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When Gabby got her IUD, she didn't expect for her whole world to get flipped upside down and spiral into a depression so deep, that she would start to question why she should even be alive. Gabby Scollard is an author, public speaker, and health advocate, all at 19 years old. Her book, Why I Stay, turns Gabby's daily affirmations of why she should live, into a resource for those struggling with their mental health. Sickboy LIVE in Edmonton Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/sickboy-live-in-edmonton-tickets-400700244217 Sickboy LIVE in Vancouver Tickets: https://admitone.com/events/sickboy-podcast-vancouver-8301026 Sickboy LIVE in Calgary Tickets: https://www.artscommons.ca/whats-on/sickboy-podcast-live?fbclid=IwAR3wSrJIEOfBk5DzAwsBg7fp5zom_XiEo5Gr9EjsFpuKqgk3JygqDu2PjEI Join the post-episode conversation over on Discord! https://discord.gg/expeUDN

You know it’s a party when someone invites strippers to the nursing home. Some folks in Taiwan are not so happy about the Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations. One dad-to-be doesn’t quite understand what the heck is happening when his partner breaks the exciting news. Like some sort of evil Disney character, a “nurse” in Vancouver is facing a slew of charges for pretending to be someone she most certainly was not and did a lot of damage while she was at it. NYC is staring down the barrel of a shotgun loaded with Polio… Yikes! One PEI teacher has made a discovery of a lifetime and it’s nearly 300 million years old! Jer caps it all off with even some more TWIN content! This one is a doozy. Sickboy LIVE in Edmonton Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/sickboy-live-in-edmonton-tickets-400700244217 Sickboy LIVE in Vancouver Tickets: https://admitone.com/events/sickboy-podcast-vancouver-8301026 Sickboy LIVE in Calgary Tickets: https://www.artscommons.ca/whats-on/sickboy-podcast-live?fbclid=IwAR3wSrJIEOfBk5DzAwsBg7fp5zom_XiEo5Gr9EjsFpuKqgk3JygqDu2PjEI Join the post-episode conversation over on Discord! https://discord.gg/expeUDN

In the U.S., September is 'Prostate Cancer Awareness Month'! This week the guys are joined by Murray Keith Wadsworth, the author of Prostate Cancer: Sheep or Wolf?. He is passionate about spreading the dark truth about prostate cancer. His sudden diagnosis and shocking process to treatment continues to drive him to untangle and share the systemic misinformation around the disease. Murray gives the fellas a breakdown of his cancer journey and how taking his health care into his own hands very well could have been the thing that saved his life. Sickboy LIVE in Edmonton tickets: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/sickboy-live-in-edmonton-tickets-400700244217 Sickboy LIVE in Vancouver tickets: https://admitone.com/events/sickboy-podcast-vancouver-8301026 Sickboy LIVE in Calgary tickets: https://bit.ly/3eFJzZJ Join the post-episode conversation over on Discord! https://discord.gg/expeUDN

We’re sharing a special preview of a new podcast, The Loudest Girl in the World from Pushkin Industries. For years, journalist and podcast host Lauren Ober wasn’t all that jazzed about herself. She was always getting in trouble, she had a lot of sensory issues and her anxiety felt off the charts. And then, she found out why — she was autistic. The Loudest Girl in the World tells the story of Lauren’s journey to understand what it means to be on the autism spectrum and how to live life as a newly diagnosed autistic person. You can hear the full episode, and more from The Loudest Girl in the World at: https://podcasts.pushkin.fm/loudest?sid=sickboy

This week the fellas are joined by Trevor. A delightful human who has been struggling with post-concussion syndrome and essential tremor. It all began while shopping for an ergonomic chair. After a serious bonk on the head he began to experience some seriously whack symptoms. Hallucinations, horrifying nightmares, tremors and more. Here is a link to some of Trevors work - An Imperfect Guide to Climate and Career https://trevorlehmann.squarespace.com/an-imperfect-guide-to-career-and-climate/home Sickboy LIVE in Edmonton Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/sickboy-live-in-edmonton-tickets-400700244217 Sickboy LIVE in Vancouver Tickets: https://admitone.com/events/sickboy-podcast-vancouver-8301026 Sickboy LIVE in Calgary tickets: https://bit.ly/3eFJzZJ Join the post-episode conversation over on Discord! https://discord.gg/expeUDN

