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Mammogram Monday - Nicole · Podcast - Big 98.7

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  Speaker 1: Big ninety eight point seven Today's variety, it's piking Amanda
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  Speaker 1: in the morning.
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  Speaker 1: Well, you know, as October rolls on, we have bras
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  Speaker 2: you can get all the details. But we've been doing
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  Speaker 2: this for years and I think it's so great that
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  Speaker 2: we're able to create awareness.
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  Speaker 1: And we're talking to people who have been through the
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  Speaker 1: fight throughout the month. And right now we have Nicole
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  Speaker 1: on the phone. Good morning, Nicole, Thank you so much
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  Speaker 1: for sharing your story.
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely welcome.
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  Speaker 2: So Nicole, take us back. You missed a mammogram. You probably,
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  Speaker 2: like all of us, new I got to get in there.
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  Speaker 2: But you know what, time sometimes just slips away, and
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  Speaker 2: what we think is maybe a few months ends up
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  Speaker 2: being a year sometimes even more so. Tell us about
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  Speaker 2: your journey.
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  Speaker 3: So I went into my obgyn in I think it
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  Speaker 3: was this year, just for a check up, and she
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  Speaker 3: reminded me that I was overdue for my mammogram, and
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  Speaker 3: because there's no history in my family, I kind of
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  Speaker 3: have to be honest, I blow them off a little bit.
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  Speaker 3: I was six months late, but she encouraged me to
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  Speaker 3: make an appointment right away, which I did, and Assenta
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  Speaker 3: got me in right away, and that was the start
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  Speaker 3: of my diagnosis.
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  Speaker 2: Gosh, so you go in and you're probably like most
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  Speaker 2: of us, it's like, yes, I have to go in here,
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  Speaker 2: but really you don't think, especially with no family history,
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  Speaker 2: that there would be anything wrong. What happened that day?
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  Speaker 3: So I went in for the mammogram. I think it
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  Speaker 3: was only a week and a half later that I
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  Speaker 3: got in, And it was only a few days of
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  Speaker 3: Sena had let me know on my chart that I
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  Speaker 3: needed to come in for a second mammogram. I've never
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  Speaker 3: had to do that.
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  Speaker 2: What's going through your mind at that moment when they
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  Speaker 2: say you have to go in for a second mammogram.
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  Speaker 3: Everything, of course, because it's a shock, and it's like, well,
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  Speaker 3: well that's weird. And I think it's normal for everyone
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  Speaker 3: to like think the worst right away, of course, But
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  Speaker 3: of course my husband's like, it's fine, my friends, it's fine.
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  Speaker 3: It happens all the time. So I just went in
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  Speaker 3: there with like, okay, it could be nothing.
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  Speaker 2: And what happened.
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  Speaker 3: What they did is they scheduled a second mammogram and
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  Speaker 3: then an ultrasound immediately after, and of course the technician said,
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  Speaker 3: most likely we won't see anything more. You probably won't
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  Speaker 3: need the ultrasound. But it was shortly after the tech
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  Speaker 3: read the results, I was in another room for an
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  Speaker 3: ultrasound and that's when they started to see something they
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  Speaker 3: didn't like.
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  Speaker 2: So what did you end up getting diagnosed with?
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  Speaker 3: So my diagnosis, which happened quite quickly because they did
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  Speaker 3: a biopsy shortly after that, is triple negative breast cancer.
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  Speaker 3: I call it the Robin Roberts cancer, and it's an
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  Speaker 3: early stage but it's a very aggressive, so they call
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  Speaker 3: it Grade three, so that means it's small but aggressive.
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  Speaker 2: Well, Nicole, you're still so young, you're fifty two years old,
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  Speaker 2: and of course you're getting this information trying to process.
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  Speaker 2: But isn't it amazing how you walk into asensia and
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  Speaker 2: you kind of feel like a stranger. You're just going
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  Speaker 2: in for a mammogram and I and now you're probably
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  Speaker 2: thinking their second family.
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  Speaker 3: Oh my gosh, I love them so much. They're so
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  Speaker 3: helpful and caring.
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  Speaker 2: Oh I love to hear that because that's the story
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  Speaker 2: we hear time and time again, and the compassion that
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  Speaker 2: they offer you, because those moments can get pretty dark
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  Speaker 2: and lonely when you're going through the fight.
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely, and one thing I've learned is not to blame
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  Speaker 3: myself when I'm having a low moment, whether it's physically
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  Speaker 3: or mentally, because I think we tend to do that,
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  Speaker 3: like I don't feel good, Oh what did I do
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  Speaker 3: to get sick?
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  Speaker 1: You know?
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  Speaker 3: So I've really reached out in the last month or
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  Speaker 3: so and it's made all the difference. Whether it's through
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  Speaker 3: a sena or a Facebook group, support therapy, my counselor
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  Speaker 3: it's made all the difference for that emotional support.
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  Speaker 2: Not only am I thankful that you're sharing your story,
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  Speaker 2: I'm just so proud of you for being so candid
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  Speaker 2: about it, because those are the real moments. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: you hear so many great stories like yes, I'm fighting cancer,
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  Speaker 2: I have a great support system, but the real is
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  Speaker 2: there are some really hard days and I'm just glad
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  Speaker 2: that you're being so open about that. And I know
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  Speaker 2: there's a lot of people listening right now, a few
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  Speaker 2: probably going, oh, man, I better go get my mammogram.
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  Speaker 2: And that is really what this is all about, is
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  Speaker 2: creating that awareness for everybody, just to make sure you
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  Speaker 2: stay up to date on those appointments.
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  Speaker 3: I am just so thankful for my obgyn to really push,
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  Speaker 3: you know, don't wait your six months overdue. That's too long.
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  Speaker 3: And I honestly, because I didn't have a history, I
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  Speaker 3: didn't know it was every year after a certain age
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  Speaker 3: that you need to get a mamma, grandma. I thought
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  Speaker 3: it was, you know, three to five years to be
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  Speaker 3: all right.
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  Speaker 2: Well, it feels like things are always changing. So I'm
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  Speaker 2: glad that not only you had a great obgyn, but
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  Speaker 2: you were able to go over to Assensha and they
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  Speaker 2: were able to handle it. I just can't thank you
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  Speaker 2: enough for sharing the story with us. Thank you so much, Nicole,
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  Speaker 2: and we're thinking of you. You keep fighting and I
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  Speaker 2: can't wait to hear your progress here in a few months.
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  Speaker 3: I appreciate it. Thank you for having me