>>
>> IT'S
>> IT'S A
>> IT'S A NEW DAY. >> THIS IS NEW DAY NORTHWEST,
NOW FROM THE STUDIO, HERE IS
MARGARET, GOOD MORNING AND
WELCOME TO NEW DAY.
ACCORDING TO THE CDC, NEARLY
250,000 WOMEN WILL BE DIAGNOSED
WITH BREAST CANCER EVERY YEAR.
ALONG WITH ABOUT 2100 MEN, AND
SOME CASES THOSE DIAGNOSED HAVE
A FAMILY HISTORY OF BREAST
CANCER BUT FOR MANY OTHERS,
THERE IS NONE AND FOR
EVERYBODY, THE DIAGNOSIS IS A
SHOCK.
SHOCK.
SHOCK. THAT IN FACT IS WHAT HAPPENED
TO THE ANCHOR, ANGIE MENTINK
WHO BATTLED HER CANCER
PUBLICLY, WITH GRACE, HUMOR,
AND LOADS OF SUPPORT.
SO, WE ARE GLAD YOU ARE HERE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING
ME.
ME.
ME. THIS
ME. THIS IS AWESOME.
>> THIS IS JUST, IT IS REALLY
GOOD TO TALK ABOUT THIS.
GET OUT THERE AND MAKE SURE ...
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR BOOBS,
SHALL WE?
SHALL WE?
SHALL WE? >> IT'S ONLY FAIR.
>> SO YOUR DIAGNOSIS WAS THE
RESULT OF A SPURRED DECISION
THAT YOU MADE.
>> USUALLY WITH TWO BOYS I AM
ALWAYS CAME TO GO TO THE
EMERGENCY ROOM AT SOME POINT
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
I DIDN'T HAVE THAT HAPPEN, AND
I HAD ALL OF THIS MONEY LEFT
OVER ANY FLEXIBLE SPENDING
ACCOUNT.
ACCOUNT.
ACCOUNT. I WAS LIKE HE WANTS TO GET
TEXTED -- GET TESTED FOR
ALLERGIES AND I KEPT MOVING
THAT PAGE SAYING I WAS DUE FOR
A MAMMOGRAM.
A MAMMOGRAM. I SAID I NEED TO MAKE AN
APPOINTMENT AND GET THE
MAMMOGRAM.
MAMMOGRAM. AND IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT I
DID.
DID.
DID. >>
DID. >> DID YOU GET ANY INKLING AT
THE ACTUAL PROCEDURE THAT
SOMETHING WAS AWRY OR DID YOU
GET A CALL?
>> GREAT QUESTION.
NO, THERE WAS NOTHING.
I HAD ACTUALLY HAD MY FIRST
EVER MAMMOGRAM, I HAD TO COME
BACK AND THEY HAD TO TAKE
PICTURES.
PICTURES.
PICTURES. BECAUSE APPARENTLY THE MUSCLE
WALL WAS IN THE WAY.
>> I DON'T THINK I WILL EVER
HAVE THAT PROBLEM.
>> THAT IS THE PROBLEM AGAIN
THEY NEED ME TO COME BACK AND
TAKE SOME MORE PICTURES AND
THEN THEY TOOK SOME MORE
PICTURES AND THEY WERE LIKE WE
REALLY DON'T LIKE THIS, BUT WE
WILL SEND YOU ACROSS THE WAY
AND DO A LITTLE ULTRASOUND.
THEY DID THE ULTRASOUND AND
THEY SAID WE DON'T REALLY LIKE
THIS, WE WILL SEND YOU ACROSS
THE WAY AND GET A BIOPSY.
AND THEN, THE WEIGHTING OCCURS
-- THE WEIGHTING OCCURS.
>> I HAD TO WAIT FOREVER.
IN THE BACK OF MY MIND, I WAS
LIKE WELL IT WILL BE FINE BUT I
WOULD STILL LIKE TO GET THE
CALL THAT TELLS ME EVERYTHING
IS GOING TO BE FINE.
UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, I
DIDN'T GET THAT CALL.
>> WHAT WAS THE NATURE OF THE
CANCER?
CANCER?
CANCER? HOW LARGE WAS THE TUMOR, WHAT
ELSE WAS INVOLVED?
>> I WAS REALLY FORTUNATE.
IT WAS A CENTIMETER AND A HALF,
AND JUST ONE.
THERE WERE SOME OTHER SPOTS,
THEY GO IN AND LIGHT YOU UP
LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE AND TRY
TO FIGURE OUT WHAT ELSE WAS IN
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. I
THERE. I HAD A FEW OTHER SPOTS, BUT
BIOPSY IS NOT LIKE THEY'RE
SCRATCHING YOUR SKIN.
THERE IS KIND OF A DRILL
INVOLVED.
INVOLVED.
INVOLVED. >> EXACTLY.
>> EXACTLY. >> THEY HAD A DOUBLE NEEDLE
STRAW THING.
STRAW THING. SO THEN IT WAS ONLY THAT ONE,
THEY WERE ABLE TO GO IN AND GET
IT OUT.
IT OUT.
IT OUT. I
IT OUT. I HAD RADIATION, I DID NOT HAVE
TO HAVE CHEMO.
AND SO, I JUST CONSIDER MYSELF
...
...
... AND
... AND NOW I AM JUST ONE YEAR
PAST.
PAST.
PAST. >>
PAST. >> HOW DID YOU SHARE THE NEWS
WITH YOUR FAMILY, HOW DID YOU
TELL YOUR HUSBAND?
>> THIS IS THE ONE QUESTION I
WAS HOPING YOU WOULDN'T ASK ME.
THAT WAS THE HARDEST ONE.
THE KIDS WERE EASIER BECAUSE WE
HAD SORT OF REGROUPED AT THAT
POINT.
POINT.
POINT. HE
POINT. HE FOUND OUT IN REAL TIME.
THE PHONE WAS OUTSIDE THE
SHOWER AND I HEARD IT RING AND
I SAW THE PHONE NUMBER I WAS
LIKE OKAY.
LIKE OKAY. IS THIS A GOOD TIME?
I WAS LIKE IT WASN'T HOW I
EXPECTED THE PHONE CALL TO
START OUT.
START OUT. SO I DRIED OFF, SORT OF, JUST
WRAPPED A TOWEL AROUND ME.
AND THEN SHE STARTED SAYING ALL
OF THESE WORDS AND CARCINOMA
AND THIS AND THAT AND I SAID I
DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE SAYING.
I AM LIKE STUMBLING OUT TO THE
KITCHEN TO FIND A PEN AND
PAPER.
PAPER.
PAPER. MY
PAPER. MY HUSBAND COMES IN AND HE IS
LIKE YOU KNOW HEY, I WAS
WONDERING, WE SHOULD GO TO THE
...
...
... AND
... AND I
... AND I AM LIKE JUST YOU KNOW ,
TEARS.
TEARS.
TEARS. I
TEARS. I AM LIKE I AM SORRY.
HE SAID I'M SORRY.
YOU ALWAYS THINK YOU'RE GOING
TO BE OKAY, BUT I THINK IT'S
YOUR FAMILY YOU WORRY ABOUT,
THE IMPACT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE
ON THAT.
ON THAT.
ON THAT. >> THERE PAIN IS A LOT HARDER
TO HANDLE THAN YOUR OWN, RIGHT?
>> HE HAS BEEN FANTASTIC
THROUGH THIS WHOLE THING.
HE HAS BEEN AMAZING.
I WAS LIKE OH, WE WILL HAVE TO
SIT THE KIDS DOWN AFTER
DINNERTIME, HE WAS LIKE NO WE
WANT, THEY WILL COME IN FROM
SCHOOL AND WE WILL SIT THEM
DOWN AND BE LIKE HEY, WE HAVE
GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS.
THE BAD NEWS IS MOMMY HAS
BREAST CANCER.
