The Reaper Didn’t Train for This

In the Final Destination movies, Death always gets what it wants.

Miss your turn? Death finds you.
Cheat the system? Death finds you.
Escape the plan? Death finds you.

But what happens when Death hands you a terminal diagnosis, an expiration date, and six months to get your affairs in order?

When Jim was diagnosed with Stage IV colorectal cancer, he was told he had six months to live. Terminal. One word that changed everything and the beginning of the hardest six months of his life.

Chemotherapy, surgery after surgery, setbacks, fear, and a body that barely resembled the one he had spent a lifetime building as an athlete.

Cancer took a lot from Jim. Parts of his body. Parts of his certainty. Parts of the life he thought he knew.

But somewhere between the scans, surgeries, and endless medical appointments, he made a decision.

If he was going to die, he was going to start living first.

In this National Cancer Survivor Month episode, Jim shares how a terminal diagnosis became the catalyst for a completely different life. One filled with purpose, perspective, unexpected adventures, and enough ostomy bag plot twists to remind us that sometimes SHIT GETS REAL.

Jim says cancer didn't teach him how to die….It taught him how to live.

These days, he's sharing his battle through the book he wrote, training for an Ironman Championship that's just 120 days away, and proving that a terminal diagnosis doesn't always get the final word.

At this point, if Death plans on catching him, it better start working on its cardio.

Because sometimes the biggest plot twist isn't surviving a terminal diagnosis—it's discovering how much life was waiting for you on the other side of it.

⚠️ WARNING: This episode is 18+ and contains adult language, dark humor, discussions of death and dying, terminal cancer, medical trauma, surgeries, bodily functions, ostomy bag stories, and the realities of fighting for your life.

It’s National Cancer Survivors Month, and our BREASTIE Stacy is back...but this time, we’re talking about a different kind of survival story.

Growing up in the 90s in small-town Texas with a strict religious family, Stacy spent years trapped in the closet. From a young age, she was terrified that being honest about who she was could cost her everything. With no openly gay people around her, the fear of being outed kept her hiding in plain sight.

In honor of PRIDE MONTH, Stacy shares her coming out story, what it felt like carrying that fear for years, and how finally being true to herself changed her life.

And in true Plot Twist fashion...we also have confessions, poorly timed jokes, chaos, and a shit ton of humor.

Because closets are FOR SKELETONS...not people.

⚠️ WARNING: 18+ ONLY: This episode contains adult language, dark humor, and conversations surrounding sex and sexuality.

We have officially SURVIVED 30 episodes….in honor of this we are doing a very special MASTER OF PLOT TWISTS episode. So if you can’t handle anatomy or the word Nipples being used over 738 times….grow up or avoid this like a big city during the zombie apocalypse.

Krystal with a K invites the PERKY GIRLS Crystal and Courtney with a C to tell us how they made a dream that most people have a reality…starting their own thriving business. And not just ANY BUSINESS, a business that helps breast cancer survivors standing in the wake of this disease after breast amputation, nightmare treatments, an obscene number of surgeries and being robbed of what society deems “Makes them a woman”….their breasts.

But these two women stand in the face of cancer alongside these warriors and give them a safe, welcoming space that allows them to give them something they not thought they’d have back….their nipples.

And as usual….this episode comes with its own PLOT TWISTS!!! So buckle up for the rollercoaster that is CANCER and see what happens when two bad ass women decide to give cancer the middle finger one nipple tattoo at a time.

Warning: 18 and up: THIS VIDEO DOES NOT HAVE ANY REAL NIPPLES OR NUDITY. IT DOES CONTAIN IMAGES OF RESTORATIVE TATTOOS THAT ARE PART OF A BREAST CANCER RECONSTRUCTION TREATMENT.

This episode is dedicated to Pink Warrior Advocates founder Jen Reynolds. Happy Birthday. We miss you and honor you every day!

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