October 1, 2024 • 15 mins
Aired September 29, 2024: Susan G. Komen®, the world’s leading breast cancer organization, is hosting their MORE THAN PINK Walk, Saturday, October 5 at Exposition Park. It'll be all about bringing together survivors, supporters and advocates to raise critical funds to advance Komen’s mission and provide support for people facing this disease now.
In 2024 alone, an estimated 32,660 women in California will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 4,570 will lose their lives to the disease. Funds raised at the walk will allow Komen to meet the immediate needs of breast cancer patients through its free Breast Care Helpline and offer services such as patient navigation, financial assistance and emotional support. It will also fund research breakthroughs that allow more lives to be saved from breast cancer and bring us closer to the cures for all breast cancers.
In this podcast, Lisa Foxx talks to 2-time breast cancer survivor Annette Crump about her experience from diagnosis to being cancer free. She also discusses why its so important for women to do home exams in addition to annual mammograms starting at age 40. She also hopes people will join her team 'Annette & Friends' and help them raise money to help other breast cancer patients.
What: Susan G. Komen Los Angeles MORE THAN PINK Walk
When: Saturday, October 5, 2024
Where: Exposition Park, Los Angeles
Registration Details: http://www.komen.org/lacountywalk
Got breast cancer questions? Call their free Breast Care Helpline at 1-877-465-6636 or email helpline@komen.org to get started. All calls are answered Monday – Thursday, 9 a.m. – 7 p.m. ET and Friday, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. ET. Se habla español.
In 2024 alone, an estimated 32,660 women in California will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 4,570 will lose their lives to the disease. Funds raised at the walk will allow Komen to meet the immediate needs of breast cancer patients through its free Breast Care Helpline and offer services such as patient navigation, financial assistance and emotional support. It will also fund research breakthroughs that allow more lives to be saved from breast cancer and bring us closer to the cures for all breast cancers.
In this podcast, Lisa Foxx talks to 2-time breast cancer survivor Annette Crump about her experience from diagnosis to being cancer free. She also discusses why its so important for women to do home exams in addition to annual mammograms starting at age 40. She also hopes people will join her team 'Annette & Friends' and help them raise money to help other breast cancer patients.
What: Susan G. Komen Los Angeles MORE THAN PINK Walk
When: Saturday, October 5, 2024
Where: Exposition Park, Los Angeles
Registration Details: http://www.komen.org/lacountywalk
Got breast cancer questions? Call their free Breast Care Helpline at 1-877-465-6636 or email helpline@komen.org to get started. All calls are answered Monday – Thursday, 9 a.m. – 7 p.m. ET and Friday, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. ET. Se habla español.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Lisa Fox here. This is the iHeart so Cal show
or show that puts the spotlight on charterable organizations, nonprofits
and people giving back. And boy, do you have a
chance to give back next Saturday at the annual SUSAN
G Coman More Than Pink Walk to Fight Breast Cancer YEP,
next Saturday, October fifth, Exposition Park. It's all about bringing
together survivors, supporters, and advocates to raise critical funds to
(00:23):
advance Coman's mission and provide support for people facing the disease.
Now all the info at coman dot org. But hey,
who better to have on and tell us more and
encourage us to get out there and walk and get involved.
Then two time breast cancer survivor and Net Crump high.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
A, Net, Hi, how are you so good?
Speaker 1 (00:42):
I fok I should say, let's go team and Net
and friends. You're a huge team that you're going to
have out there walking this thing next weekend. How many
years you've been doing this now?
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Oh my gosh, Well I started walking when it was
still the Race for the Cure in two thousand and two.
So yeah, it's been a long it's been a long
time of many celebrations at the walk and with all
the survivor sisters there and we raise a lot of money.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
Yeah, yeah, that's good. And I love the title because
we know, you know, the color pink has become synonymous
with fighting breast cancer and it's such an incredible color
of awareness about breast cancer and early detection being key.
But talk about the meaning behind that phrase. It's more
than pink, more than the color pink.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
Yeah, I mean the whole month of October because it's
Breast Cancer Awareness Month, has been overtaken by you know,
you see everything in the store with a pink ribbon
on it, and you don't know where that money is
going because it's a million different foundations that are many
of them are small, and you kind of have to wonder.
(01:48):
You have to know where your money is going and
be more than pink because you need to figure out
where it's going, how you're going to make an impact.
