On Survival: Fighting Ghosts and The Fallacy of “Luck” | SOLO

<p>On this week’s episode of The Real Story, it’s another solo episode as Joe takes to the mic alone for the first time. In a raw half hour full of candor, he revisits in more nuanced and frank detail the events of the last few months since Christmas, when he and his wife, Anna, first embarked on her fight against cancer.</p><p>Endeavoring to explore the concept of survival in a society that fails to necessarily recognize it as a functional daily exercise in a world besieged by trauma, he attempts to address dual aspects of his experience—persisting in a fight long past an obvious end, and resentment at the idea of being “lucky”—both of which he’s encountered during Anna’s rigorous chemotherapy.</p><p>In an effort to raise awareness, Joe and Anna would humbly ask that you visit and/or donate, if you can, to the Denver Metro not-for-profit,<a href="https://www.smallchoicesfoundation.org/" rel="nofollow"> </a><a href="https://www.smallchoicesfoundation.org/" rel="nofollow">Small Choices</a>, or<a href="https://givenow.lls.org/give/342076/?ds_rl=1278572&gclid=CjwKCAjwrqqSBhBbEiwAlQeqGgR2FqRbL8rPSwj3qYUOHcHrOcMCz4UMQ0o2mh4h79vF_D5-BMnVoxoCycsQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds#!/donation/checkout" rel="nofollow"> </a><a href="https://givenow.lls.org/give/342076/?ds_rl=1278572&gclid=CjwKCAjwrqqSBhBbEiwAlQeqGgR2FqRbL8rPSwj3qYUOHcHrOcMCz4UMQ0o2mh4h79vF_D5-BMnVoxoCycsQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds#!/donation/checkout" rel="nofollow">The Leukemia &amp; Lymphoma Society</a>. Greater care, treatment, and cures for various types of blood cancers are close at hand. Also, if you are able, you can support Joe and Anna directly at their<a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-anna-and-joe-tower-with-medical-expenses" rel="nofollow"> </a><a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-anna-and-joe-tower-with-medical-expenses" rel="nofollow">GoFundMe</a>.</p><p>If anything from this week’s episode resonates with you—perhaps you are even a #CancerWarrior or #CancerSurvivor or #CareGiver yourself—email us directly at <span>podcast@writewayco.com</span> and