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Mammogram Monday - Andrea · Podcast - Big 98.7

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  Speaker 1: It's hard to believe that we are wrapping up the
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  Speaker 1: month of October. It is the last week for bras
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  Speaker 1: on Big ninety eight point seven, and Andrea is here
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  Speaker 1: from Essential Health Cancer Center.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you so much for coming in today.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you so much for having me.
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  Speaker 1: I'm sure you're feeling, much like all of us, overwhelmed
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  Speaker 1: by all the stories we've heard all month long. More importantly,
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  Speaker 1: these are people that you've gotten to know, and the
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  Speaker 1: words that they've said about you probably brings you to
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  Speaker 1: tears because you've become second family to a lot of
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  Speaker 1: these people. Can you tell everybody what you do over
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  Speaker 1: at Asenia.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. I am the nurse navigator there specifically for breast
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  Speaker 3: cancer and GI cancers. So I am with these women
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  Speaker 3: and men from the time of diagnosis, through their survivorship,
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  Speaker 3: through their whole.
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  Speaker 2: Journey, which is so incredible.
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  Speaker 1: And you're just an Earth angel because when you're going
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  Speaker 1: through that, it's the unknown.
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  Speaker 2: It's the second you find out.
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  Speaker 1: You find these people at their lowest points and all
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  Speaker 1: you want to do is wrap your arms around them
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  Speaker 1: and help them as much as you can, but not
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  Speaker 1: only them, but their entire family.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it's not just the patient. It's literally their support
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  Speaker 3: system as well their families and that kind of thing
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  Speaker 3: because sometimes that family needs that extra support. Am I
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  Speaker 3: doing what I need to do, what's best for the
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  Speaker 3: patient and everything like that. So it is it's a big,
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  Speaker 3: big thing.
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  Speaker 2: It's a big.
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  Speaker 3: Family, and we really get to know everybody, and.
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  Speaker 1: I think it's important for people to know. And now
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  Speaker 1: that we're kind of starting to wrap things up, it
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  Speaker 1: is crunch time to bring your bras over of course
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  Speaker 1: to Corwin get out and about. I know a lot
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  Speaker 1: of people are getting ready to celebrate Halloween. Drink those
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  Speaker 1: make ultros and those neutral vodka seltzers. Yes, we're doing
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  Speaker 1: our part, but those dollars make a huge difference. Year
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  Speaker 1: after year, we've been able to write a check thanks
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  Speaker 1: to DS Beverages and core When Automotive Group for almost
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  Speaker 1: forty thousand dollars, sometimes more than that, and those dollars
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  Speaker 1: go right back to these patients at Asenja.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, it's amazing and year after year we see it
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  Speaker 3: and the community is so amazing here in Fargo. So
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  Speaker 3: it just blows my mind every year when I see
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  Speaker 3: how much it's been contributed and everything, and it does
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  Speaker 3: it makes a huge impact on our patients.
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  Speaker 1: And it seems like, Okay, yes, it's a gift card
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  Speaker 1: for gas, or it's one of those comfort care items,
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  Speaker 1: it's a wig. People don't realize how expensive all of
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  Speaker 1: that is, especially a lot of these women we've been
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  Speaker 1: talking to, they're out of town, they're coming in for
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  Speaker 1: their treatment, so just taking a little bit of stress
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  Speaker 1: off of them in that way. Maybe it's a hotel room.
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  Speaker 1: Wigs are so expensive though.
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  Speaker 3: They are They're so expensive. So yeah, from wigs to
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  Speaker 3: gas cards, to grocery cupons to a hotel stay. You know,
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  Speaker 3: you live out of town and you have to be
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  Speaker 3: at the hospital by five six o'clock in the morning
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  Speaker 3: for surgery or something like that. That's really hard to do.
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  Speaker 3: So and then you have to try to think about
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  Speaker 3: paying for a hotel or something too. That's crazy. So
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  Speaker 3: we're here to help with that.
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  Speaker 1: Well, we are so grateful, Andrea, thank you so much.
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  Speaker 1: I know a lot of people we stress it a lot.
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  Speaker 1: In October we talk about awareness, but I think it
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  Speaker 1: is so important because you see these patients all the time,
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  Speaker 1: how important it is to get check, get to know
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  Speaker 1: your body and make sure you're not putting off your mammogram.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, exactly. Early detection is key. It's so treatable if
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  Speaker 3: we catch it so early, and mammograms catch those.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you so much for all you do on behalf
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  Speaker 1: of everybody. It's so fun to hear these stories of
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  Speaker 1: people that just love and adore you and everything you
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  Speaker 1: guys do at Essential Health.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you so very much.