1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:02,120 Speaker 1: Hi, It's Lisa Fox and this is the iHeart So 2 00:00:02,279 --> 00:00:03,160 Speaker 1: Cal Show, all right. 3 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:05,800 Speaker 2: So the end of this month, Sunday, October twenty. 4 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:08,719 Speaker 1: Six, thousands are coming together at the LA State Historic 5 00:00:08,760 --> 00:00:11,360 Speaker 1: Park for the annual Susan G Coman More Than Pink 6 00:00:11,440 --> 00:00:14,480 Speaker 1: Walk to raise crucial funds to fight breast cancer and 7 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:17,440 Speaker 1: for breast cancer awareness. And no one knows more about 8 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:20,599 Speaker 1: that than Nicole Delansky, who's on with us. She's a 9 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:24,800 Speaker 1: busy working mom who's also thankfully a breast cancer survivor. 10 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:30,160 Speaker 1: Diagnosed back in twenty twenty three. Nicole underwent multiple surgeries, chemotherapy, radiation, 11 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:33,480 Speaker 1: all the terrible stuff, but now is transitioned to preventative 12 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:36,400 Speaker 1: drug therapy, which she'll talk all about. And she's part 13 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:39,639 Speaker 1: of the La Chapter of Coman's advisory board and their 14 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:42,640 Speaker 1: board chair. And she's got a big old team walking 15 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:44,800 Speaker 1: on Sunday, October twenty six that she'd love for you 16 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:45,919 Speaker 1: to join and support. 17 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:48,240 Speaker 2: So Hi, Nicole, Hi, Lissa. 18 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:49,760 Speaker 3: So happy to be here. 19 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:51,120 Speaker 2: Well, Nicole, and so impressive. 20 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:53,960 Speaker 1: I was looking on the website coman dot org slash 21 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:56,320 Speaker 1: Ella County Walk, and I could see already you got 22 00:00:56,360 --> 00:00:59,120 Speaker 1: your team's looking healthy A lot of people walk on 23 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:01,800 Speaker 1: your team. You've got a chunk of money already raised, 24 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:03,160 Speaker 1: so yeah, you're doing it. 25 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:06,839 Speaker 3: Yes, we've got So last year was my first walk 26 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:10,080 Speaker 3: because it was my first what I call cancer versaries, 27 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:13,160 Speaker 3: So it was one year from my diagnosis date, and 28 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:16,360 Speaker 3: I was just feeling like the experience was already kind 29 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:18,640 Speaker 3: of slipping away from me and life, busy, life was 30 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 3: moving on. I'd finished like the majority of my treatment, 31 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:24,160 Speaker 3: and I was just looking for an opportunity to just 32 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:28,160 Speaker 3: connect with community and people who understood the experience. And 33 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:31,560 Speaker 3: so last year I went by myself, by just a 34 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:34,880 Speaker 3: little old me fundraising with a group of friends who 35 00:01:34,880 --> 00:01:36,920 Speaker 3: did the walk with me, and we had so much 36 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:39,800 Speaker 3: fun last year that we decided to form a team 37 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:44,160 Speaker 3: called the Tired APS Moms Association, which I hope other 38 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:47,400 Speaker 3: folks can relate to. And you know, not only are 39 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:51,280 Speaker 3: we tired and you know moms who have got busy lives, 40 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:53,960 Speaker 3: but were also just tired of the fact that every 41 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:56,880 Speaker 3: year is another year where our friends and family are 42 00:01:56,920 --> 00:02:00,240 Speaker 3: affected by breast cancer. So you know, we're tired in 43 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 3: a lot of ways. But we're using the walk to 44 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:07,400 Speaker 3: spread the good word and get people together and hopefully 45 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:09,800 Speaker 3: raise some good money to fight this disease. 46 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:11,840 Speaker 1: Well, and you say, you're you know, you're a tired 47 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:15,440 Speaker 1: mom and obviously probably exhausting to go through what you 48 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:18,679 Speaker 1: went through. And also pretty much everyone that I know, 49 00:02:18,919 --> 00:02:21,520 Speaker 1: we're tired of talking about cancer and even tired of 50 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:23,880 Speaker 1: doing these walks, having to do these walks, you know, 51 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:26,280 Speaker 1: I mean, wouldn't it be incredible if in our lifetime 52 00:02:26,520 --> 00:02:27,720 Speaker 1: we could just get rid of this thing? 