BREAST CANCER. THE GOOD NEWS IS THEY GOT IT
EARLY AND WE ARE GOING TO
TREATISE.
TREATISE.
TREATISE. AND GET YOUR WATER BOTTLES, WE
ARE GOING TO BASKETBALL
PRACTICE.
PRACTICE.
PRACTICE. AND LET'S GO.
>> SO YOU HAD A TOUGH CHOICE TO
MAKE THAT PEOPLE HAVE, WHEN
THEY ARE IN PUBLIC JOBS, IS DO
I TELL PEOPLE DO I NOT TELL
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. YOU KNOW YOU NEVER KNOW HOW
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO REACT OR
WHAT THIS WILL MEAN FOR YOUR
EMPLOYMENT.
EMPLOYMENT. I WANT TO PUT UP THE TWEET,
THAT YOU SHARED WITH EVERYBODY.
WOULD YOU READ THIS TO US, AND
THE ACTUAL ANGIE VOICE?
>> TALK ABOUT UNGRATEFUL, I
MEAN AFTER EVERYTHING I DID FOR
MY BOOBS TODAY I FIND OUT THEY
ARE TRYING TO KILL ME.
YEAH.
YEAH.
YEAH. >>
YEAH. >> I WAS LIKE OH MY GOD, IS SHE
OKAY AND THEN OH, THAT'S FUNNY.
>> I THINK SHE IS GOING TO BE
OKAY FROM THE ATTITUDINAL POINT
OF VIEW.
OF VIEW.
OF VIEW. IT WAS SUCH A GIFT TO SHARE
WITH OTHER PEOPLE SO THAT WE
CAN LEARN A FEW THINGS, BUT
ALSO I MEAN YOU MADE A JOKE.
THAT IS JUST SO COOL.
>> THE THING IS, YOU KIND OF
WANT TO HAVE CONTROL, I FEEL
LIKE WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS
HAPPENS.
HAPPENS.
HAPPENS. AND I FEEL LIKE, I THINK I HAVE
HAD TWO SICK DAYS AND 21 YEARS
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
YOU KNOW THIS.
THRONE, IN THE BUCKET, GET BACK
ON THE SET.
SO FOR ME TO COME OFF THE
BROADCAST, IT WOULD BE LIKE
WHAT IS WRONG, WHAT IS
HAPPENING.
HAPPENING. MAYBE THIS PERSON KNOWS AND
MAYBE THAT PERSON KNOWS AND
THEN THEY HAVE TO KIND OF TELL
SOMEBODY AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT
STARTS TO GO AROUND YOU.
AND MAYBE THE STORY ISN'T QUITE
RIGHT.
RIGHT.
RIGHT. >>
RIGHT. >> EXACTLY.
>> EXACTLY. >> SOMEBODY KNOWS, BUT THEY
KNOW THEY CAN'T TELL YOU THAT
THEY KNOW.
THEY KNOW. EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD TO BE IN
THE LOOP, YOU KNOW.
FROM A CORPORATE STANDPOINT.
AND I AM JUST LIKE PEOPLE ARE
JUST GOING TO PUT OUT THERE,
IT'S GOING TO BE ...
SPEAK -- ....
>> PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW, I
DON'T KNOW.
DON'T KNOW. I FEEL LIKE I AM REALLY
HEALTHY.
HEALTHY.
HEALTHY. MY HUSBAND, HE IS A
HYPOCHONDRIAC, HE GOES TO A
DOCTOR TWICE A MONTH WHETHER HE
NEEDS TO OR NOT.
MY DOCTOR IS LIKE I HAVEN'T
SEEN YOU IN A DECADE.
SO FOR ME, IT IS LIKE I AM
NEVER SICK.
NEVER SICK. NEVER SICK.
NEVER SICK. AND THEN YOU HAVE NO FAMILY
HISTORY?
HISTORY?
HISTORY? >> KNOW.
>> KNOW.
>> KNOW. NONE.
NONE.
NONE. BUT
NONE. BUT MOST OF THE BREAST CANCERS
NOWADAYS ARE NOT.
