{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Two Cancers, One Lung, and Seven Summits","description":"While his teenage classmates were getting ready for school, then-13-year-old Sean Swarner was watching the water rise in the shower, his hair clogging the drain. His first cancer diagnosis\u2014and the subsequent treatment regimen\u2014took an immense toll on his self-image and well-being. That morning in the shower, he remembers, all of the fear and despair overcame him: Sean collapsed to his knees, tears and tap water streaming down his face. \u201cI remember looking at myself in the mirror,\u201d he recalls, \u201cand I couldn\u2019t even recognize who was looking back.\u201d After a year of treatment, Sean reached remission. But then, two years later\u2014during a follow-up with his oncologist\u2014Sean and his parents received shocking news. His doctor had found a second cancer: an Askin sarcoma, a rare and aggressive tumor in his chest that eventually left him with only one functioning lung. Worse still, Sean\u2019s chances of survival appeared slim. In the years to follow, Sean became the first cancer survivor to summit Mount Everest, before eventually completing each of the world\u2019s Seven Summits (the highest mountains on each of the seven continents). That includes three attempts on Mount Denali, the tallest mountain in North America and one of the world\u2019s most dangerous\u2014ultimately reaching the summit in 2017. \u201cIn my mind,\u201d Sean recalls, \u201cI kind of jokingly thought to myself, \u2018If this fool who\u2019s had two cancers and has one lung can climb to the top of the world, that might inspire some people.\u2019\u201d In this episode of Your Stories, Sean joins host Dr. Mark Lewis to discuss how conquering cancer shaped his life and set him on a course to complete some of the world\u2019s most prized adventuring achievements. He also talks candidly about the motivations behind these achievements and his hope that others will look at his accomplishments and take away a simple message: If a guy with one lung can do it, so can you. ","author_name":"Your Stories: Conquering Cancer","author_url":"https:\/\/www.conquer.org\/your-stories","html":"