53 00:02:27,919 --> 00:02:28,200 Speaker 3: Yeah? 54 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:29,560 Speaker 2: You know, it's one thing to do. 55 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:32,440 Speaker 1: These walks who support you know, friends, family, people that 56 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:36,280 Speaker 1: you love, or just even total complete strangers. But to you, now, 57 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:39,560 Speaker 1: it's so personal because it happened to you. Breast cancer 58 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 1: happened to you. 59 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, and it also happened seemingly out of the blue. 60 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:48,160 Speaker 3: I mean, I just my quick backstory is I my 61 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:51,120 Speaker 3: cancer was detected early on, thank god, But it was 62 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:55,280 Speaker 3: by way of just an annual screening though, you know, 63 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:59,560 Speaker 3: for anybody who is delaying those checks. You know, that's 64 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:02,240 Speaker 3: part of why I love being involved with this group, 65 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:06,280 Speaker 3: is just to promote early detection and awareness. But I 66 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 3: had no no history of health issues. I had no 67 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:13,160 Speaker 3: history of breast cancer in my family. I don't have 68 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:16,800 Speaker 3: one of the genetic variants that predisposed me to the disease. 69 00:03:16,919 --> 00:03:19,960 Speaker 3: So you know, I think when people are affected by 70 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:22,760 Speaker 3: this disease, they think to themselves, well, there must be 71 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:25,800 Speaker 3: some you know history or and it's and it's and 72 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:28,160 Speaker 3: it is true in some cases, but certainly not in 73 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:31,960 Speaker 3: all cases. So yeah, I'm an example of just not 74 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:35,120 Speaker 3: not having any of the quote unquote warning signs and 75 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:39,280 Speaker 3: yet having the benefit of getting it detected early through 76 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:41,800 Speaker 3: annual screenings, which I'm super grateful for. 77 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:43,480 Speaker 1: No cole can I ask how young were you when 78 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:45,640 Speaker 1: you got diagnosed then? Because it was recent obviously, but 79 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:46,360 Speaker 1: how young were you? 80 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 3: So I'm forty seven, almost forty eight now, and I 81 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:52,840 Speaker 3: was detected at forty five, which I kind of get 82 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:55,240 Speaker 3: a giggle out of people saying, well, you're young for that, 83 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:58,000 Speaker 3: which which is like, you know, forty five and young. 84 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:00,040 Speaker 3: I don't know how often you say that in the 85 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:03,920 Speaker 3: same sentence, but you know, young for breast cancer detection 86 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:08,280 Speaker 3: and honestly getting younger, which is part of why we're 87 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:12,480 Speaker 3: shining a light on early detection and awareness. And yeah, 88 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:17,160 Speaker 3: forty five and it's gone by fast, almost two year 89 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:20,400 Speaker 3: cancer versary from my diagnosis in October twenty twenty three. 90 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:22,719 Speaker 1: And so that was a mammogram that revealed that your 91 00:04:22,760 --> 00:04:24,919 Speaker 1: annual mammogram YEP. 92 00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:28,599 Speaker 3: A mammogram and also an ultrasound. So just through other 93 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:32,640 Speaker 3: annual screenings, that was made clear that I had dense 94 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:36,720 Speaker 3: breast to which depending on you know, what your doctor recommends, 95 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:41,040 Speaker 3: also requires some additional screening through an ultrasound, And so 96 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:45,040 Speaker 3: I happened to have both scheduled on that day. The 97 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:47,840 Speaker 3: crazy part is I had a morning appointment. I was 98 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:50,720 Speaker 3: patting myself on the back for having you know, scheduled 99 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:55,039 Speaker 3: my mammograms. And it turns out I was diagnosed that day. 100 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:58,440 Speaker 3: And I wasn't even the first breast cancer diagnosis in 101 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:03,240 Speaker 3: that office on that day. Bread cancer diagnosis before noon 102 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:06,000 Speaker 3: on a random Thursday, you know. And two years later, 103 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:08,320 Speaker 3: here we are being part of a group that of 104 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:10,400 Speaker 3: course nobody wants to be a part of. But right 105 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:12,920 Speaker 3: right it is, you know, huge in number. 106 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:15,360 Speaker 1: Well in the self exams we could do anytime, all 107 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:17,320 Speaker 1: the time, and I'm gonna do it right now while 108 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:19,520 Speaker 1: I'm talking to you. I hope that's not weird talking 109 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:23,160 Speaker 1: about you know, self exams are important. Self exams. We 110 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:26,160 Speaker 1: can do them Yep, it does count one of them. Anyways, 111 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:29,880 Speaker 1: we can do them anytime, probably not when you're ovulating, 112 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:33,039 Speaker 1: but the annual mammograms are so so crucial, and like 113 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:35,320 Speaker 1: you said, if you have dense breasts, as do I. 114 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:37,400 Speaker 1: Last year I had a couple of lumps removed. Thankfully 115 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:40,560 Speaker 1: they turned out to be benign, but still just always scary. 