The Boobie Docs Podcast! 🍒

Now is the right time to share this important conversation that I recorded back in May, 2023 with Lizzy Savetsky & Dr. Ira Savetsky. 

@drirasavetsky is a Manhattan based plastic surgeon. @lizzysavetsky is a digital fashion influencer, matchmaker, mother if 3 & one of the most outspoken advocates for Israel. 🇮🇱

We discuss the antisemitism that their family has been subjected their family to, particularly during their premature departure from the most recent reboot of the Real Housewives of New York & over prior conflicts in the Middle East. 

This conversation is even important now given recent world events & the rise in antisemitism. ✡️

But this is mainly an open conversation about breast health. We talk all about breast implants (spoiler alert, Dr. Savetsky did Lizzie’s breasts himself!), the rise in young breast cancer, & the increased risk of BRCA mutations in the Ashkenazi Jewish population. We also talk about finding balance in social media & Lizzy’s sobriety journey. 

I also offer my best breast cancer screening advice for those at higher-than-average risk for breast cancer. 

I am thrilled to be offering free genetic screening for the first 25 listeners thanks to @getjscreened & @kickbrca! 🙌

I hope you learn something from this conversation. I wish you peace & safety wherever you are. 💕

xo

Robyn

IT’S OUR 2️⃣ YEAR PODCAST ANNIVERSARY!!🥳 & we’re celebrating by having our first repeat guest, Dr. Elyce Cardonick from @cancerandpregnancy. But this time, she’s sharing about her own diagnosis of rectal cancer & what it’s been like to go from doctor to patient. 

We talk about the rise in cancer in young people, the unforeseen side effects of chemotherapy, scanxiety, & she offers her best advice for those going through chemotherapy or supporting someone who is. And, of course, we dedicate the last part of the episode to her area of expertise, cancer during pregnancy.

Dr. Cardonick offers so much wisdom & insight, & we are so grateful to have her share her story with us.

I hope you love this podcast episode as much as I do! (if you do, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts! 🍏🍎)

xo

Robyn 

𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐃𝐫. 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐤 & 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫 & 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐭 @𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐭𝐭𝐩𝐬://𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐲.𝐜𝐨𝐦. 🫶

I am so honored to be speaking with Megan B. Murphy, Editor in Chief of Women’s Day Magazine, home-hack guru, & author of “Your Fully Charged Life: A Radically Simple Approach to Having Endless Energy and Filling Every Day With Yay!”

Meaghan & I talk about her strong family history of cancer, her CHEK-2 mutation (#knowledgeispower), & her recent prophylactic double mastectomy. She opens up about losing her father to pancreatic cancer & how she connects with him in tangible ways. 🥹

We also discuss how she went from Neggy Meggy to the Queen of Yay through small changes that lead to big changes (she credits “Atomic Habits” by James Clear which is my newest obsession & first ever book-club rec…stay tuned! 😍)

Listen to “The Girlfriend’s Guide to Breast Cancer, Breast Health & Beyond” wherever you get your podcasts! (LINK IN BIO!) 🎀 

I hope you love this conversation as much as I do! If you do, please leave a 5️⃣ ⭐️ review & share with a friend! 👯‍♀️

xo

Robyn

MUST LISTEN! My Bachelor Nation fave MICHAEL A is here for all the right reasons! 🌹 

We discuss EVERYTHING about his wife Laura’s breast cancer diagnosis at age 31 while their son was 7 months old, the importance of early detection & self advocacy, SIGNS, & how he keeps Laura's legacy alive through @theL4project. Michael offers his best advice for caretakers, moving forward & finding love after loss. 🥹🙏🏻

And of course, Michael A. spills all the Bachelor tea! 🌹We chat about how he became America's favorite Midwestern widower dad on Katie Thurston's season of The Bachelorette, why he left early, & finding love with Danielle Maltby (another fave!) on Bachelor in Paradise! (& why he got heat 🔥)

⚠️ IMPORTANT: We also discuss why the proposed breast cancer screening recommendations do not go far enough, but we have the power to change them BEFORE June 6 via their website‼️ (linked 👇) 👀 to @theboobiedocs to learn why these recs suck & what you can do to change them‼️💪 )

This is seriously the BREAST podcast episode ever & I can’t wait for you to 👂! I am officially president of the Michael A. fan club, & you’re gonna want to join after hearing this episode.

Grab some wine & some tissues, & #livelifelifelaura 🍷💕

xo

Robyn

ps if you 💕 this episode of 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝’𝐬 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫, 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 & 𝐁𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 , please share with a breastie & leave a review 😘👯‍♀️

EPISODE GUIDE! 🎧 

3:45 all about Michael A!