AND SO, I MEAN I CONTINUE TO
TRY TO SAY THIS TO PEOPLE, IT
IS LIKE LISTEN, YOU HAVE GOT TO
GO AND GET THIS DONE BECAUSE I
KNOW YOU DON'T THINK IT IS
GOING TO HAPPEN TO YOU.
IT WASN'T A SHEET THAT I SIGNED
UP FOR, THERE ISN'T THIS SHEET
THAT PEOPLE SIGN UP TO DO THIS.
>> NOT GOING WANT TO STOP IT
FROM HAPPENING.
FROM HAPPENING. IT JUST MAKES IT WORSE.
>> THAT IS WHAT I THINK PEOPLE
ARE AFRAID OF.
THE BAD NEWS IS GOING TO HAPPEN
WHETHER OR NOT.
>> ONLY IT WILL GET INTO WORSE
NEWS IF YOU PUT IT OFF.
>> I WISH I COULD TELL YOU ...
>> HOWEVER THE GOOD NEWS, IT
CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE AND YOU
WOULD HAVE, IF YOU PUT THAT OFF
ANOTHER YEAR OR TWO OR WHO
KNOWS, YOU JUST KNOW WELL --
YOU JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT IS
GOING TO HAPPEN.
>> KNOW.
>> KNOW.
>> KNOW. >> YOU WERE KIND ENOUGH TO PUT
UP PICTURES, WE CAN KIND OF
FOLLOW THIS ALONG.
I THINK IT DEMYSTIFIED A LOT OF
THINGS FOR PEOPLE BECAUSE YOU
LOOK LIKE I'VE GOT THIS.
I PROBABLY DON'T GOT THIS, BUT
I GOT IT.
I GOT IT.
I GOT IT. >> THEY GIVE YOU TATTOOS.
WHEN THEY DO THE RADIATION, SO
I HAVE MY FIRST TATTOOS I MEAN
THEY ARE NOT LIKE REALLY COOL.
THEY ARE DOTS.
>> MAYBE YOU CAN WORK THEM OUT
INTO SOMETHING ELSE.
>> WHAT'S FUNNY IS MY HUSBAND,
HIS FORMER BASKETBALL COACH AND
I WAS LIKE CAN YOU JUST LIKE
THEY BALL ON YOU A LOT FOR
RADIATION -- THEY DRAW ON YOU A
LOT FOR RADIATION.
I WOULD GO AND GET IN MY MOLD
AND EVERYTHING FOR RADIATION, I
WOULD HAVE THIS BASKETBALL.
YOU GUYS CAN USE THIS.
I THOUGHT ABOUT DOING
CONSTELLATIONS.
CONSTELLATIONS. YOU KNOW.
YOU KNOW.
YOU KNOW. JUST CONNECT ALL THE DOTS.
>> DID YOU HAVE THAT FEELING I
GOT IT EARLY I'M GOING TO BE
OKAY?
OKAY?
OKAY? >>
OKAY? >> YES BUT I ALSO DIDN'T THINK
I WAS GOING TO GET CANCER.
>> EXACTLY.
>> EXACTLY. >> I THINK THAT ALL THE WAY
THROUGH I WAS LIKE I'VE GOT
THIS.
THIS.
THIS. BUT, I ADMIT I JUST WENT PAST
ONE YEAR AND WHEN I WENT IN FOR
THE YEAR, I MEAN I HAD, I'M NOT
GOING TO SLIP THROUGH THE
CRACKS AT THIS POINT.
THAT IS THE GOOD NEWS.
WHEN I WENT IN FOR ...
>> SEVERAL OF TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE GOING
TO MAKE SURE YOU GET YOUR
MAMMOGRAM EVERY YEAR.
>> EVERY SIX MONTHS NOW.
I AM IN THAT WINDOW.
SO THE SIX MONTHS IT IS LIKE
OKAY, HOW IS THIS GOING TO GO.
IT WENT WELL.
