What happens when cancer, caregiving, humor, and love collide? In this extended episode of Change Happened, Then What?, I sit down with Tim and Candy—partners whose nine-year cancer battle wasn’t just about illness and hospitals. It’s a messy, funny, heartbreaking, and deeply human love story that spans dark humor in operating rooms, caregiver exhaustion, aggressive treatment decisions, and an unwavering commitment to each other.

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  From stage 2 colon cancer to stage 4 lung cancer—their journey defied expectations.

  
  


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  Tim endured 50 surgeries in nine years (that’s one every ~2 months).

  
  


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  Complaints? Plenty—betrayal suspected from a possible botched surgery. Cue my visceral reaction: “Are you fucking kidding me?!”

  
  


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  But laughter followed—like Tim’s stand-up routine right in the middle of chaos.

  
  


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  And Candy? The unsung hero. Nurse, advocate, comedian—writing “thank you” on Tim’s hospital gown so he could make the team laugh.

  
  


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  They show us how love survives through grit, humor, small moments, and fierce loyalty.

  
  

Why twice as long? Because this love needed the full canvas to breathe.

Stay until the end to hear what really keeps them smiling—and their best advice for loving through chaos.

The Shit Show

Weston Designs

Hope Lodge NYC

American Cancer Society

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