And with Coleman, you know exactly where they're going to
spend the money and what kind of impact they're making.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
And you know that firsthand because, like I said before,
you're a two time breast cancer survivor. Huh, I mean
how much you want? How much do you want to
get into your story because you know, I'm a crier
and I don't know how you are about all this.
But of course, so many of us, myself included, and
so many people listening, have been touched by cancer, especially
your breast cancer. See I warned you, I warned you.
(02:28):
But talk about what was going on in your life
when you were first diagnosed in the early two Is
it the early two thousands you were diagnosed.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
Yes, yeah, that was the first time, was early two thousands.
I was in my early forties, and it didn't come
as a complete shock because I had aunts on both
sides of my family, but no directly, not my mother,
not my sister, and they caught it early. It was
early stage two breast cancer. And I went through the
(02:57):
whole thing with surgery and rache in chemotherapy and lost
all my hair, and you know the whole story.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
And that Did you find the lump or do they
find it during a routine mammogram?
Speaker 3 (03:09):
Mammogram? Get your mammograms, that's all I can say. Get screened.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
Yeah, both times, both times I had breast cancer, the
lump was not palpable. It was found in a mammogram
with a follow up ultrasound because I had dense breast tissue.
And there there's a big initiative right now to make
sure women are aware if they have dense breast tissue
(03:36):
that they may need additional screening just to be safe,
and to make sure that that if it doesn't show
up on the mammogram, you might find something with an ultrasound.
And that's how it happened for me.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
Twice.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
I know all about the dense breast issue. So did
it come back in the same on the same side
or the other side?
Speaker 2 (03:54):
It came back in the same side. And so the
second time I opted for a double mess deck to
me because I didn't want to wait around for it
to do it a third time. Yep, and yeah. And
in the meantime, my sister has had breast cancer three times,
so just it's she's flying out from Michigan to walk
(04:17):
with me this time because it means a lot to
both of us.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
Of course, how was she doing now? Is she cancer
free currently?
Speaker 3 (04:24):
Yes? Yeah? Perfect?
Speaker 1 (04:25):
Yeah, that's good. And you've been cancer free? How long now?
Speaker 2 (04:29):
Since twenty twenty. It was the end of twenty twenty
when I had my double miss deck to me right
in the middle of COVID.
Speaker 3 (04:36):
That was really Oh.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
My gosh, that must have been a scary time to
be at the hospital with all the craziness going on.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
Yeah, it really was.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
But you had to do it.
Speaker 3 (04:45):
I got through it. Yeah, had to do it.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
Yeah, and cancer free ever since the double miss ectomy
and twenty twenty, God bless you. And then I mean now,
I guess you don't. You don't have to go back
and keep checking. I mean, right, there's nothing to that.
You took away the problem.
Speaker 2 (04:59):
Yeah, it's a little strange not to go through my hand.
You'l on my mammogram.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
I don't do anymore.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
You're a local gal, You're a Glendale GAO, and I
have a lot of friends and a lot of support
over the years from your double cancer battle and now
success post cancer, post double misectomy. You got a big
team out there. We're encouraging folks to come out, get
signed up, get registered, rock your pink, come solo, grab
some friends, join a team. You can join a nets team, right.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
Yes, anybody can join my team. It's called Annette and Friends.
And you can look up my team on the common
dot org website when you look for the more than
Pink Walk and if you just put in your zip code,
it'll get you to the right more than Pink Walk,
because Southern California is doing multiple.
Speaker 3 (05:49):
Events in the October months.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
Yeah yeah, but yes, come on down. I mean, the
other thing that's more than pink is that it's more
than an event. It's a great event. It's a very
very celebratory event with all of the survivors there because
you feel like you're in a community and you're not alone,
and the families feel the same way. And that's all
(06:15):
really wonderful. But raising money is really what it's all about.
So even you know, raise one hundred dollars, ask ten
friends to give you ten dollars each, and you've raised
one hundred dollars. And the impact of that is you
just wouldn't believe. Because we're the largest funder of breast
(06:36):
cancer research next to the United States government.
Speaker 3 (06:40):
Wow, yeah, it's huge.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
And we do a lot of direct services for cancer
patients when they need help with their rent, or they
need help with transportation to treatment or paying for screening
and diagnosis, and there to serve the community. And that's
why I believe in the Coman Mission and why I've
been raising money for it ever since I found out
(07:04):
about them in two thousand.
Speaker 1 (07:06):
And two when you were kind of kind of forced
to but grateful that you had that organization to turn
to when you were first diagnosed.