116 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:42,400 Speaker 1: But when we get the clean bill of health, you're like, who, 117 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 1: all right, I'm. 118 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:45,360 Speaker 2: Good for a year. But within that year, like a lot, 119 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:46,159 Speaker 2: a lot can happen. 120 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:48,640 Speaker 1: So you have been just fine until forty five, and 121 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:51,679 Speaker 1: then all of a sudden, there's one screening everything changed. 122 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:54,080 Speaker 1: So so what happened after the diagnosis and how how 123 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:56,320 Speaker 1: was your journey you know, to where you are now? 124 00:05:56,600 --> 00:06:00,839 Speaker 3: It was it felt like time had stopped. As soon 125 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:02,920 Speaker 3: as I heard the words, I'm sorry to tell you, 126 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:05,400 Speaker 3: but it looks like cancer, which were the exact words. 127 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:10,080 Speaker 3: I'll never forget them. And certainly, you know, you go 128 00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:12,840 Speaker 3: into a period of shock and then you mobilize. It's 129 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:15,520 Speaker 3: like what do I do next? Then you talk to 130 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:18,200 Speaker 3: somebody who's been through it before. They say, oh, you 131 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:20,720 Speaker 3: need a care team, you need an oncologist, you need 132 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:24,599 Speaker 3: a radiologist. You need a surgeon, and so I leaned 133 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:28,720 Speaker 3: on friends who had been through similar situations and contacted 134 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:31,640 Speaker 3: my doctor and got a care team together. And my 135 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:35,400 Speaker 3: specific diagnosis, you know, because breast cancer is not a monolith, 136 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:39,640 Speaker 3: it's an umbrella of diseases. And so my specific cancer 137 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:41,919 Speaker 3: type and the stage it was in required me to 138 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:46,000 Speaker 3: have surgery to remove the light of lumpectomy. Some people 139 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:49,400 Speaker 3: choose to have a single or double mistectomy with reconstruction, 140 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:51,760 Speaker 3: so it really just depends. In my case, it was 141 00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:56,080 Speaker 3: a lumpect to me, and subsequent surgery is just to 142 00:06:56,360 --> 00:06:59,599 Speaker 3: ensure that the margins that were clear, meaning that the 143 00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:03,559 Speaker 3: doctor got all of the can be detected in that area. Yeah. Yeah, 144 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:07,279 Speaker 3: And then in my case, moved quickly to chemotherapy, so 145 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:10,920 Speaker 3: you know, had four rounds of chemo. You would be 146 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:14,360 Speaker 3: amazed at the technology now that allows you to try 147 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:17,640 Speaker 3: to save your hair cold capping. You know, it's a 148 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:20,480 Speaker 3: whole new world. You scratch the surface and you learn 149 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:23,320 Speaker 3: so much in such a short period of time. And 150 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:26,720 Speaker 3: then after chemo, I had radiation and now I'm on 151 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:31,880 Speaker 3: drug therapy. So it's very common after my cancer type 152 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:36,360 Speaker 3: to you know, go on various hormone blocking an aromatase 153 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:39,679 Speaker 3: inhibitor therapy. So right now I'm on a drug until 154 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:44,000 Speaker 3: twenty twenty nine that is designed to, you know, reduce 155 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:47,480 Speaker 3: the amount of estrogen and progesterone in my body to 156 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:50,600 Speaker 3: limit my chances of recurrence. So each one of those 157 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:54,120 Speaker 3: stages comes with like different challenges, and you know, certainly 158 00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:57,520 Speaker 3: has been educational and challenging in a lot of ways. 159 00:07:57,560 --> 00:08:01,600 Speaker 3: But right now I am no cancer detective. I'm feeling great. 160 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:04,120 Speaker 3: And part of the reason why I'm chatting with you today, 161 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:07,600 Speaker 3: and part of why I am connected to the Coman 162 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:10,280 Speaker 3: Foundation is that now that I'm on the other side 163 00:08:10,280 --> 00:08:12,320 Speaker 3: of a lot of the big stuff that I experienced 164 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:14,520 Speaker 3: over the last couple of years, I'm just looking for 165 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:18,239 Speaker 3: ways to help give back and hopefully raise some money 166 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:18,960 Speaker 3: for a good cause. 