A urologist used an electric truck to power a vasectomy. How annoying would it be to hang out with him for the week after that? "My Rivian vasectomy" this and "My Rivian vasectomy" that! The fellas dive into sports! Specifically soccer and how some players are collapsing on the field mid-game. To combat this, Charlie Wyke explains how his defibrillator, akin to the one Christian Eriksen has, allows him to keep playing football despite suffering from a cardiac arrest last November. Speaking of dangerous sports, Jer reveals the top 10 most dangerous sports in the world. #1 may surprise you. An inmate lost her pregnancy because the nimrod corrections officers decided to stop at a Starbucks instead of rushing her to the ER. Finally for WHAT THE HELLTH!? Jizz Jewelry. That's it... a jeweller in the U.S. is making pieces out of swimmers and people love it. Sickboy LIVE in Edmonton Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/sickboy-live-in-edmonton-tickets-400700244217 Sickboy LIVE in Vancouver Tickets: https://admitone.com/events/sickboy-podcast-vancouver-8301026 Join the post-episode conversation over on Discord! https://discord.gg/expeUDN

Katie Upham is the Harm Reduction Educator of the Substance User Network of the Atlantic Region (SUNAR). She is a member of a number of other advocacy and drug user groups such as The Canadian Association of People Who Use Drugs and The National Safer Supply Community of Practice. Today she speaks to the fellas about the need for a change in the way that Canadians need to change the way we speak about and view drug use and a need for safe supply. NORS - Call (Canada only): 1-888-688-NORS(6677) you can also…. Call Never Use Alone (US only): 1-800-484-3731 Sickboy LIVE in Edmonton Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/sickboy-live-in-edmonton-tickets-400700244217 Sickboy LIVE in Vancouver Tickets: https://admitone.com/events/sickboy-podcast-vancouver-8301026 Join the post-episode conversation over on Discord! https://discord.gg/expeUDN

A good friend of the podcast stops into the studio to chat all about his lifelong penis woes. Brent knew at a young age that something wasn't quite right with his member. In university, he became aware of the fact that he was living with phimosis — a condition in which the foreskin cannot be pulled back past the glans of the penis. Long-time listeners of the podcast will be familiar with this condition as one of Sickboy's earliest episodes covered the topic when speaking to Andrew and Jeremie about their experience with their very tight foreskin. Brent shares his experience of receiving a circumcision in his 40s and how he is now building a whole new relationship with what feels like a brand new wiener. Sickboy LIVE in Edmonton Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/sickboy-live-in-edmonton-tickets-400700244217 Sickboy LIVE in Vancouver Tickets: https://admitone.com/events/sickboy-podcast-vancouver-8301026 Join the post-episode conversation over on Discord! https://discord.gg/expeUDN

Scientists are doing some wild-ish these days. Like growing a “synthetic” embryo with a brain and beating heart – without eggs or sperm! We live in a Sci-Fi epic. Psychedelics are being used to test whether or not they can play a role in helping people who struggle with alcohol use disorder! The results are promising... go figure. Now that the world seems to be getting back to "normal" the folks over in Lancashire are elated to get the World Gravy Wrestling championships back up and running! Poutine anyone? Be afraid. Very afraid. The U.S. life expectancy has dropped for the second year in a row. WHAT THE HELLTH?! reveals a scary story of one man's head that swelled up to double its size because it was too hot out at the beach! Sickboy LIVE in Edmonton Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/sickboy-live-in-edmonton-tickets-400700244217 Sickboy LIVE in Vancouver Tickets: https://admitone.com/events/sickboy-podcast-vancouver-8301026 Join the post-episode conversation over on Discord! https://discord.gg/expeUDN

