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Alanna Conaway

Alanna Conaway

Music journalist, author, and contributing writer for Nash Country Weekly, Country Beat Magazine, and Roughstock since 2000.

Jun 15, 2026

13:50
OK, so so how big in the liver and then what what happened after that?
13:55
Good question.
13:56
So I went to a second opinion because in our you might not have heard of it.
13:59
Vanderbilt University in Tennessee is like the the place to be for adult cancer.
14:04
Obviously, they have St. Jude's in Memphis for the kids.
14:07
But the best adult hospital in the state of Tennessee is Vanderbilt and probably probably most of the country, you know, is a very high, you know.
14:16
great great hospital so the doctor that I saw was closer to where I live kind of closer to the Alabama state line and he encouraged me to go see another doctor for a second opinion if I wanted to because he I just didn't feel right with him because he was just very to the point like I was in his office crying and saying well like am I going to lose my hair and he said yes you will lose all of your hair and And then I said, well, what about, you know, treatment? He's like, you'll be on chemo treatment for the rest of your life.

21 MINS LATER

35:18
Can you look back? on some maybe habits that you had before you had cancer that you don't do anymore that you think have helped you in your healing process?

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