The Fault In Our Stars was a hit John Green (shout out Hank Green and Vlogbrothers, DFTBA) young adult novel that pretty quickly got turned into a hit film starring Ansel Elgort and Shailene Woodley. It tells the heart aching story of Hazel Grace Lancaster and Augustus Waters as they battle cancer. I've heard you cries for me to react to it, and potentially cry a bit on my own, to see just how accurate the medical side of this story is. Today we talk about various forms of cancer, prosthetic limbs, depression, support groups, mental health, chemotherapy, retinoblastoma, cigarettes, MRI's, hypoxia, sepsis, fentanyl, and the true ending of the story!

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