Gene therapy! The next big thing. But what does it all mean? What are the ethics? Where did it even come from? What in the sweet hell is CRISPR? This week we hop in the time travel machine and head all the way back to that time the fellas are joined by Dr. Graham Dellaire, Professor of Pathology at Dal & Principle Investigator at the Dellaire Lab of Nuclear Structure and Cancer Biology. He drops some fascinating knowledge on all things gene therapy & gene editing! This episode is a nerd's wet dream. Sickboy LIVE in Edmonton Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/sickboy-live-in-edmonton-tickets-400700244217 Sickboy LIVE in Vancouver Tickets: https://admitone.com/events/sickboy-podcast-vancouver-8301026 Join the post-episode conversation over on Discord! https://discord.gg/expeUDN

Christina is a high school teacher living in Ottawa and the sister of a past Sickboy guest. Today she joins the fellas to discuss how she’s been living with Tourettes and OCD since she was six and the challenges her illness has presented her over the years. To make things worse, she suffered a stroke back in 2015 which most certainly doesn’t help with her OCD. Sickboy LIVE in Edmonton Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/sickboy-live-in-edmonton-tickets-400700244217 Sickboy LIVE in Vancouver Tickets: https://admitone.com/events/sickboy-podcast-vancouver-8301026 Join the post-episode conversation over on Discord! https://discord.gg/expeUDN

Jer makes a public apology to the world and Elliot from BadDadRadDad. Everybody loves cats. The chances are probably pretty high that you have a doppelgänger but what's even more wild is that you probably share DNA with them! A vaginal fluid transplant could be the next miracle treatment for folks suffering from BV! Nova Scotia reports its first case of Poxy McPoxface. The fellas have a sobering chat about the state of MAiD in Canada, but as a palate cleanser, they chat about The Restaurant of Mistaken Orders in Japan. In WHAT THE HELLTH?! Jer examines some medieval remedies to common illnesses and they are brutal.

This week we kick off a new series of Routine Checkup episodes by checking in on past guests and seeing how they are doing as of late. Our first guest is our very own Brian Stever. Not long after Brian began seeking therapy he discovered he has ADHD (you’ve probably heard him mention this once or twice… or more). Bri sits with Jer and Tay to discuss how far he’s come in his therapy and how he’s currently managing his ADHD. Sickboy LIVE in Edmonton Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/sickboy-live-in-edmonton-tickets-400700244217 Sickboy LIVE in Vancouver Tickets: https://admitone.com/events/sickboy-podcast-vancouver-8301026 Join the post-episode conversation over on Discord! https://discord.gg/expeUDN

What began with dental pain in the upper left side of the face resulted in what is recognized in the medical community as one of the most painful disorders a human can experience. Susan sits with the fellas to discuss her experience with Trigeminal Neuralgia, a long-term pain disorder that affects the trigeminal nerve, the nerve responsible for sensation in the face and motor functions such as biting and chewing. It’s a story of a long and painful journey that we hope has come to a much-needed end. Sickboy LIVE in Edmonton Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/sickboy-live-in-edmonton-tickets-400700244217 Sickboy LIVE in Vancouver Tickets: https://admitone.com/events/sickboy-podcast-vancouver-8301026 Join the post-episode conversation over on Discord! https://discord.gg/expeUDN

Neuroscience research suggests LSD might enhance learning and memory by promoting brain plasticity?! Happy Friday y'all! A wild story out of Europe about the man who has reportedly repatriated more than 800 bodies in two decades. The corpses wash up on shore, and he solves the mystery of who they are in order to get them back to their family but at a price. One Nova Scotia mom is $80k in debt because of her out-of-country lymphedema surgery, but at least now she can play with her children again! GOALBALL! It's not nearly as dull as what Brian has to say. Poxy McPoxface could be the new WHO-accredited name for monkeypox. Finally, for WHAT THE HELLTH!? A woman was having a heart attack and was saved by her cat?! Jeremie, tell us how you really feel about cats. Sickboy LIVE in Edmonton Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/sickboy-live-in-edmonton-tickets-400700244217 Sickboy LIVE in Vancouver Tickets: https://admitone.com/events/sickboy-podcast-vancouver-8301026 Join the post-episode conversation over on Discord! https://discord.gg/expeUDN

