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Today on Breast Cancer Conversations I'm joined by Dr. Bardia, a Board Certified Medical Oncologist interested in developing successful, targeted and personalized therapies to improve the outcomes of patients and families affected by breast cancer. 

Dr. Bardia is involved in clinical development of tumor genotyping, as well as circulating tumor cells to facilitate accurate diagnosis, therapy selection, and real time monitoring of breast cancer. Dr. Bardia is the primary investigator of clinical trials investigating the role of targeted therapy combinations for breast cancer, and is the recipient of the Young Investigator Award from ASCO Conquer Cancer Foundation. 

I am also joined by two other amazing women, Janice Cowden and Keegan Hitchcock, both living with metastatic TNBC. Janice was diagnosed with stage four metastatic triple negative breast cancer in 2016. With a 20 plus year background in nursing, science, research and studying disease, it is no surprise that Janice became a Patient Advocate. Her advocacy work has included working with organizations like METAvivor, Living Beyond Breast Cancer, ABCD after breast cancer diagnosis, among others. 

I am also so excited because I am joined by Keegan Hitchcock. Keegan is 41 years old, born and raised in Florida, where she had a professional career as a face and body painter for over 20 years. Her interests include reading and consuming lots of podcasts, including anything from spooky stories and humor, to the lesser known history, critical thinking and science. She loves watching and discussing nerdy TV shows and movies with friends, roller-skating, and spoiling her two cats. She now lives in Maryland near family where she continues to work at a national health food store doing price integrity. Her original diagnosis was in May of 2019 with stage three triple negative invasive ductal carcinoma.  As of April 2021, she has been re-diagnosed with a recurrence stage four metastatic triple negative breast cancer.

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In today's episode, we speak with Olivia Achtmeyer Boger, founder and executive director of Runway for Recovery, and Meredith Mendelson, executive director of the Ellie Fund. Both women lost their mothers to metastatic breast cancer and are doing incredibly impactful work with their non-profits.

Today's hot topics cover:

• Resources provided by Runway for Recovery & the Ellie Fund
• How no one knew Olivia's mom was living with MBC, including her own children!
• Why language matters and recommendations for choosing compassionate words
• What is The Pink Umbrella? 

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Resources Mentioned:
The Ellie Fund
Runway for Recovery

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Gloria, a Reiki Master, shares her ah-ha moments in her healing journey. Diagnosed with lobular breast cancer, Gloria decided to listen to her intuition and heal herself from decades of stress, trauma, grief, and loss. Today she is living her best life with a new found sense of self-love and a deeper appreciation for the healing energies that are all around us! 

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Denise was diagnosed with Stage 3 TNBC and Joanie was diagnosed Stage 3 ER+ breast cancer. Both women were under 40, had little ones at home, and lived in the same neighborhood. In this episode we explore the power of friendships that are formed through cancer. The support peer to peers play in the community as well as how these two  women broke the news to your young children. 

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Featuring Denise Rodman and Joanie Crowley from the Sunset Foundation

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Writing is not for everyone and that is OK. But if you have been diagnosed with cancer, taking up journaling can be really therapeutic. Today we speak with Ilene Kaminsky who is living with metastatic breast cancer. She shares her advice on how writing is saving her life! 

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Featuring Ilene Kaminsky from the Cancer Bus

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Elisabeth is a two time breast cancer survivor. 17 years later, she is sharing her story of how a  post surgery infection literally allowed her to shed the trauma and heal. Currently Elisabeth is a practicing yoga therapist.  Her  purpose is to help people  deepen their wellness journey.

Because of her life experience, she has  designed a healing modality that uses both yoga and active listening to help people  in their  journey.

She believes that, to live with more satisfaction with our body, our emotions, our relationships and our life goals, we need to reclaim our body, listen to its messages, feel what is really going on with us and speak our truth.

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Featuring Elisabeth Perucca: https://elisabeth-perucca.com/

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Hannah is living with with stage 4 breast cancer.  Chuck is living with stage 4 prostate cancer. They met, fell in love, got married and are living their life motto: Get up and live. From writing books, public speaking events, and nourishing their bodies with juices and wholesome nutrition, these two are your modern day power couple! Their energy is contagious and I guarantee you will be smiling the whole way through this episode!

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Get up and Live
Survivingbreastcancer.org
Thursday Night Thrivers, Breast Cancer Book Club, Webinars and Events.

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Judy Pearson is the author of From Shadows to Life, a Biography of the Cancer Survivorship Movement. She was diagnosed with TNBC 10 years ago and is here to provide education on how far we've come and were the movement is heading next!

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Roberta Lombardi was diagnosed with breast cancer. She had a strong support system with her three daughters and husband. But not everyone is so lucky. In fact, there are a number of women who struggle day-to-day to manage treatment, expensive prescriptions, and finding child care so that they can attend doctor visits. If it comes to your own health, or putting food on the table for your children, what would you choose?

Roberta Lombardi is paying it forward and had created the non-profit, Infinite Strength to support single mothers under the poverty line in CT and New England. Today Roberta shares her personal battle with breast cancer and how she has taken her pain and turned it into purpose.

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Survivingbreastcancer.org
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Tami is the producer of Light Up MBC Live. A global campaign bringing awareness to metastatic breast cancer. What started off as an initiative from one person to light up a bridge in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, is now a movement across the globe. October 13th is National MBC Day where you can witness national monuments and prominent buildings in the MBC colors of Pink, Teal, and Green.

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Metavivor
Light Up MBC Live

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