7:15 how fate landed him on the Bachelorette & the L4 project 

9:30 Is Laura behind this all & signs

12:00 Live Life Like Laura, her legacy, & what we can learn from her breast cancer diagnosis at age 31, only 7-months after delivering their son 

13:30 social media in the cancer community

16:30 Discovering her breast cancer while breastfeeding, importance of self-advocacy & self-breast exam, & medical gaslighting 🎀

18:45 Breast Cancer during pregnancy/breastfeeding & the young breast cancer epidemic!

22:00 ‼️why the PROPOSED breast cancer screening recs suck, but WE HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE THEM BEFORE JUNE 6‼️ (submit via link on @theboobiedocs!)

25:00 On being a widower with a young child & moving forward

31:00 Why he left Katie Thurston’s season of the Bachelorette before hometowns

35:00 Finding love with Danielle Maltby on Bachelor in Paradise, why he got backlash, & was he a protected player?

44:00 Life with Danielle in Cleveland &what’s next?

51:00 Best advice to caretakers

56:00 Lightning Round ⚡️ #teamariana 

🌟 ➡️ @theboobiedocs for more of the BREAST info 🎀

🌟 Submit commentary on draft before June 6 on USPTF WEBSITE: https://uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/breast-cancer-screening-draft-modeling-report

 (https://uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/breast-cancer-screening-draft-modeling-report)

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 Learn more about Laura's legacy at @theL4project on Instagram

I am so happy to be chatting with three incredible women from The Breasties, Kelli Goss, Lauren Oxenhandler, & Kelsey Litwin. The Breasties is the first all-inclusive nonprofit for breast & gynecologic cancer that creates a community for survivor, previvors, thrivers, & carevivors through peer-to-peer connection, resources, & advocacy. 

We chat about their connection to breast cancer, how The Breasties helped them, and the upcoming Camp Breastie, a four-day summit June 1-4 where hundreds of people impacted by breast and gynecologic cancer come together for community, patient advocacy, and education. (Registration closes May 1 so it’s not too late to join!) 🫶

Kelli Goss is a BRCA1 previvor and the daughter of a two-time breast cancer survivor. In 2018, after discovering that she carried the BRCA gene mutation, Kellie opted to have a prophylactic mastectomy and hysterectomy to lower the risk of cancer. She shares her BRCA1 journey in the hopes that women of color will see themselves represented when making informed decisions about breast and ovarian health, early detection, and genetic counseling. Kelli is The Breasties Director of Diversity Equity + Inclusion.

Lauren Oxenhandler is a transformational Life Coach and Reiki II practitioner. She is cancer-free after her stage II triple negative breast cancer diagnosis in 2017. After finishing chemotherapy, Lauren felt isolated and craved connection to a community of people who understood what she was going through. She discovered The Breasties, and now serves as 

Director of Virtual Programming.

Kelsey Litwin discovered that she carries the BRCA1 gene mutation at 22 years old & was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer two years later, just prior to her prophylactic mastectomy. Kelsey is a freelance journalist, editor, and communications specialist based in Montreal, Canada and is passionate about making health information accessible. She writes and edits for The Peak, working to create content that resonates with, comforts and supports all members of the Breasties community.

I hope you love this conversation as much as I do! 💕

xox

Robyn

I am joined by two of the incredible founders of A Damn Good Life, Victoria Raphael and Ann Palmer, who are no stranger to breast cancer diagnosis at a young age & the impact it can have on a woman’s fertility journey.

Victoria was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 33 & faced treatment related infertility. After a long surrogacy journey, she welcomed her first son via a surrogate earlier this year. 👶🏻 Victoria is about to start her second surrogacy journey with the surrogate’s twin sister! (HELLO LIFETIME MOVIE!) 

Ann watched her mom battle breast cancer for a decade when she was a teenager, & thanks to high-risk screening, she was diagnosed with early stage breast cancer at age 36 during COVID. 

After their own battles with breast cancer & infertility, they both wanted to give back in a tangible way. Together with friend Sarrah Strimel Bentley, also a young breast cancer thriver currently on her own surrogacy journey, they created A Damn Good Life to make surrogacy a reality for young breast cancer thrivers who do not have the financial resources themselves. 

Thanks to tons of fundraising events & “lots of blood, sweat, & tears,” they will be gifting their first total surrogacy journey at the end of the month! The first round of applications are due Monday, April 10, but they plan to continue their mission 

We talk about i their breast cancer & fertility journeys, why this organization is so near & dear to their heart, & their ideal grant candidate! 

