The Political Patient

August 23, 2018
Brielle Benyon
Brielle Benyon

Brielle Benyon, Assistant Managing Editor for CURE®, has been with MJH Life Sciences since 2016. She has served as an editor on both CURE and its sister publication, Oncology Nursing News. Brielle is a graduate from The College of New Jersey. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with family and friends, CrossFit and wishing she had the grace and confidence of her toddler-aged daughter.

In this week's episode, state senator Eli D. Bebout discusses his two bouts with cancer, and how his health struggles influenced his politics.

In this week’s episode of CURE Talks Cancer, Eli D. Bebout, a former republican state senator in Wyoming, discussed the two coincidences that ultimately led him to discover his cancer diagnoses: a Wyoming gubernatorial-election loss and an eventual swallowed fish bone that led him back into the doctor’s office.

He also discussed how he stayed motivated during his bouts with the disease and how his personal health issues influenced his politics.

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