TRAIN DRIER WE GET SOME MORE SUNSHINE AND THE TEMPERATURES GOING TO WARM BACK UP SEND IT
OVER TO MCKINLEY
AND LINDSAY ALL RIGHT JUSTIN,
THANK YOU OCTOBER IS BREAST
CANCER AWARENESS MONTH
ON AVERAGE.
THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
ESTIMATES 42,000 WOMEN WILL DIE
EACH YEAR FROM
BREAST CANCER.
276,000 WOMEN
DIAGNOSED AS WE ALL KNOW SO
MUCH WORK IS BEING DONE TO
EDUCATE PEOPLE ON THIS
CANCER, BUT ALSO TO SAVE
LIVES YET TURN OUT FOR WITH THE
LOCAL CHAPTER OF SUSAN G KOMEN
JOINS US BOTH
AS AN ADVOCATE AND A SURVIVOR
SHE’S LIVE FROM ONLY THIS
MORNING TED.
THANK YOU FOR WAKING UP EARLY.
GOOD MORNING, IT’S WONDERFUL TO BE HERE ABSOLUTELY SE HERE IN YOUR PAPER IN OUR MEETING THIS
MORNING, YES.
>>PRESKA US AND SO I
UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE A
BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR COULD
YOU SHARE A BIT ABOUT
YOUR JOURNEY.
>>SO RUSSIA 7 YEARS AGO I HAD A
MAMMOGRAM THAT I HAD THAT OFFER
COUPLE YEARS. EVERY YEAR I HAD MY MAMMOGRAM AND IT WAS ALWAYS NORMAL AND I
NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS NO
FAMILY HISTORIES WHAT I’M SAY
THE MCCAINS LAW AND TURNS OUT I
WASN’T.
BUT I HAVE BREAST CANCER UNTIL I HAD MY MAMMOGRAM AND IN FACT ONLY
15% OF WOMEN WHO ARE DIAGNOSED
WITH BREAST CANCER HAVE A
FAMILY HISTORY.
SO THAT WAS SORT OF A FALL SO
IF I WAS
OK UNDER AND I WAS REALLY
FORTUNATE BECAUSE WE FOUND IT
EARLY ENOUGH.
THANKS
TO THE GREAT RESEARCH THAT’S
DONE THE PROTOCOLS WERE IN
PLACE I HAD A DOUBLE
MASTECTOMY.
AND 4 ROUNDS OF CHEMO.
IT’S LIFE CHANGING ITS
THAT EARLY DETECTION IS REALLY
WHAT SAVED MY LIFE.
>>TEAR THAT TIES IN INTO MY
NEXT QUESTION HOW
IMPORTANT IS EARLY DETECTION
YOU KNOW FROM WHAT YOU’RE
TELLING US YOU KNOW IT IT
REALLY PLAYED A ROLE IN YOUR
RECOVERY
AS WELL.
>>YEAH ABSOLUTELY BEGAN IN
EARLY DETECTION IS THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING OUT BECAUSE 99%
OF THE TIME YOU CAN SURVIVE
BREAST CANCER.
IF IT’S CAUGHT
EARLY AND AND SO IF THERE’S
ANYTHING DIFFERENT OUT OF THE
ORDINARY WITH YOUR BREAST
ANYTHING LOOKS DIFFERENT FEELS
DIFFERENT.
DEFINITELY SEE YOUR
HEALTHCARE PROVIDER.
BUT ALSO GO HAVE YOUR
YEARLY MAMMOGRAMS WHEN AND AS
YOUNG AS 20 SHOULD GO TO THE
DOCTOR AT LEAST ONCE EVERY 3
YEARS FOR A
PHYSICAL EXAM.
AND THE THING IS AS YOU HAD A
RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR
HEALTHCARE PROVIDER.
THEY WHAT THEY KNOW WHAT YOUR
NORMAL LOOKS LIKE AND
FEELS LIKE YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR
NORMAL LOOKS LIKE AND FEELS
LIKE YOU HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER
AS A TEAM.
SO THAT IF ANYTHING CHANGES
THEN YOU CAN GET ON IT
RIGHT AWAY.
>>ABSOLUTELY I KNOW A LOT OF
TIMES WE THINK ABOUT
BREAST CANCER AS SOMETHING
RESERVED SPECIFICALLY FOR
WOMEN, BUT THERE ARE MEN WHO
ARE DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST
CANCER COULD YOU TALK A BIT
ABOUT KIND
HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR MEN TO
GET CHECKED FOR BREAST CANCER
AS WELL.
>>IT IS ABSOLUTELY CRUCIAL
BECAUSE MANY TIMES THE MAN
NOTICE A CHANGE IN THEIR IN
THEIR CHANCE OR THEIR
BREAST TISSUE.
THEY MAY BE A LITTLE BIT MORE
RELUCTANT AND ARE NERVOUS
SCARED TO MAYBE REACH OUT TO
SOMEONE MAYBE IT’S MORE OF A
STIGMA FROM AN ATTORNEY AND IT
SHOULDN’T BE IT SHOULD ALL
SOMETHING THAT IT’S COVERED
IN HERE.
