{"podcast":{"title":"Not Today Cancer","slug":"not-today-cancer-587068","podcast_index_feed_id":587068,"rss_url":"https://mrworldwideandhisbride.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://www.jendelvaux.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/a/2/f/0/a2f0952abedd81b916c3140a3186d450/3.png","author":"Jen Delvaux","episode_count":458,"summary":"You've been diagnosed. Now what? Not Today Cancer is the podcast for women navigating cancer — from the scary first days of diagnosis through treatment, recovery, and life on the other side. Hosted by Jen Delvaux — breast cancer survivor, Certified Integrative Health Practitioner, and author — this show covers mindset, nutrition, movement, relationships, and the messy, beautiful truth of healing. With 438 episodes and a 4.9-star rating, Not Today Cancer has become a trusted companion for thousands of women who refuse to let cancer be the end of their story. New episodes weekly. You don't have to do this alone.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-19T18:18:33.922646+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/not-today-cancer-587068"},"episode":{"title":"Marriage, Intimacy & Cancer: Two Survivors Tell the Truth About What It Really Does to a Relationship","slug":"marriage-intimacy-cancer-two-survivors-tell-the-truth-about-what-it-really-does-to-a-relationship","published_at":"2026-03-27T10:08:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/not-today-cancer-587068/marriage-intimacy-cancer-two-survivors-tell-the-truth-about-what-it-really-does-to-a-relationship","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/not-today-cancer-587068","url":"https://jendelvaux.com","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/mrworldwideandhisbride/march26.mp3?dest-id=796536","summary":"Most cancer couples talk about the hard stuff behind closed doors. Today, Jen and her husband Darren say it out loud. Two cancer diagnoses, one marriage, and the most honest conversation they've ever recorded together. In this episode Jen is joined by her husband Darren — who is living with Grade 4 Astrocytoma brain cancer and defying statistics every single day — for a raw, real conversation about what cancer actually does to a relationship. What You'll Hear in This Episode: What it's like when both people in a marriage are fighting cancer at the same time The role reversals, the fear, and the conversations most couples avoid having Intimacy after cancer — the honest conversation nobody is having publicly The research-backed reason your relationship can literally affect your survival odds What cancer took from Jen and Darren's marriage — and what it gave them that nothing else could Stats Referenced in This Episode: Median survival for Grade 4 brain cancer: 12–18 months. Less than 10% of patients survive five years — MD Anderson Cancer Center Being married is associated with better cancer survival outcomes — in some cancers, the survival benefit of marriage is larger than the published survival benefit of chemotherapy — Journal of Clinical Oncology About Darren: Darren Delvaux is Jen's husband and a Grade 4 Astrocytoma brain cancer survivor who has defied every statistical expectation. He joins the Not Today Cancer podcast periodically to share the perspective no one else can — what it looks like to love someone through cancer while fighting your own battle at the same time. Connect With Jen: Instagram: @jendelvaux Join the Not Today Cancer Inner Circle: ( JOIN HERE ) Get the Blueprint: jendelvaux.com/blueprint Mentioned in This Episode: The Not Today Cancer Blueprint…","meta_description":"Most cancer couples talk about the hard stuff behind closed doors. Today, Jen and her husband Darren say it out loud. Two cancer diagnoses, one marriage,…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1689,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/not-today-cancer-587068/episodes/marriage-intimacy-cancer-two-survivors-tell-the-truth-about-what-it-really-does-to-a-relationship/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/not-today-cancer-587068/marriage-intimacy-cancer-two-survivors-tell-the-truth-about-what-it-really-does-to-a-relationship.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}