{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"A Quality Life: Beth's Appendix Cancer Story","description":"For many years, Beth, 55, of Baltimore couldn\u2019t shake the nickname her sister and friends gave her. \u201cThey called me Balloon Hand Beth because whenever someone needed something, my hand would float up to volunteer,\u201d says Beth. Beth has always been very active and willing to pitch in. In her professional life, she has worked tirelessly to improve her city\u2019s environment one planted tree at a time as the Director of the Office of Sustainability in Baltimore. Most days, if she\u2019s not helping out a relative or preparing to host a family holiday party, she can be found in her garden, meticulously growing her own food. \u201cIn the garden, things don\u2019t stay the same. Sometimes a flower doesn\u2019t come back or you have to move things around to make it right. It\u2019s just like life. You have to adjust to your new normal,\u201d says Beth. Beth has had to use this same philosophy when she was diagnosed with a rare form of stage IV appendix cancer. After multiple surgeries and chemotherapy regimens left her weak and unable to do the things she loved, for the first time in her life, Balloon Hand Beth was the one who had to ask for help. This is her palliative care story.","author_name":"getpalliativecare's podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/getpalliativecare.org","html":"