Lisa Purdy is a medical laboratory technologist and works at the University of Alberta as an Associate Professor and Director of the BSc in the medical laboratory science program. Chaska Vilchez is a recent graduate of the program and is working in Microbiology. The two of them join the fellas to give them a little peek behind the medical curtain to understand how important clinical laboratories are in aiding physicians in the diagnosis, prognosis and monitoring of diseases. Sickboy LIVE in Edmonton Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/sickboy-live-in-edmonton-tickets-400700244217 Sickboy LIVE in Vancouver Tickets: https://admitone.com/events/sickboy-podcast-vancouver-8301026 Join the post-episode conversation over on Discord! https://discord.gg/expeUDN

Anick Soni was born with a rare variation of sex development and describes himself as an intersex man. Today he joins Jer and Tay to for an absolutely fascinating talk about all things differences of sexual development. What is phalloplasty, really? How does it work? How did navigating being intersex affect Anick's social and dating life? How did his family's cultural influences play a role in his medical journey? All of this and more about the medicalization of difference in this week's episode of Sickboy!

The fellas kick this week off with some afterlife discussion. One woman's near-death experience left her feeling like the afterlife is dope and she can't wait to go back. Speaking of dope... or perhaps terrifying? Necrobotics. Turning dead spiders into arcade machine claw grabbers. One man who developed a Pseudobulbar affect through MS can't control his laughter and it's far more heartbreaking than it sounds. An update on rainwater - it's not good. Finally in this weeks WHAT THE HELLTH!? One man is left with a "whistling scrotum" after a surgery gone wrong. Sickboy LIVE in Edmonton Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/sickboy-live-in-edmonton-tickets-400700244217 Sickboy LIVE in Vancouver Tickets: https://admitone.com/events/sickboy-podcast-vancouver-8301026 Join the post-episode conversation over on Discord! https://discord.gg/expeUDN

Terrence is a son, brother and caregiver. Since establishing himself as a strategist, facilitator, and community builder in the public, private, and non-profit sectors, he's developed his ability to advocate tirelessly for the greater good. Among his biggest influences is his younger brother, who lives with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Terrence has learned to understand the unique needs of patients and caregivers after caring for his brother for over 30 years and his mother who died of stage four lung cancer a year ago. Today he joins the guys to walk them through his journey as a caregiver. Here are some resources for caregivers in Canada: Siblings Canada - https://canadiancaregiving.org/siblingscanada/ Ontario Caregiver Association - https://ontariocaregiver.ca/ Circle of Care - https://www.circleofcare.com/ LHIN Home and Community Care Ontario - http://healthcareathome.ca/ Advance Care Planning Canada - https://www.advancecareplanning.ca/ The Go Wish Game - https://codaalliance.org/go-wish/ Bold Spirit Caring for the Dying - https://boldspiritcaringforthedying.com/ End of Life Care Program at Institute of Traditional Medicine - https://itmworld.org/ceolc/ End of Life Care Program at Douglas College - https://www.douglascollege.ca/programs-courses/continuing-education/health/courses/brev1100 Braze Mobility - https://www.brazemobility.com/ Terrence's Personal Site - https://www.terrenceho.com/ Sickboy LIVE in Vancouver Tickets: https://admitone.com/events/sickboy-podcast-vancouver-8301026 Join the post-episode conversation over on Discord! https://discord.gg/expeUDN

Bill Potts is the author of "Up for the Fight. How to Advocate for Yourself as You Battle Cancer." He knows a thing or two about cancer treatment. By the time he wrote his book he has fought for his life 5 times. By the time he sat down to record with the fellas it was 6 times. Living with an incurable cancer that he knows will come back, again and again, has changed his life in many ways, but that doesn't prevent Bill from getting the most he can out of life! Bill and the fellas dive into the business of cancer, how it affects your family, the importance of getting your affairs in order and much more. Sickboy LIVE in Vancouver Tickets: https://admitone.com/events/sickboy-podcast-vancouver-8301026 Join the post-episode conversation over on Discord! https://discord.gg/expeUDN