Speaker 2 (07:12):
Yes, it was amazing. And if you have been newly
diagnosed and you go to Cooman dot org, there are
so many resources Q and A things you should ask
your doctor. I mean, there's just it's a deep encyclopedia
there on the Internet for you to do research and
(07:33):
know that you're not alone and to know what to
ask for because a lot of times patients have to
advocate for themselves.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
Sure, and I want to ask you about this free
breast Care helpline in a second. But funds raise from
the More Than Pink Walk this coming Saturday, October fifth,
Exposition Park. Funds raise at the walk will allow Comen
to meet the immediate needs of breast cancer patients like
and that was just saying, but also through their free
breast Care helpline that offers services like patient navigation, financial
(08:01):
assistant like you mentioned, and emotional support. What is this
breast care this free breast care helpline.
Speaker 2 (08:06):
Yeah, it's one eight seven seven go Comen and you
can call that number if you're in need, and people
on the other end of the phone will help you
navigate to what it is that they can help you with.
If it's just asking questions, if it's getting the right resources,
if it's needing to apply for direct funds and direct services,
(08:31):
they can help you right there.
Speaker 1 (08:33):
So nice to have a nice, carrying person on the
other end of the phone. Joined such a scary time
to be first diagnosed can be obviously very scary, like
how you probably felt like, oh my gosh, what's going
to happen to me?
Speaker 2 (08:43):
Yeah? Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's hard on the family too, sure,
because you have a mission, you know, the doctors give
you your marchin orders and you start through a process
and the and it's really hard on the family caregivers,
the curserver.
Speaker 3 (09:00):
So we have to remember that too.
Speaker 1 (09:02):
And again the money is going to help in so
many ways through Susan G. Coleman. It also funds research
breakthroughs that allow more lives to be saved from breast
cancer and hopefully one day bring us closer to a cure.
And just as we continue to spread the word, I
mean you're an example of early detection is key. So
again with the mammograms and self exams regularly, but these breakthroughs,
(09:24):
My gosh, I mean, what do you wish you knew
when you were diagnosed? You know, what can you tell
women today? How is what has changed since the years
you were first diagnosed? Well over twenty plus years ago.
Speaker 3 (09:35):
Oh so much has changed.
Speaker 2 (09:37):
When I was first diagnosed and treated, it was more
of a sort of scattershot, you know, just chemo and
radiation and go. Now they have targeted therapy, gene therapy
based on the type of breast cancer that you have,
and they know so much more about your genetic makeup
than the testing and what in and really fine tuning treatment.
(10:02):
It's so much different now, and it's a lot to
do with all the coman researchers. It's really amazing.
Speaker 1 (10:08):
My notes in front of me say that this year alone,
an estimated thirty two thousand, six hundred and sixty women
in California alone will be diagnosed with breast cancer and
about forty five hundred will will lose the battle.
Speaker 2 (10:20):
Yes, and it still is win and eight women that,
I mean, that's not an insignificant number. When you look
around a dinner party at all your girlfriends, right and
it's one and eight's it's too many. But everyone has
a chance to survive as long as you do the
early detection and keep up with screening.
Speaker 1 (10:40):
Yeah, and again that's the stat one in eight women
will be diagnosed with breast cancer at some point in
their lifetime. And as a two time breast cancer survivor,
when did you decide, you know what point during your
journey or after you were cancer free, when did you
decide it was important for you to actually work with
Susan G. Coleman and work and be so hands on
(11:00):
with this organization.
Speaker 2 (11:02):
In two thousand and nine, I had a friend who
was on the race committee and she was a coworker
of mine, and she said, you're the most organized person.
Speaker 1 (11:12):
I know.
Speaker 2 (11:12):
You need to come beyond the race committee. We need you,
we need your skill set.
Speaker 3 (11:19):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (11:19):
So I did that for a couple of years, and
then I was actually chair of the event for two years,
and then I moved on to the Coman board of
directors in Los Angeles.
Speaker 1 (11:29):
Look at that. So yeah, and now we got the Biggie,
the main event, one of the biggest fund raisers for
sin Jikoman every single year. They're more than pink walk
next Starday, October fifth at Exposition Park. You're encouraged to
join her team and that and friends and get on
out there, get your pink on, get your walk on,
and help raise that money to make a difference.
Speaker 2 (11:49):
Call it my cancer birthday. You know, it's another year
of celebrating still being here. And I think we all
feel that way, all the women that wear pink.
