Elsa Lankford
I'm the host of Care Partner's Compass: Navigating CRC, a patient advocate for colorectal cancer, and a care partner to my incredible wife Kristine. I am an artist, composer, educator, and podcaster. I'm a professor in the Electronic Media and Film Department at Towson University.
Appears in 12 Episodes
S1Ep11 Healthy Distractions
Welcome to the eleventh episode of Care Partner's Compass: Navigating CRC where I talk with my best friend for over 30 years, my wife Kristine about healthy distractio...
S1Ep10 The Importance of Just Saying Yes (in Cancerland)
Welcome to the tenth episode of Care Partner's Compass: Navigating CRC where I talk with friend and fellow stage 4 care partner Liz from Vancouver. Liz's daughter Hale...
S1Ep9 Surgery and CRC AKA "Chopped Liver"
Welcome to the ninth episode of Care Partner's Compass: Navigating CRC where I talk about my wife Kristine's liver surgery.Her liver surgery was in January 2022. There...
S1Ep8 Finding reliable medical information online
Welcome to the eighth episode of Care Partner's Compass: Navigating CRC where I talk to medical librarian Carrie Price about how to find reliable medical information o...
S1Ep7 Immunotherapy Trial: No Regrets
Welcome to the seventh episode of Care Partner's Compass: Navigating CRC where I talk about my wife Kristine's very recent immunotherapy trial and all that it entailed...
S1Ep6 Teamwork makes the cancer suck less
Welcome to the sixth episode of Care Partner's Compass: Navigating CRC where I talk about the importance of a team of... teams?It's so difficult to go through CancerLa...
S1Ep5 Chemo Part 2 - EGFR Inhibitors: Rash and Resilience
Welcome to the fifth episode of Care Partner's Compass: Navigating CRC with the 2nd episode of chemo.This episode is what happened after the 1st pivot (Episode 4) and ...
S1Ep4 The Pivot (Part 1)
Welcome to the fourth episode of Care Partner's Compass: Navigating CRC on The Pivot (part 1). Having backup plans, and being able to pivot quickly is essential, espec...
S1Ep3 Biomarkers and CRC
Welcome to the third episode of Care Partner's Compass: Navigating CRC on biomarkers.I am joined again by CRC patient advocate and friend Annie Delores, whose informat...
S1Ep2 Chemo and CRC
Welcome to the second episode of Care Partner's Compass: Navigating CRC.In today's episode, we'll look at my wife Kristine's first line chemo (FOLFOXIRI) for colorecta...
S1Ep1 The Diagnosis
Welcome to the first episode of Care Partner's Compass: Navigating CRC.In today's episode, we'll look back at the beginning of the my wife Kristine's stage 4 colorecta...
S1 Trailer for Care Partners Compass: Navigating CRC
Trailer and introduction to Care Partners Compass: Navigating CRC podcast.Short introduction to the podcast. New episodes will start to be released in March 2024, Colo...