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT at the top of the show!! See ya soon Vancouver! This week Jer continues his fascination with conjoined twins with the latest story coming out of Brazil where two boys conjoined at the skull were separated with the help of VR! Meanwhile in the U.S., researchers have found a way to revive dead pig organs. This could be a huge step in organ donation, but it also raises some hard questions like: what is death, really? Sunscreen is hella important, but Banana Boat Sunscreen made a little boo-boo with one of their recent products causing a recall. Speaking of organ donation there is some very scary organ harvesting practices happening in China and quite frankly it's a major bummer. Finally in WHAT THE HELLTH!? A woman from Scotland developed a rare disorder causing her to need a wheelchair, however when she wears heels she can mysteriously walk with no problem? How? Sickboy LIVE in Vancouver Tickets: https://admitone.com/events/sickboy-podcast-vancouver-8301026 Join the post-episode conversation over on Discord! https://discord.gg/expeUDN

Lelainia Lloyd is a rare disease patient, advocate, educator living on the beautiful west coast of Canada, just outside of Vancouver, B.C. She was diagnosed with Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder (NMOSD) in 2012 after initially being misdiagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in 2007. She has lived with NMO since she was 12. Lelainia joins the fellas to talk about NMOSD and her published papers in The Journal of Medical Imaging & Radiation Sciences and a year-long column, The View From Here on life with NMO for BioNews. Join the post-episode conversation over on Discord! https://discord.gg/expeUDN

Jasmine worked in the disability field for over a decade before becoming disabled herself with myasthenia gravis. Myasthenia gravis is a chronic autoimmune, neuromuscular disease that causes weakness in the skeletal muscles that worsens after periods of activity and improves after periods of rest. Jasmine walks the fellas through her list of treatments (including needing to pump her own lungs to breathe easier) and how her illness has put into perspective how important her work is. Join the post-episode conversation over on Discord! https://discord.gg/expeUDN

Looks like researchers have discovered a new language. One that each and every one of us already knows how to and likely speak on a semi-regular basis. Parentese - the unintelligible warble of cuteness. Colorado could be making great leaps forward in the legalization of psychedelics! We dive back into the world of the TRUE twin, but this time with a heart-wrenching yet fascinating story of Mary and Jodie. Paddy The Baddy is Paddy The Saddy because Men still stigmatize being vulnerable with one another. Finally, MAiD is a wonderful thing, but its legislation has its faults. We cover the story of one woman who is seeking MAiD simply because she feels like she is not welcome in society. Join the conversation over on Discord: https://discord.gg/expeUDN

Moms Stop the Harm (MSTH) is a network of Canadian families impacted by substance-use-related harms and deaths. They advocate for the change of failed drug policies, provide peer support to grieving families, and assist those with loved ones who use or have used substances. This week the fellas are joined by Emily, a Board of Directors member for Atlantic Canada and Peer facilitator for Holding Hope NB. Emily gives the guys some insight into the important work MSTH does and shares a heartwarming personal story about how she got involved in this work. For more information and resources please visit: https://www.momsstoptheharm.com/ Join the conversation over on Discord: https://discord.gg/expeUDN

Karen Malkin Lazarovitz is a "Previvor" Cancer advocate, the creator of EMPOWERink and all around self-proclaimed badass! She joins the fellas this week to discuss why she decided to have a double mastectomy and hysterectomy even though she did not have breast or ovarian cancer. She also shows the fellas her new boobs and explains the process of getting ink done over mastectomy scars! Applications for this year's EMPOWERink open on July 25th! You can find the application here on that date: https://form.jotform.com/221036076499258 Join the post-episode conversation over on Discord! https://discord.gg/expeUDN

Our Angel Number Podcast! FGF 122 on July 22, 2022. This episode is all about alignment. The forecast today calls for a 10% chance rocket debris falling from the sky and killing you. Trikafta is now approved for kids 6-11 in Nova Scotia! The countries youngest recipient of an artificial heart is cute as a button. A sex toy a day keeps the doctor away... just gotta find a way around those pesky fun toy laws in Alabama. Uber drops the ball for disabled customers and pays the price. UPS trucks are a death trap. For WHAT THE HELLTH?! We talk about why a certain tree this time of year smells like cummy. Yummy or Yuck? Join the post-episode conversation over on Discord! https://discord.gg/expeUDN

The Director of Care at GreeneStone, Naomi brings her knowledge and expertise from her designation as a Registered Practical Nurse and extensive experience in residential treatment settings. This week she joins the fellas to dive into her personal experience with addiction and how she ended up doing the important work she does over at GreenStone, offering support for folks struggling with addictions. Join the post-episode conversation over on Discord! https://discord.gg/expeUDN