AND THEN YOU JUST KIND OF GET
WHEN YOU GET TO A YEAR YOU ARE
LIKE IS EVERYTHING STILL OKAY.
I THINK THAT IS PROBABLY WHAT
IS GOING TO BE LIKE FOR THE
NEXT FEW YEARS.
IT IS LIKE HEY, IS IT OKAY.
IT IS OKAY.
>> HOW DID THIS CHANGE YOUR
OUTLOOK OR THINGS YOU
APPRECIATE?
APPRECIATE? >> THAT'S IMPORTANT.
I THINK TO COME OUT OF THIS,
NOT JUST HEALTHY, BUT WITH A
SORT OF BETTER IDEA OF WHAT'S
IMPORTANT TO YOU, AND IT SOUNDS
BAD BUT IT REALLY IS GOOD IN
THAT IS MY ARMS ONLY OPEN SO
WIDE AND I REALLY HAVE TO YOU
KNOW, AND CIRCLED THOSE AROUND
ME THAT I LOVE, AND I FOUND OUT
A LOT OF PEOPLE YOU KNOW, AND
EXTENDED FAMILY, I LIVE IN
SNOQUALMIE RIDGE.
SNOQUALMIE RIDGE. I HAVE TO TELL YOU A FUNNY
STORY.
STORY.
STORY. THE PERSON WAS LIKE HEY, LISTEN
ARE YOU GETTING THE SUPPORT YOU
NEED?
NEED?
NEED? AND
NEED? AND I WAS LIKE, SHE TELLS ME
ABOUT THE STORY AND SHE GOES
YES, BUT THE SEAWARD, IF I HEAR
THE SEAWARD ONE MORE TIME.
YES CANCER CAN BE HARD TO TALK
ABOUT.
ABOUT.
ABOUT. NO, CASSEROLE.
NO, CASSEROLE. IF SONY BRINGS UP CASSEROLE I'M
GOING TO DIE.
IT WAS AWESOME.
I DID NOT MAKE DINNER FOR WEEKS
I HAD SO MANY PEOPLE RALLY
AROUND ME.
AROUND ME. YOU FIND OUT JUST HOW LOVED YOU
ARE, BY THOSE RIGHT AROUND YOU,
AND THEN THOSE YOU KNOW, BEYOND
YOU AS WELL.
I THINK ALSO, YOU HAVE TO SORT
OF YOU KNOW, TAKE ON THAT
RESPONSIBILITY OF SCREAMING AT
THE ROOFTOPS, GET YOUR
MAMMOGRAM.
MAMMOGRAM. AND PLEASE DO THIS, AND YOU
LOVE ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT
ARE AROUND YOU, AND YOU ARE
TRYING SO HARD SOMETIMES AS A
MOM AND A WORKING MOM, TO TAKE
CARE OF EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING.
WELL, IF YOU ARE NOT HERE,
BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T TAKE CARE OF
YOURSELF, YOU KNOW, WHO'S GOING
TO TAKE CARE OF ALL OF THOSE
THINGS THAT YOU THINK ARE SO
IMPORTANT?
IMPORTANT? >> I UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE
DELAY AND WHY THEY ARE FEEL SO
-- WHY THEY ARE FEARFUL.
I HAVE HAD A FEW OF THE
BIOPSIES AND YOU THINK I DON'T
WANT TO GO.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT I REALLY
DON'T WANT IS TO HAVE CANCER
AND DIDN'T CATCH IT EARLY.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. >> I AM WITH YOU 100%.
I AM GRATEFUL THAT YOU ARE
WILLING TO OPEN YOURSELF IN
THAT WAY SO THAT WE CAN BE
REMINDED AND MOMS CAN BE THERE
FOR THEIR KIDS, AND WIVES CAN
BE THERE FOR THEIR HUSBANDS.
