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Big Christmas Wish - Lindsey Runck · Podcast - Big 98.7

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  Speaker 1: Hello.
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  Speaker 2: Why is this Lindsay. Hi Lindsay, This is Gab and
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  Speaker 2: Amanda on Big ninety eight point seven. How are you
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  Speaker 2: doing this morning?
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  Speaker 1: I'm good.
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  Speaker 2: Are you doing good? Do you have a second to
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  Speaker 2: chat with us on the radio?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: The reason we wanted to talk to you today is
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  Speaker 2: because your friend Angela had reached out to us and said,
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  Speaker 2: not only Lindsay, are you one strong woman who just
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  Speaker 2: turned forty, but you have really been going through it.
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  Speaker 2: You've got a couple of kids. Can you kind of
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  Speaker 2: share what's been going on. I know it's not always easy,
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  Speaker 2: but we would love to know.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. I was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer stage
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  Speaker 1: three back in March of twenty twenty three. So I
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  Speaker 1: just turned thirty nine, and I went to we'll see.
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  Speaker 1: I went to like six months of chemo. I did
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  Speaker 1: a double eseectomies, and then I did thirty days of radiation.
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  Speaker 2: Oh gosh, you you don't know all the things that
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  Speaker 2: you're successed to do.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, yep, I did it all. Plus I did six
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  Speaker 1: months of an oral chemo therapy. It's just to make
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  Speaker 1: sure that any lingering cells were taken care of as well.
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  Speaker 1: And I finished that in August this summer, I did.
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  Speaker 2: And at that moment, is that when you were able
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  Speaker 2: to ring the bell hoping that your cancer free.
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  Speaker 1: Yep. I rang the bell September sixth. I was kind
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  Speaker 1: of hesitant to do it. I mean, you can ring
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  Speaker 1: the bells whenever you want throughout your treatment, but I
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  Speaker 1: just hadn't felt confident enough to do it until I
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  Speaker 1: knew I was completely done with all my treatment. So
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  Speaker 1: I rang the bell September sixth. And then not even
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  Speaker 1: like two months later, I started getting to some symptoms
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  Speaker 1: that were coming up that weren't that weren't normal, So
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  Speaker 1: I brought them up to my oncologists and we started
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  Speaker 1: running a bunch of tests. And then just this November,
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  Speaker 1: actually a couple of weeks stories I got to call
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  Speaker 1: that it had spread to my my liver, my limps
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  Speaker 1: outside of my just my lymph nodes like beside my
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  Speaker 1: armpit lymph nodes, and then two possibly my cervice as well.
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  Speaker 2: Oh my gosh, Lindsey.
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  Speaker 1: So I haven't heard a treatment yet. I've heard treatment tomorrow,
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  Speaker 1: which is I'm looking forward to so hopefully relieve some
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  Speaker 1: of the pain I have. But yeah, and now it's
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  Speaker 1: we're at the point where it's I won't ever be
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  Speaker 1: cured from it, but the goal is to stop it
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  Speaker 1: from progressing, or you know, keeping it at bay.
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  Speaker 2: I guess absolutely. And at forty years old, you're just
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  Speaker 2: too young to be going through this first and foremost.
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  Speaker 2: But you do have two kids. How old are they?
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  Speaker 1: Yep, Brody is eighteen and then Stella is twelve.
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  Speaker 2: I can hear it in your voice. I know that
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  Speaker 2: you're trying to be so strong right now, because that's
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  Speaker 2: what moms do. Right Yes, but I'm sure it's really scary,
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  Speaker 2: and this journey is when you think that chapter's closing
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  Speaker 2: and you're opening it back up. It's got to be
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  Speaker 2: real tough.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it is. It's scary. You know. You just want
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  Speaker 1: to be your clear kids, and it's the possibility that
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  Speaker 1: you might not. So it's just a whole lot of
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  Speaker 1: emotions and things to think about. It's overwhelming, it.
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  Speaker 2: Really is, and there's so many unknowns. But you are
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  Speaker 2: so strong, you've already done this, and I know it
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  Speaker 2: probably feels like gosh. Everybody can tell you to stay strong.
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  Speaker 2: You're a fighter, You're going through it. But there's got
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  Speaker 2: to be those moments that you physically are not only weak,
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  Speaker 2: but it's it's got to be really challenging with doctor
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  Speaker 2: Bill's the holidays, I mean, just a rollercoaster of emotions.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, especially right now. It's like, you know, this will
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  Speaker 1: happen before Thanksgiving and I've been in and out of
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  Speaker 1: the hospital and then now Christmas is coming up. It's
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  Speaker 1: just like not the ideal time to get this kind
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  Speaker 1: of news, or you know, not the time that you
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  Speaker 1: want because you want to be celebrating other stuff and
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  Speaker 1: you know, spending time with your family and stuff, and
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  Speaker 1: instead you're spending more time with your cancer team.
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  Speaker 2: Well, and they do, they become your family. And I'm
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  Speaker 2: sure you have an amazing support system, but when you're
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  Speaker 2: talking about what you should be doing, one of the
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  Speaker 2: things we want to relieve thanks to your friend Angela,
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  Speaker 2: she went to Big nine eighty seven dot com and
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  Speaker 2: she nominated you for a Big ninety eight point seven
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  Speaker 2: Christmas wish and on behalf of Gateway Chevrolet and Heartland
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  Speaker 2: Chevy Dealers, we want to write you a check for
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  Speaker 2: one thousand dollars and that is simply just for you
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  Speaker 2: to spend that however you want through the holidays and
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  Speaker 2: hopefully bring a little light to you and your family
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  Speaker 2: and just to ease a little bit of that stress.
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  Speaker 1: Well, well, thank you. That means a lot.
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  Speaker 2: You're so welcome and I wish we could do more,
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  Speaker 2: but please know that we are thinking about you and
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  Speaker 2: your family and thank you. We appreciate you sharing your story.
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  Speaker 2: I know it's not easy.
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  Speaker 1: Well, thank you, I appreciate it. This will very much