Matthew is an actor from Baltimore and currently resides in New York City. He recurs on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon) and New Amsterdam (NBC) and is the star of the new feature film Unidentified Objects which recently premiered at the Inside Out Fest in Toronto! Matthew joins the dudes to talk about being undeniable as an actor, how dwarfism has had an impact on his life and much much more. Join the post-episode conversation over on Discord! https://discord.gg/expeUDN

Taylor brought a 4th co-host to the studio today. Zaya is here, and she just won't shut up. First things first: frostbite. It's gnar-gnar as heck and we have the proof thanks to @medicaltalks on IG. Yuck. Speaking of yuck, according to a scientist (who legit put many many hours into researching this), human flesh is not that nutritious when you stack it up against other animals in the wild. But hey, if you are in a pinch at least you know that your pal is about the calorie equivalent to a walking lunch. There is a honey product in the U.S. that's giving people boners. Popeye is real and he is not juicing. Conjoined twins are fascinatingly complicated. And finally for What The Hellth?!? - Vabbing. The newest trend where some vulva-havers are dabbing vajayjay juices on their necks in place of perfume in order to find the perfect mate. Does it work?! Tune in to find out. Join the post-episode conversation over on Discord! https://discord.gg/expeUDN Check out our LSN team! - https://secure.e2rm.com/registrant/TeamFundraisingPage.aspx?teamID=982123&langPref=en-CA

Guy Standing is a labour economist and Professorial Research Associate at SOAS University of London. He is also a founder and honorary co-president of the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN), an international NGO promoting basic income as a right. Guy sits with the fellas to guide them through an incredible conversation about basic income and how it could (and should) work to relieve many of the stressors that a lot of folks are facing these days when it comes to living a comfortable life. This is one of our favourite conversations in a while and hope you listen and share! Join the post-episode conversation over on Discord! https://discord.gg/expeUDN

Long time friend and Patron Sadie joins the fellas and kicks the whole thing off with a top notch roast! Sadie shares how trauma, cultural messages about food and body, lessons from her family growing up, and genetics caused her to be fat starting in my pre-teen years. Sadie had a gastric sleeve weight loss surgery. It was a long, frustrating, and occasionally hilarious process. She also introduces the boys to the fat liberation movement which intersects with disability justice, feminism, racial justice, and other social justice movements. Join the post-episode conversation over on Discord! https://discord.gg/expeUDN

This week the fellas kick things off with some classic pee-pee talk. Hypospadias (pronounced hype-oh-spay-dee-us) is a birth defect in boys where the opening of the urethra is not located where it typically should be. Period tracking apps may become hella problematic for folks living in the U.S., but what about people up here in Canada? Ricky, Rocky, Rock… things get confusing when it comes to The Rock's Dad and all of his alleged half-siblings. Ever curious about what human flesh tastes like? Of course, you have been. Well, now you can munch on some human-like meat with the new human-flavoured vegan burger from Oumph! Finally for this week's edition of WHAT THE HELLTH?! Don’t eat slugs. It may lead to your death. Join the post-episode conversation over on Discord! https://discord.gg/expeUDN Check out our LSN team! - https://secure.e2rm.com/registrant/TeamFundraisingPage.aspx?teamID=982123&langPref=en-CA

This week the fellas are joined by Karen Slaunwhite, the executive director at Hope For Mental Health. Through her work at Hope For Mental Health, Karen is committed to breaking down mental health barriers and providing programs and services that support individuals with lived experience and their families and friends. The gang talk about the association's name change and their hopes for the future of mental health awareness in Nova Scotia. Join the post-episode conversation over on Discord! https://discord.gg/expeUDN

This week Brian and Jer are joined by Bruce to discuss his life long struggle with crippling depression. Bruce is VERY familiar with mental illness. He's lived with depression and anxiety for more than 45 years. He walks the fellas through the how he got himself through some of the toughest times, how his views on mental health have shifted over the decades, and how he feels a person can live a productive life despite the burden of mental illness 24/7. Check out Bruce's book "Breaking Free of Depression's Grip." Join the post-episode conversation over on Discord! https://discord.gg/expeUDN