>> THAT IS THE OTHER THING, IT
WAS SO COOL, BECAUSE AS PART OF
THE PREMIER NIGHT, THEY HAVE
BEEN DOING STEALS FOR THE CURE,
ALL SEASON LONG WITH THE
MARINERS AND EVERY SINGLE TIME
THEY STEAL A BASE, THE MARINERS
STEAL A BASE THEY DONATE
$500.'S THEY WERE GOING TO DO
IT 30,000 BUT THEY SAID NO, WE
ARE NOT GOING TO PUT A CAP ON
IT.
IT.
IT. 38,000 AND GROWING.
I AM LIKE COME ON.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT.
EIGHT SHOULD BE -- IT SHOULD BE
A STEEL.
A STEEL.
A STEEL. >> YOU THROUGH THE CEREMONIAL
FIRST PITCH OUT, WHAT WAS THAT
LIKE?
LIKE?
LIKE? IT
LIKE? IT IS NOT LIKE YOU DON'T KNOW
HOW TO THROW A PITCH.
AT LEAST YOU WEREN'T WORRIED
ABOUT THAT.
ABOUT THAT. >> WHAT IS CRAZY IS I THREW A
LOT OF BASEBALLS.
WE HAVE A BATTING CAGE IN OUR
HOUSE.
HOUSE.
HOUSE. EYE ON TV ALL THE TIME, I
CANNOT THROW BASEBALLS -- I AM
ON TV ALL THE TIME, I CANNOT
THROW BASEBALLS ON TV.
>> LOOK, THAT IS A PERFECTLY
ACCEPTABLE PITCH RIGHT THERE.
>> AND HEELS, I AM IMPRESSED.
WAS IT FUN?
>> IT WAS FUN.
IT WAS NERVE-RACKING.
GINGER ROGERS DID EVERYTHING
AND HEELS AND BACKERS -- AND
BACKWARDS, RIGHT?
BACKWARDS, RIGHT? BUT HAVING CHASED MY YOUNGEST
SON THERE TO CATCH IT WAS
REALLY SPECIAL AND PREMIER WAS
LIKE WOULD YOU LIKE ONE OF THE
MARINERS TO DO IT?
I SEE MY SON SO LITTLE IN THE
SUMMERTIME, AROUND BASEBALL
SEASON.
SEASON.
SEASON. >> HE WILL REMEMBER IT FOREVER,
AND WE ARE JUST, SINCERELY
GRATEFUL TO YOU.
>> AGAIN, I AM EXTREMELY
GRATEFUL TO EVERYBODY WHO SORT
OF RALLIED AROUND ME, SHOW ME
SUPPORT, EVERY SINGLE TEDDY
BEAR, EVERY SINGLE PINK KNITTED
HAT, EVERY SINGLE LETTER.
EVERY SINGLE PINK PLASTIC RING,
ALL OF IT MEANT SO MUCH TO ME.
IT IS LIKE LITTLE BITS AND IT
JUST BUILD YOU UP AS A PERSON.
AND THEN AGAIN, PREMIER A TO
SORT OF HAVE THIS WHOLE THING
AND BRING ME IN THE FOLD OF IT
WAS TERRIFIC.
WAS TERRIFIC. >> IT IS A GOOD REMINDER IF YOU
HAVE SOMEBODY IN YOUR LIFE WHO
IS GOING THROUGH THIS, THEN
THEY DESERVE SOLID SUPPORT.
>> AND A CASSEROLE.
>> WELL, MAYBE ASK ABOUT THE
CASSEROLE.
CASSEROLE. >> YES, THE OTHER STUFF, 10
FOR.
FOR.
FOR. PEER
FOR. PEER --
PEER --
PEER -- >> FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE
VISIT PRIMERA BLUE CROSS WEBSITE
. WE HAVE ALSO LINKED HOW TO
KEEP UP WITH ANGIE ON SOCIAL
MEDIA BUT YOU BETTER HAVE YOUR
WEDGES ON, BECAUSE SHE IS FAST.
STILL HAD, AND INTEGRATIVE
APPROACH TO TREATING MIGRAINE
HEADACHES.
HEADACHES. WE WILL BE BACK WITH MORE
INFORMATION, AFTER