Speaker 1 (11:59):
And even for the founder of Susan g Culemen right.
It was started by Susan g Comyn's sister, Nancy Brinker,
who promised her sister, I'm going to stop this thing
one day because it took her life. It took her
sister's life, and she's like, I'm going to change this
for the future.
Speaker 3 (12:15):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (12:15):
Nancy Brinker started the organization because her sister, Susan died
of breast cancer and it was back in the dark
ages before they knew how to treat it or or
you know, they didn't have a lot of research at
the time, and so Susan made her sister promise that
(12:35):
she would do something so that nobody else would have
to suffer quite like her sister did. And it was
a monumental thing that Nancy Brinker started all those years ago, and.
Speaker 1 (12:47):
Look at them out, Susan G. Colemen, the world's leading
breast cancer organization, having such a huge impact on so
many with a disease, with the research, with the money
helping women their treatment, with the messaging fundraising, all of it.
Speaker 2 (13:03):
Yes, because of a promise from one sister to another.
And that's okay. Now you're going to make me cry.
Speaker 3 (13:10):
I don't want to.
Speaker 1 (13:10):
Don't work cry, don't We're we're gonna wear pink. We're
going to rock our color pink and come out there
and join and join so many inspiring cancer survivors like yourself,
survivors and just supporters and people who want to come together,
join and net and friends. You can join and that's
team at the More Than Pink Walk next Saturday, October fifth,
Exposition Park. How early do we have to be down there?
How early are we doing? Like a seven am? Six am?
(13:32):
Seven am?
Speaker 2 (13:33):
We're going to start the walk at eight o'clock, eight
o'clock and eight o'clock. Yeah, and the opening ceremony starts
at seven to fifteen. It's an early morning, but we'll
all be there bright and sunny and with our coffee up.
Speaker 1 (13:48):
Early a nice little celebratory walk around Exposition Park.
Speaker 2 (13:52):
It is a nice leisurely walk, so if you're currently
in treatment, you can you can still get through it,
and it's not stenuous. It's just more of a celebratory event.
Speaker 1 (14:05):
And you know, we never know what the weather is
going to be, so I haven't had a chance to
check the forecast for next weekend. But early is good
because it'll be nice and cool in the morning, so
we won't be out there sweating, sweating at noon, like
come anymore how much longer?
Speaker 3 (14:16):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (14:17):
So absolutely, all right, Well, we encourage anyone to find
out more about the Susan G. Comen Breast Cancer Foundation
at Coman dot org. Of course, the walk more than
Pink Walk next Saturday, October fifth, and it's all right
there at Coman dot org. The free breast care helpline
is eight seven seven Go coman k O M E
(14:38):
N eight seven seven, Go Comen with any questions or
concerns on behalf of yourself or a loved one, And
we again encourage you to just grab your pink and
on out there and join these incredibly enthusiastic, loving people
who want to celebrate folks who are cancer free like
a net and her sister, but also in hopes of
a world that will be cancer free one day, right,
in hopes of a world that'll be cancer free, and
(14:59):
no war walks, no more walks.
Speaker 3 (15:01):
That's right, That is our goal. That's the ultimate goal.
Speaker 1 (15:04):
Yeah, all right, and now thank you so much for
sharing your story. And we'll see you next Saturday at
the More Than Pink Walks. So did you come in
More than Pink Walk And we'll see everybody out there
next Saturday. Yea, and that thank you so much.
Speaker 3 (15:18):
You're welcome. Thank you
Lisa Fox here. This is the iHeart so Cal show
or show that puts the spotlight on charterable organizations, nonprofits
and people giving back. And boy, do you have a
chance to give back next Saturday at the annual SUSAN
G Coman More Than Pink Walk to Fight Breast Cancer YEP,
next Saturday, October fifth, Exposition Park. It's all about bringing
together survivors, supporters, and advocates to raise critical funds to
(00:23):
advance Coman's mission and provide support for people facing the disease.
Now all the info at coman dot org. But hey,
who better to have on and tell us more and
encourage us to get out there and walk and get involved.
Then two time breast cancer survivor and Net Crump high.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
A, Net, Hi, how are you so good?
Speaker 1 (00:42):
I fok I should say, let's go team and Net
and friends. You're a huge team that you're going to
have out there walking this thing next weekend. How many
years you've been doing this now?