Visit www.adamngoodlife.org to apply to the grant, donate, or learn more about this incredible organization! 💕

This is part ✌️ of my incredible conversion with my friend, Kristina Burke, on navigating the complexities of a cancer diagnosis as both a patient & caregiver (if you missed part ☝️- start there!). Trigger alert, this is a heartbreaking but very important conversation. 💔 

Kristina was battling her own breast cancer diagnosis when her beloved husband, Jim Burke, a young, previously healthy, renowned chef at Wm. Mulherin & Sons, was diagnosed with a rare form of metastatic lung cancer (EGFR positive). 🥺

We reflect on how they navigated cancer together with their young family, & Kristina offers incredible insight on how to advocate for yourself & others. Sadly, Jim lost his 2-year battle with lung cancer a few months back at the age of 49. 🥺😭

We reflect on Jim’s life, legacy, moving through grief, & how the Philadelphia culinary community came together to support Team Burke. Trust me, you won’t want to miss it. 😘

I am truly grateful to Kristina for sharing their incredible story and hope you benefit from this conversation. ❤️‍🩹

xoxo

Robyn 

Also, make sure to check out their organization, TAG Time Happy Hour, which hosts amazing Philly dining experiences to benefit EGFR positive lung cancer research & honor Jim.

https://www.tagtimehappyhour.org/

Earlier this week was National Caregivers Day, a day to honor the incredible sacrifices that Caregivers make for their loved ones.

This is the perfect opportunity to share this two-part conversation with my dear friend, Kristina Burke, on navigating the complexities of a cancer diagnosis as both a patient & caregiver. Trigger alert, this is a heartbreaking but very important conversation. 💔

Kristina was diagnosed with breast cancer off a screening mammogram in her 40s despite having no known family history. While undergoing her own breast cancer treatment during the pandemic, the unthinkable happened. Her husband, Jim Burke, a young, previously healthy, renowned Philadelphia chef at Wm. Mulherin & Sons, was diagnosed with a 

rare form of metastatic lung cancer (EGFR positive). 🥺

We reflect on how they navigated cancer together with their young family, & Kristina offers incredible insight on how to advocate for yourself & others. Sadly, Jim lost his 2-year battle with lung cancer a few months back at the age of 49. 🥺😭

We check in on Team Burke & reflect on the past few years. Tune back for part ✌️ of this incredible combo as we reflect on Jim’s life, legacy, & moving through grief. Trust me, you won’t want to miss it. 😘

I am truly grateful to Kristina for sharing their incredible story and hope you benefit from this conversation. ❤️‍🩹

xoxo

Robyn 

Also, make sure to check out their organization, TAG Time Happy Hour, which hosts amazing Philly dining experiences to benefit EGFR positive lung cancer research & honor Jim.🥺

https://www.tagtimehappyhour.org/

HAPPY JEWISH GENETIC SCREENING AWARENESS WEEK! 🥳 And what better way to celebrate than chatting with my genetic counselor girl-crush, Dena Goldberg, MS, CGC (or as 65,000+ of her closest friends call her, @denaDNA). 🤩

Dena is a dynamic board-certified genetic counselor, media personality, educator, & illustrator who uses her background in singing & acting to spread awareness of medical genetics to the general public! 

We cover all the FAQ REGARDING GENETIC COUNSELING:

🌟 what is it, who needs it, & why! 

🌟 🚩 that might signal genetic mutation

🌟 risk-reduction & high-risk screening options

🌟 what’s the deal with BRCA & Jews? (& should all Ashkenazi Jewish people be tested?!)

🌟 ways to ⬇️ risk of passing down a mutation to offspring 🤯

& so much more! 

Also, a special offer for our listeners! 💃 Get $72 off Cancer or Reproductive Genetic Screening through https://www.jscreen.org using code JGSAW23 through 2/28/23! 🙌

We hope you love this conversation as much as we do! 👯‍♀️ 

xoxo

Robyn

Dena is founder of Malibu Genetics, concierge genetic counseling & works with you to create a personalized health plan. Follow @denadna across all social media platforms, or check out her websites: 

https://www.denadna.com & https://www.malibugenetics.com !

Kicking off 2023 by speaking to my cooler, older cousins, Melanie & Michelle, who I spent my entire life idolizing. 🤩 We discuss how their breast cancer & subsequent BRCA diagnosis in their 30s inspired me to become a breast radiologist, & the obstacles they faced as young women battling breast cancer 15+ years ago. We discuss medical gaslighting, their advice to young women, the Angelina Jolie effect, & what it’s like going through genetic testing as a parent. 

The episode wouldn’t be complete without sharing a spot-on horoscope reading from our beloved Mema Leatrice from over 30 years ago. ✨ 

We hope you love this conversation as much as we do! 👯‍♀️ 

xoxo

Robyn

PS considering genetic testing? Get discounted genetic screening & counseling through https://www.jscreen.org through 2/28/23! 🙌

Use code 𝗦𝗡𝗝𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮 & pay:

⭐️ $56 for CancerGEN (to be tested for over 60 cancer genes 🧬) 

⭐️ $42 for ReproGEN (screens for Tay Sachs & 200 other inherited diseases) 

⭐️ $84 for BOTH 💃