My guest today, Marla Lukofsky, is an all around entertainer; she’s a pioneer female stand-up comedian, has many tv, film and radio credits, is a character voice-over artist (most notably on Care Bears and Alf Tales) and has a lounge act where she sings jazz and American standards.

However, on today’s episode, “I’m Still Here...And So Is My Hair”, she’s here to share about surviving breast cancer not once but twice. 

She discusses her grueling ordeal of having a lumpectomy, aggressive chemotherapy regimen and radiation. She lost all her hair, had lymphedema and went through chemically induced menopause as a result. 

She ended up writing about her experience in a memoir titled “I’m Still Here...And So Is My Hair” and became a keynote speaker and published writer then was invited to give two Ted talks. 

Marla’s tough, candid and very funny.