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Oh my gosh, Well I started walking when it was
still the Race for the Cure in two thousand and two.
So yeah, it's been a long it's been a long
time of many celebrations at the walk and with all
the survivor sisters there and we raise a lot of money.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
Yeah, yeah, that's good. And I love the title because
we know, you know, the color pink has become synonymous
with fighting breast cancer and it's such an incredible color
of awareness about breast cancer and early detection being key.
But talk about the meaning behind that phrase. It's more
than pink, more than the color pink.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
Yeah, I mean the whole month of October because it's
Breast Cancer Awareness Month, has been overtaken by you know,
you see everything in the store with a pink ribbon
on it, and you don't know where that money is
going because it's a million different foundations that are many
of them are small, and you kind of have to wonder.
(01:48):
You have to know where your money is going and
be more than pink because you need to figure out
where it's going, how you're going to make an impact.
And with Coleman, you know exactly where they're going to
spend the money and what kind of impact they're making.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
And you know that firsthand because, like I said before,
you're a two time breast cancer survivor. Huh, I mean
how much you want? How much do you want to
get into your story because you know, I'm a crier
and I don't know how you are about all this.
But of course, so many of us, myself included, and
so many people listening, have been touched by cancer, especially
your breast cancer. See I warned you, I warned you.
(02:28):
But talk about what was going on in your life
when you were first diagnosed in the early two Is
it the early two thousands you were diagnosed.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
Yes, yeah, that was the first time, was early two thousands.
I was in my early forties, and it didn't come
as a complete shock because I had aunts on both
sides of my family, but no directly, not my mother,
not my sister, and they caught it early. It was
early stage two breast cancer. And I went through the
(02:57):
whole thing with surgery and rache in chemotherapy and lost
all my hair, and you know the whole story.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
And that Did you find the lump or do they
find it during a routine mammogram?
Speaker 3 (03:09):
Mammogram? Get your mammograms, that's all I can say. Get screened.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
Yeah, both times, both times I had breast cancer, the
lump was not palpable. It was found in a mammogram
with a follow up ultrasound because I had dense breast tissue.
And there there's a big initiative right now to make
sure women are aware if they have dense breast tissue
(03:36):
that they may need additional screening just to be safe,
and to make sure that that if it doesn't show
up on the mammogram, you might find something with an ultrasound.
And that's how it happened for me.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
Twice.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
I know all about the dense breast issue. So did
it come back in the same on the same side
or the other side?
Speaker 2 (03:54):
It came back in the same side. And so the
second time I opted for a double mess deck to
me because I didn't want to wait around for it
to do it a third time. Yep, and yeah. And
in the meantime, my sister has had breast cancer three times,
so just it's she's flying out from Michigan to walk
(04:17):
with me this time because it means a lot to
both of us.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
Of course, how was she doing now? Is she cancer
free currently?
Speaker 3 (04:24):
Yes? Yeah? Perfect?
Speaker 1 (04:25):
Yeah, that's good. And you've been cancer free? How long now?
Speaker 2 (04:29):
Since twenty twenty. It was the end of twenty twenty
when I had my double miss deck to me right
in the middle of COVID.
Speaker 3 (04:36):
That was really Oh.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
My gosh, that must have been a scary time to
be at the hospital with all the craziness going on.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
Yeah, it really was.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
But you had to do it.
Speaker 3 (04:45):
I got through it. Yeah, had to do it.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
Yeah, and cancer free ever since the double miss ectomy
and twenty twenty, God bless you. And then I mean now,
I guess you don't. You don't have to go back
and keep checking. I mean, right, there's nothing to that.
You took away the problem.
Speaker 2 (04:59):
Yeah, it's a little strange not to go through my hand.
You'l on my mammogram.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
I don't do anymore.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
You're a local gal, You're a Glendale GAO, and I
have a lot of friends and a lot of support
over the years from your double cancer battle and now
success post cancer, post double misectomy. You got a big
team out there. We're encouraging folks to come out, get
signed up, get registered, rock your pink, come solo, grab
some friends, join a team. You can join a nets team, right.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
Yes, anybody can join my team. It's called Annette and Friends.
And you can look up my team on the common
dot org website when you look for the more than
Pink Walk and if you just put in your zip code,
it'll get you to the right more than Pink Walk,
because Southern California is doing multiple.