Lawn Summer Nights starts this week! Support our team below! Don't be like Taylor. Disability parking spots are for folks who need it! Canada may have found out what is behind Long COVID! CRISPR is 10 years old! Happy birthday! Dangerous drivers in the UK could be facing a life sentence. Juul may be looking at a full on ban in the U.S. Polio is creeping around the London sewers. Finally in this weeks WHAT THE HELLTH!? A 2-year-old boy was accidentally tainted with testosterone gel and it gave him pubes and the bone density of a 5 year old?! Sickboy's Lawn Summer Nights Team: DONATE HERE! https://bit.ly/3OHicLE Join the post-episode conversation over on Discord! https://discord.gg/expeUDN

Joyce is a registered nurse who has worked in healthcare leadership positions across Canada for over 30 years. Her clinical work has focused on older adults and those with disabilities. She has been involved in research, education, clinical practice and leadership and has spent time in rural, northern and urban communities in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario. She is currently the acting interim executive director of the Association of Regulated Nurses of Manitoba. Today she joins Jer and Tay to discuss the current Canadian licensing standards for nurses, the importance of IENs and the need for mental health care solutions for nurses in Canada. Join the post-episode conversation over on Discord! https://discord.gg/expeUDN

If you can’t make cancer jokes when you have cancer, when can you? Well, apparently the answer is never. People don't respond well to cancer jokes, even when you're the one who has it. Still it doesn't hold Kelsey back from cracking the jokes. She was relinquishing control of her body physically, so she was going to hold onto the small amount of control she had over her mental state. This week Kelsey joins the fellas to walk them through her experience of type 2A Hodgkins Lymphoma. From losing her hair, eyebrows and even fingernails (yowza) to how it felt navigating cancer through a new relationship and more. Join the post-episode conversation over on Discord! https://discord.gg/expeUDN

Bieber has Ramsay Hunt Syndrome which is something we covered back in January. It's scary stuff and we hope that it doesn't prevent him from singing, dancing and baking Bimbits for the rest of his life! Don't rub your eyes... Or if you do, don't go watch the MRI video of what it looks like when you rub your eyes. Alopecia is a tough go and there isn't enough access to medication that makes a difference! Brian wants to be VERY clear about his stance on CPR. Finally for this week's edition of WHAT THE HELLTH?! I just saved 15% on car insurance thanks to Geico. I also made 5 million dollars from suing Geico because some guy gave me HPV in the back of his car. Thanks, Geico! Join the post-episode conversation over on Discord! https://discord.gg/expeUDN

Tiffany is from Tecumseh, Nebraska and works at a local, rural hospital as an infection preventionist. In May of 2021, she graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Disease and Human Health with a minor in psychology. Tiffany currently attends the University of Nebraska Medical Center, where she is studying epidemiology. She shares with the fellas how she got into the work she's passionate about and unpacks some fun stuff in her world like genomics, and UTI-giving catheters! Join the post-episode conversation over on Discord! https://discord.gg/expeUDN

Christina Helena is a speaker, writer & performer of an autobiographical solo show SCAR in development for an off-Broadway production. At 19, she became one of the youngest pancreatic cancer survivors in the world after having five of her organs removed with a Whipple surgery and her digestive system reconstructed. Today she joins the fellas in talking about her experience with cancer recovery and her philosophy on how she sees our scars as the sexiest thing about us! Join the post-episode conversation over on Discord! https://discord.gg/expeUDN

Good news!! Jeremie no longer has to do his nebulizer! Now he's just a puffer boy. Cute. In other news, AI is possibly now sentient. Does this mean the end of mankind as we know it? I wish there was more to say about this week's episode... but really, there isn't. It's just about a puffer and AI... OH! AND horrifying baby MRIs. Happy Friday Y'all!

