PREFER TO FORGET.
HER THEN-BOYFRIEND, MICHAEL, WAS
DIAGNOSED WITH BLADDER CANCER.
TWO MONTHS LATER, A LUNG CABSER
DIAGNOSIS FOLLOWED.
MANY FEAR THAT'S A TERMINAL
DIAGNOSIS.
BUT MICHAEL AND MARILU MET THE
CHALLENGE HEAD-ON.
AND 13 YEARS LATER, MICHAEL
REMAINS CANCER-FREE.
NOW, THEY'RE OPENING UP ABOUT
THEIR JOURNEY, SHARING DETAILS
IN THE HOPE OF HELPING OTHERS.
PLEASE WELCOME MARILU HENNER AND
MICHAEL BROWN.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> HI.
>> SO GREAT TO SEE YOU.
>> LOTS OF LOVE.
>> NICE.
>> SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE.
>> WHAT A HAPPY SHOW.
WHAT A HAPPY AUDIENCE.
>> RIGHT?
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> SO COLOR-CORONATED.
IT'S NICE TO BE HERE.
>> WATCH WHAT YOU DO.
SHE'S GOING TO REMEMBER.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> LET'S START WITH, YOU GET THE
DIAGNOSIS, BLADDER CANCER.
THEN, THE DIAGNOSIS, LUNG
CANCER, TWO MONTHS LATER.
AND THE REASON WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT THIS AND PAYING ATTENTION
IN LUNG CANCER AWARENESS MONTH,
PEOPLE HEAR LUNG CANCER AND
THAT'S IT.
DID YOU HAVE THAT REACTION WHEN
YOU GOT THE USE?
>> INITIALLY, IT WAS SCARY
BECAUSE I HAD THE BLADDER CANCER
AND I NEEDED TIME TO MAKE SURE
IT WASN'T ME TATASTASIZED IN MY
LUNG.
>> YOU KNOW YOU'RE IN THE CANCER
SWIRL WHEN YOU FIND OUT -- HE
HAD A SPOT ON HIS LUNG.
AND I'M DRIVING TO HIS HOUSE,
JUST BE LUNG CANCER.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE --
>> INSTEAD OF METASTASIZED
BLADDER CANCER.
>> ACTUALLY, THE BLADDER CANCER
FI
KIND OF BROUGHT OUT THE LUNG
CANCER.
HE GOT A SCAN.
>> IN A WAY, BLADDER CANCER WAS
A BLESSING.
>> IT WAS THE CANARY IN A COAL
MINE THAT HELPED ME FIND THE
LUNG CANCER.
>> YOU FIND OUT YOU HAVE BLADDER
CANCER.
YOU GO THROUGH IMUNOTHERAPY.
WHICH IS WHAT?
>> A TREATMENT THAT SIMULATES
THE IMMUNE SYSTEM TO FIGHT THE
CANCER.
>> YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO HAVE
CHEMO?
>> HE TRIED THE IMUNOTHERAPY
FIRST.
HE WAS MAKING LIFESTYLE CHANGES.
WE ASKED, CAN HE GO THROUGH
ANOTHER ROUND OF IT.
AFTER THE SECOND ROUND, ITS WAS
GONE.
>> THAT DIDN'T WORK ON THE LUNG
CANCER.
HOW DID YOU GO AFTER LUNG
CANCER?
>> THE LUNG CANCER WAS
DIFFERENT.
IT WAS HARD TO DIAGNOSIS BECAUSE
AT THE TIME, THIS WAS 14 YEARS
AGO.
THE TECHNIQUES WEREN'T QUITE THE
SAME AS THEY ARE NOW.
WE TRIED TO DO A NEEDLE BIOPSY.
BUT YOU COULDN'T BE SURE IF YOU
GOT A NEGATIVE READING IF YOU
HIT THE TUMOR OR NOT.
SO, I WENT FOR MONTHS.
AND THE BLADDER CANCER WAS MUCH
MORE ADVANCED.
ONCE I GOT PAST THE BLADDER
CANCER, I HAD SURGERY ALMOST 14
YEARS AGO IN NOVEMBER, 2003.
WHEN I WENT IN, IT WASN'T SURE
THAT IT WAS CANCER.
HE WENT IN, TOOK A PIECE,
BIOPSIED IT.
>> HAD PART OF THE LOBE REMOVED.
>> YEAH.
>> CANCER-FREE HOW LONG NOW?
>> 14 YEARS, NOVEMBER 24th.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> THINK ABOUT THAT.
I KNOW TWO PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD
LUNG CANCER.
I KNOW TWO PEOPLE.
AND THEY WERE DIAGNOSED YOUNG.
NORMALLY, IT'S AFTER 70.
IT CAN STRIKE EARLIER THAN THAT.
AND THEY ARE FINE, TOO.
I THINK PEOPLE HAVE THE WRONG
IDEA.
NOT THAT IT'S NOT A SERIOUS
DISEASE, BUT IT'S NOT
NECESSARILY A FATAL DIAGNOSIS.
AND THERE'S CHOICES YOU CAN
MAKE.
>> NOT ONLY THAT, IT'S
STAGGERING THE STATISTIC, 72%
WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT AN
AFFAIR THAN ADMIT THEY HAVE LUNG
CANCER.
THEY WOULD ROATHER TELL THEIR
SPOUSE THAN SAYING THEY HAVE
LUNG CANCER.
THERE'S SO MUCH STIGMA.
THERE'S MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE
DIAGNOSED WITH LUNG CANCER THAT
NEVER SMOKED.
OH, THEY DESERVE IT.
IT'S A PUNISHMENT.
ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
THERE'S OTHERS THAT GET OTHER
CANCERS.
IF YOU QUICK SMOKING YEARS
BEFORE, THERE'S THAT, OH, YOU'RE
A SMOKER.
NOT THAT ANYONE SHOULD SMOKE.
>> OR THEY FEEL SHAMED IF THEY
GET CANCER.
>> WE HAVE MORE WITH MARILU ANDIf you're a nything like me,
your to-do list just keeps growing.
(laughs desperately) It never stops.
Which is why the online financing application
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karate practice or my favorite...
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Knowing before you go means more quality time
sewing a costume for the school play
that is not going to look anything like a frog.
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