Speaker 3 (05:49):
Events in the October months.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
Yeah yeah, but yes, come on down. I mean, the
other thing that's more than pink is that it's more
than an event. It's a great event. It's a very
very celebratory event with all of the survivors there because
you feel like you're in a community and you're not alone,
and the families feel the same way. And that's all
(06:15):
really wonderful. But raising money is really what it's all about.
So even you know, raise one hundred dollars, ask ten
friends to give you ten dollars each, and you've raised
one hundred dollars. And the impact of that is you
just wouldn't believe. Because we're the largest funder of breast
(06:36):
cancer research next to the United States government.
Speaker 3 (06:40):
Wow, yeah, it's huge.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
And we do a lot of direct services for cancer
patients when they need help with their rent, or they
need help with transportation to treatment or paying for screening
and diagnosis, and there to serve the community. And that's
why I believe in the Coman Mission and why I've
been raising money for it ever since I found out
(07:04):
about them in two thousand.
Speaker 1 (07:06):
And two when you were kind of kind of forced
to but grateful that you had that organization to turn
to when you were first diagnosed.
Speaker 2 (07:12):
Yes, it was amazing. And if you have been newly
diagnosed and you go to Cooman dot org, there are
so many resources Q and A things you should ask
your doctor. I mean, there's just it's a deep encyclopedia
there on the Internet for you to do research and
(07:33):
know that you're not alone and to know what to
ask for because a lot of times patients have to
advocate for themselves.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
Sure, and I want to ask you about this free
breast Care helpline in a second. But funds raise from
the More Than Pink Walk this coming Saturday, October fifth,
Exposition Park. Funds raise at the walk will allow Comen
to meet the immediate needs of breast cancer patients like
and that was just saying, but also through their free
breast Care helpline that offers services like patient navigation, financial
(08:01):
assistant like you mentioned, and emotional support. What is this
breast care this free breast care helpline.
Speaker 2 (08:06):
Yeah, it's one eight seven seven go Comen and you
can call that number if you're in need, and people
on the other end of the phone will help you
navigate to what it is that they can help you with.
If it's just asking questions, if it's getting the right resources,
if it's needing to apply for direct funds and direct services,
(08:31):
they can help you right there.
Speaker 1 (08:33):
So nice to have a nice, carrying person on the
other end of the phone. Joined such a scary time
to be first diagnosed can be obviously very scary, like
how you probably felt like, oh my gosh, what's going
to happen to me?
Speaker 2 (08:43):
Yeah? Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's hard on the family too, sure,
because you have a mission, you know, the doctors give
you your marchin orders and you start through a process
and the and it's really hard on the family caregivers,
the curserver.
Speaker 3 (09:00):
So we have to remember that too.
Speaker 1 (09:02):
And again the money is going to help in so
many ways through Susan G. Coleman. It also funds research
breakthroughs that allow more lives to be saved from breast
cancer and hopefully one day bring us closer to a cure.
And just as we continue to spread the word, I
mean you're an example of early detection is key. So
again with the mammograms and self exams regularly, but these breakthroughs,
(09:24):
My gosh, I mean, what do you wish you knew
when you were diagnosed? You know, what can you tell
women today? How is what has changed since the years
you were first diagnosed? Well over twenty plus years ago.
Speaker 3 (09:35):
Oh so much has changed.
Speaker 2 (09:37):
When I was first diagnosed and treated, it was more
of a sort of scattershot, you know, just chemo and
radiation and go. Now they have targeted therapy, gene therapy
based on the type of breast cancer that you have,
and they know so much more about your genetic makeup
than the testing and what in and really fine tuning treatment.
(10:02):
It's so much different now, and it's a lot to
do with all the coman researchers. It's really amazing.
Speaker 1 (10:08):
My notes in front of me say that this year alone,
an estimated thirty two thousand, six hundred and sixty women
in California alone will be diagnosed with breast cancer and
about forty five hundred will will lose the battle.
Speaker 2 (10:20):
Yes, and it still is win and eight women that,
I mean, that's not an insignificant number. When you look
around a dinner party at all your girlfriends, right and
it's one and eight's it's too many. But everyone has
a chance to survive as long as you do the
early detection and keep up with screening.
Speaker 1 (10:40):
Yeah, and again that's the stat one in eight women
will be diagnosed with breast cancer at some point in
their lifetime. And as a two time breast cancer survivor,
when did you decide, you know what point during your
journey or after you were cancer free, when did you
decide it was important for you to actually work with
Susan G. Coleman and work and be so hands on
(11:00):
with this organization.
