Thriving in the Face of Breast Cancer, from the Daily Smile

Dying For Sex

Wondery

Love, Relationships, Society & Culture, Friends, Cancer, Sex, Overcoming Adversity

4.8 • 13.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2020

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

At 35, Krysten Gentile was living the dream. She loved her career, she was happily married, and she and her husband shared two little boys... with another on the way. Until one day, Krysten found a lump on her breast — and her life changed forever. In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Dying for Sex presents a special episode from host Nikki Boyer’s new podcast, The Daily Smile.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime members, you can listen to Dine for Sex,
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0:07.0	From Wondry, I'm Nikki Boyer, and this is a special episode of Dine for Sex.
0:21.0	As you may know, I also host a podcast called The Daily Smile.
0:25.0	It's a show that makes you feel good about the world and the amazing people around us.
0:30.0	Molly is one of those amazing people to me. She still makes me smile.
0:35.0	And you know, ever since this podcast came out, so many women have reached out to me
0:40.0	inspired by Molly's story to share their own stories about living with breast cancer.
0:45.0	Stories of hope, beauty, and courage.
0:49.0	So in memory of Molly and as part of breast cancer awareness month,
0:53.0	I'll be talking to Kristen Gentile, who shared her story with me.
1:03.0	Kristen Gentile is one of those people who you meet and you instantly feel like you're going to be friends.
1:08.0	She's vibrant and honest and funny and sometimes a little wild.
1:13.0	My friends call me crazy. I call myself spontaneous.
1:17.0	I think that's much face or word to use.
1:20.0	It's one of those things that makes her and her husband John a perfect match.
1:24.0	I talked John into quitting a job that he loved with the Philadelphia Eagles,
1:28.0	because he's very, very into football and sports to travel Europe for a month.
1:34.0	So we went on this European tour. We saw 13 countries in 30 days.
1:40.0	Oh my gosh. People still do this day say,
1:43.0	I cannot believe you both quit your jobs and traveled the world.
1:47.0	But at that point in our lives, we thought, what do we have to lose?
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