A NEW YEARLY WELLNESS CHECKS IF
YOU CAN BUT ALSO MEN SHOULD KNOW WHAT THEIR NORMAL IS IF THEY’RE JUST LOOKS DIFFERENT IF
THERE’S IT. THE NIPPLE LOOKS DIFFERENT. IF THERE’S A DISCHARGE OR RASH
OR LOT
FRONT BUMPER.
ANYTHING THAT WASN’T THERE
BEFORE REACH OUT YOUR HEALTH
CARE PROVIDER IT COULD SAVE
YOUR LIFE.
>>WELL, IT SOUNDS LIKE
YOU KNOW PEOPLE WANT TO RAISE
AWARENESS AND WE WANT TO GET
THE WORD OUT SO CAN YOU TELL US
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT IS
HAPPENING.
THIS MONTH.
>>ABSOLUTELY FIRST
OF ALL THERE ARE SO MANY
WONDERFUL COMMUNITY PARTNERS ON
SOUTHWEST, VIRGINIA.
DO REALLY SPECIAL THINGS DURING OCTOBER AND IT’S THE LIST IS REALLY LONG.
BUT YOU CAN GO TO COME AND BE A
BLUE RIDGE DOT ORG.
ND YOU CAN SEE THAT
FULL LIST, BUT IF YOU REALLY
EXCITING THINGS WE HAVE COMING
UP ON TUESDAY
OCTOBER, 13.
WE HAVE ARE PINK PROMISE
LUNCHEON WHILE WE CAN’T DO IT
IN PERSON.
FILL OF THAT EXCITEMENT AND YOU
NEVER BEEN
WITH EVERYONE WE ARE STILL
PROVIDING A LUNCHEON AND IT’S
GOING TO BE SOCIALLY DISTANT.
YOU CAN COME IN YOU CAN PICK UP
THIS WONDERFULLY PREPARED MEAL
AND THEN JUMP
ON FOR PRESENTATION WITH THE
WONDERFUL
CANCER SURVIVOR.
SPEAKER AND FIND OUT THE LATEST
INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED
NUMBER OF BREAST CANCER.
IF YOU CAN’T
BE THERE.
GO TO OUR WEBSITE LOOK ON OUR
SOCIAL
MEDIA ACCOUNTS
PONCHAR A SILENT AUCTION
THERE’S SOME WONDERFUL ITEMS
THAT YOU WOULD LOVE TO HAPPEN
NOW.
AND YOU THEIRS
WE HAVE 50 CHANCES FOR SOME
GORGEOUS JEWELRY.
IT’S BEING DONATED BY THINGS
AND NOT THERE’S A LOT TO 50
CHANCE OF WINNING ONE OF 3
PIECES AND IT’S JUST I WAS SO
MAKE SURE YOU CHECK
THAT OUT AND THEN ON OCTOBER
24TH, WE HAVE A WONDERFUL FALL
EVENT IN ABINGDON, VIRGINIA,
IT’S COLD COMING ON
THE CREEPER AND THAT’S WHERE WE
WON’T 15 MILES ON THE CREEPER
TRAIL AND IF YOU’VE NEVER BEEN
TO OR JUST PART OF THE STATE
IT’S WONDERFUL TO VISIT.
SO.
SO FORTUNATE THAT WE CAN WORK WITH THE TOWN OF ABINGDON, THERE.
SO GRACIOUSLY LETTING US HOLD
THIS EVENT
IN PERSON.
IT’S SMALLER THAN IT’S EVER
BEEN BEFORE.
WE’RE BEING WE’RE GOING TO DO
IT SOCIAL DISTANCING WE’RE
GOING TO DO THINGS A LITTLE BIT
DIFFERENT.
NOT HAVE SOME OF THE
SURROUNDING ACTIVITIES
WITH THAT.
OUR SPACE IS LIMITED BUT
THERE’S STILL A FEW SPACES
AVAILABLE.
SO IF YOU WANT TO COME ON 15
MILES WITH THIS RACE
AND MONEY DO THAT OR FIND A
WALKER.
I’M
WALKER. I’M A WALKER ON A WALK OR YOUR
COMMUNITY AND DONATE TO THEIR
CAUSE.
YOU CAN HELP US OUT SO MUCH 75%
OF WHAT
WE RISE STATES IN SOUTHWEST,
VIRGINIA IT STAYS IN OUR
COMMUNITIES.
IT GOES RIGHT BACK IN.
YOU KNOW TO HELP THE WOMEN AND
MAN THAT ARE
IN THERE AND 25% GOES TO
RESEARCH ON A NATIONAL LEVEL.
SO IT’S A WIN-WIN
ALL WERE.
>>ABSOLUTELY NO THAT RESEARCH
AND AWARENESS IS SO IMPORTANT
TO PANDEMIC ITS LOAN THINK SLOW
THINGS DOWN BUT NOT THAT AWARENESS AND NOT THAT ADVOCACY SARAH THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR WAKING THEM TO JOIN
US THEY DON’T BE A STRANGER.