Speaker 2 (11:02):
In two thousand and nine, I had a friend who
was on the race committee and she was a coworker
of mine, and she said, you're the most organized person.
Speaker 1 (11:12):
I know.
Speaker 2 (11:12):
You need to come beyond the race committee. We need you,
we need your skill set.
Speaker 3 (11:19):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (11:19):
So I did that for a couple of years, and
then I was actually chair of the event for two years,
and then I moved on to the Coman board of
directors in Los Angeles.
Speaker 1 (11:29):
Look at that. So yeah, and now we got the Biggie,
the main event, one of the biggest fund raisers for
sin Jikoman every single year. They're more than pink walk
next Starday, October fifth at Exposition Park. You're encouraged to
join her team and that and friends and get on
out there, get your pink on, get your walk on,
and help raise that money to make a difference.
Speaker 2 (11:49):
Call it my cancer birthday. You know, it's another year
of celebrating still being here. And I think we all
feel that way, all the women that wear pink.
Speaker 1 (11:59):
And even for the founder of Susan g Culemen right.
It was started by Susan g Comyn's sister, Nancy Brinker,
who promised her sister, I'm going to stop this thing
one day because it took her life. It took her
sister's life, and she's like, I'm going to change this
for the future.
Speaker 3 (12:15):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (12:15):
Nancy Brinker started the organization because her sister, Susan died
of breast cancer and it was back in the dark
ages before they knew how to treat it or or
you know, they didn't have a lot of research at
the time, and so Susan made her sister promise that
(12:35):
she would do something so that nobody else would have
to suffer quite like her sister did. And it was
a monumental thing that Nancy Brinker started all those years ago, and.
Speaker 1 (12:47):
Look at them out, Susan G. Colemen, the world's leading
breast cancer organization, having such a huge impact on so
many with a disease, with the research, with the money
helping women their treatment, with the messaging fundraising, all of it.
Speaker 2 (13:03):
Yes, because of a promise from one sister to another.
And that's okay. Now you're going to make me cry.
Speaker 3 (13:10):
I don't want to.
Speaker 1 (13:10):
Don't work cry, don't We're we're gonna wear pink. We're
going to rock our color pink and come out there
and join and join so many inspiring cancer survivors like yourself,
survivors and just supporters and people who want to come together,
join and net and friends. You can join and that's
team at the More Than Pink Walk next Saturday, October fifth,
Exposition Park. How early do we have to be down there?
How early are we doing? Like a seven am? Six am?
(13:32):
Seven am?
Speaker 2 (13:33):
We're going to start the walk at eight o'clock, eight
o'clock and eight o'clock. Yeah, and the opening ceremony starts
at seven to fifteen. It's an early morning, but we'll
all be there bright and sunny and with our coffee up.
Speaker 1 (13:48):
Early a nice little celebratory walk around Exposition Park.
Speaker 2 (13:52):
It is a nice leisurely walk, so if you're currently
in treatment, you can you can still get through it,
and it's not stenuous. It's just more of a celebratory event.
Speaker 1 (14:05):
And you know, we never know what the weather is
going to be, so I haven't had a chance to
check the forecast for next weekend. But early is good
because it'll be nice and cool in the morning, so
we won't be out there sweating, sweating at noon, like
come anymore how much longer?
Speaker 3 (14:16):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (14:17):
So absolutely, all right, Well, we encourage anyone to find
out more about the Susan G. Comen Breast Cancer Foundation
at Coman dot org. Of course, the walk more than
Pink Walk next Saturday, October fifth, and it's all right
there at Coman dot org. The free breast care helpline
is eight seven seven Go coman k O M E
(14:38):
N eight seven seven, Go Comen with any questions or
concerns on behalf of yourself or a loved one, And
we again encourage you to just grab your pink and
on out there and join these incredibly enthusiastic, loving people
who want to celebrate folks who are cancer free like
a net and her sister, but also in hopes of
a world that will be cancer free one day, right,
in hopes of a world that'll be cancer free, and
(14:59):
no war walks, no more walks.
Speaker 3 (15:01):
That's right, That is our goal. That's the ultimate goal.
Speaker 1 (15:04):
Yeah, all right, and now thank you so much for
sharing your story. And we'll see you next Saturday at
the More Than Pink Walks. So did you come in
More than Pink Walk And we'll see everybody out there
next Saturday. Yea, and that thank you so much.
Speaker 3 (15:18):
You're welcome. Thank you
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