Sally Guy is the Director of Policy, Canadian Association of Social Workers. She joins the fellas to break down some of the conversation had with the Minister of Mental Health and Addictions from a couple of weeks ago. Everything from the decriminalization of drugs, to social return on investment and more. Here’s the thing — a lack of adequate (let alone GOOD) social supports are a choice in a country like Canada. Strong social programs and funding like a basic income aren't the boogeyman — but rather just a [logical] extension of things we already have in place. Join the post-episode conversation over on Discord! https://discord.gg/expeUDN

Mrs. Crystal Ellingsen is a wife, mother of three, teacher, and growing activist. She is also working on managing a chronic progressive disease that affects 1 in 10 women — lipedema. Lipedema is a condition that is almost exclusively found in women and results in enlargement of both legs due to deposits of fat under the skin. The tricky thing is that lipedema fat isn’t manageable via traditional weight-loss methods. This week Crystal chats with the fellas all about the disease they call fat and how Canada is incredibly far behind any viable treatments for the disease. Join the post-episode conversation over on Discord! https://discord.gg/expeUDN

Taylor has an itchy eye and scientists may have found a future cure to colorectal cancer! Boom! That's what FGF is all about. One lucky lady just received the very first 3-D printed ear implant which was made from her own cells. The world gets more future every day. An unfortunate story of a wheelchair user who was completely forgotten about and left on the plane on the runway at Heathrow. And a new movie out of Japan all about killing off the Japanese elderly is rocking the film world. Support Oliver on his 5km walk for Cystic Fibrosis - https://changemakers.crowdchange.ca/16146 Join the post-episode conversation over on Discord! https://discord.gg/expeUDN

Jen and Darren are in love and both navigating life with cancer together as a married couple. Darren was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2009. He's had 3 brain surgeries and 2 rounds of chemo and radiation. In February of 2021 Jen was diagnosed with breast cancer. Together they host the podcast Not Today Cancer. They join the fellas to talk about the dynamics of a husband and wife navigating cancer together. How to get through it when your roles change from spouse to care taker and how to get your marriage back. Join the post-episode conversation over on Discord! https://discord.gg/expeUDN

Sarah Edmonson and Anthony "Nippy" Ames are cult escapees and were the whistleblowers featured in the CBC podcast Uncover: Escaping NXIVM and The Vow, the critically acclaimed HBO documentary series on NXIVM. If you are still somehow unfamiliar, NXIVM was an American cult that dabbled in sexual slavery among a handful of other evil crimes. Sarah and Nippy played a major role in locking up NXIVM's creepy weirdo POS founder for 120 years. This week Sarah and Nippy sit down with the fellas to dive deep into their experience with escaping a cult, how it affected their mental health and relationship, along with tips for communicating with friends or family that might find themselves dealing with abusive power dynamics in their own life. Be sure to check out their podcast A Little Bit Culty where Sarah and Nippy aim to help people understand, heal from, and avoid abusive situations, one little red flag at a time. Join the post-episode conversation over on Discord! https://discord.gg/expeUDN

This week the gang hear from a listener who did NOT have a very fun time with birth control. Speaking of birth control Taylor might get the snip to prevent a future baby. Speaking of babies here is a video of a baby giving CPR better than Brian can. Helmets save lives, regardless of whatever BS studies Taylor is reading. We cover a wild story about a doctor in Newfoundland who uses a janitor's 12-volt drill to drill a hole in a teenager's skull to save his life!! Dry drowning sounds like an absolute frickin' nightmare. Finally, we do a shallow dive into the world of Monkey Pox. Join the post-episode conversation over on Discord! https://discord.gg/expeUDN

Today the fellas are joined by Canada's Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health, Carolyn Bennett. We've seen so much progress on mental health education and shame reduction since the inception of Sickboy...yet it still seems like accessing care in the space of mental health is still very much behind other health sectors. The boys take the time to dig into Minister Bennett's new mandate and how the government plans to seek change in Canadian mental health and addictions.

Hilary is a shining beam of light! She drove all the way from Moncton to sit down and chat with the fellas all about some pretty heavy subject matter. Hilary recounts her experience of losing her father when she was only 12 years old and the emotional turmoil that came with it. For 13 years the unresolved trauma led Hilary down a road of struggling with her mental health. As heavy as it sounds, Hilary is an incredible guest who brings a buttload of a lot of levity to it all. Join the post-episode conversation over on Discord! https://discord.gg/expeUDN