessa Schwartz\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJenessa’s blogs:My Colon Cancer: Semicolon, Not Full-Stop
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\nWomb for Hire – Thoughts on becoming a surrogate mother
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\nJenessa also got press on her surrogacy at J, the Jewish News Weekly.\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\tLiving with stage 4 colon cancer, and, you know, life\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIn this episode, we covered a lotta ground. We talked about living with stage 4 colon cancer; colorectal cancer and metastatic cancer; HIPEC surgery; surrogacy; parenting and talking to children about cancer; Jewish culture, teaching, and family life; life with a terminal illness; crisis points and how we make choices to change our lives because of them; relationship changes in the context of a crisis; the epidemic of young people with late-stage colorectal cancer; favorite podcasts; and, most importantly, why you should get a colonoscopy right now. Seriously. If you’re 45 or older, even without symptoms, it’s time.
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\n\t\t\tReferences we cited in the episode\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Major-General\u2019s Song from The Pirates of Penzance (Gilbert and Sullivan, 1879)The Jewish festival of Purim
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\nBill\u2019s Caf\xe9 in San Jose\u2019s Rose GardenWhat\u2019s a peritoneum?
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\nHIPEC surgery procedure
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