167 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:20,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, God, bless you can. I just do this right now, 168 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:23,080 Speaker 1: because it must feel good to be on the other side, 169 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:23,760 Speaker 1: right thank you? 170 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:26,520 Speaker 2: Oh, like, thank goodness, you know, it's feel good. 171 00:08:26,680 --> 00:08:28,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, we're not carrying signs of their face 172 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:30,840 Speaker 1: in a past tense, you know, because we're going to 173 00:08:30,880 --> 00:08:32,400 Speaker 1: see a lot of that out the more than pink 174 00:08:32,440 --> 00:08:34,520 Speaker 1: walk on the twenty six and that's you know, it's 175 00:08:34,640 --> 00:08:37,360 Speaker 1: everyone there to share a little bit of everything in 176 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:40,280 Speaker 1: terms of what they feel, how they feel, who they're honoring, 177 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:42,559 Speaker 1: or what they're going through. I mean, it's survivors, it's 178 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:46,240 Speaker 1: family members, it's friends, it's a memory of so it's 179 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:47,080 Speaker 1: all that stuff. 180 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:48,880 Speaker 2: So you said you walked last year by yourself. 181 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:51,480 Speaker 1: So now your team, and I saw inline you raised 182 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:52,959 Speaker 1: like well over five thousand dollars by the way, so 183 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:56,480 Speaker 1: it's another clappity clap. Yeah, right, how. 184 00:08:56,360 --> 00:08:57,160 Speaker 2: Big is your team? 185 00:08:57,240 --> 00:09:00,040 Speaker 1: And can anyone join the the TAMAS. I mean, I 186 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:01,480 Speaker 1: don't want to get in trouble for staying on the radio, 187 00:09:01,520 --> 00:09:04,640 Speaker 1: but yeah, the Tired Ass Mom's Association Team, your team, 188 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:11,320 Speaker 1: TAM Tired Ass Mom's Association Team. 189 00:09:10,559 --> 00:09:12,079 Speaker 2: That's right, the TAMAS. 190 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:16,760 Speaker 3: Please find us, Please join us for about seven fundraisers 191 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:19,640 Speaker 3: accounting and if you just want to, if you just 192 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:22,480 Speaker 3: want to come find our table. We'll be there early 193 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:27,120 Speaker 3: and enjoying some breakfast and snacks and we really want 194 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:31,400 Speaker 3: to like listen. Having breast cancer is a you know, 195 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:35,280 Speaker 3: devastating experience no matter what stage you're in, and it's 196 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:38,679 Speaker 3: very personal. Some people choose to you know, go through 197 00:09:38,679 --> 00:09:41,120 Speaker 3: their treatment and get past it and not share it 198 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:44,720 Speaker 3: very wide and you know, process what's happening to them 199 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:47,720 Speaker 3: on a personal and very private level. And then there 200 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:52,120 Speaker 3: are people that are feeling alone and seeking community, people 201 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:55,280 Speaker 3: who have been touched by this disease and want to 202 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:57,440 Speaker 3: get out there in the community and connect. And that's 203 00:09:57,520 --> 00:10:00,520 Speaker 3: really the point of this walk, so that you feel 204 00:10:00,520 --> 00:10:02,960 Speaker 3: like there's a place for you, a place for your 205 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:05,959 Speaker 3: allies to go, and a place to learn more about 206 00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:08,960 Speaker 3: Susan g Coman and what they're trying to do to 207 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:12,560 Speaker 3: help make breast cancer a footnote in medical history. So 208 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:14,880 Speaker 3: you know, if you want to join us, I would 209 00:10:14,920 --> 00:10:17,400 Speaker 3: love it. You don't have to be a tired APS mom, 210 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:20,120 Speaker 3: by the way, you can be someone who loves someone 211 00:10:20,160 --> 00:10:23,680 Speaker 3: who loved the tired APS mom and will be there 212 00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:26,079 Speaker 3: for you and hopefully we meet some great people. 213 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:28,640 Speaker 2: And how was it having a family? You know, you 214 00:10:28,640 --> 00:10:29,360 Speaker 2: have two boys. 215 00:10:29,360 --> 00:10:32,480 Speaker 1: How is it dealing with having breast cancer while still 216 00:10:32,760 --> 00:10:35,560 Speaker 1: having to raise boys and you know, run your family? 217 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:39,559 Speaker 3: Great question. You know, it's interesting when I first got diagnosed, 218 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:42,720 Speaker 3: I was reluctant to tell them because I didn't want 219 00:10:42,720 --> 00:10:46,480 Speaker 3: them to be afraid. And my boys are they're ten 220 00:10:46,520 --> 00:10:49,199 Speaker 3: and twelve. They're in fifth grade and seventh grade, and 221 00:10:49,240 --> 00:10:52,800 Speaker 3: this was two years ago, and so I didn't I 222 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:56,679 Speaker 3: wasn't sure what they would think about their mom being 223 00:10:56,760 --> 00:10:59,719 Speaker 3: quote unquote sick, or having to have procedures in the 224 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:02,960 Speaker 3: hot fittal or potentially losing my hair to chemotherapy. And 225 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:05,839 Speaker 3: my first instinct was not to tell them. I wanted 226 00:11:05,840 --> 00:11:09,280 Speaker 3: to protect them from worry and protect them from fear. 227 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:13,560 Speaker 3: And what I realized is my personal choice was I 228 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:16,520 Speaker 3: didn't want to hide it from them, and I certainly 229 00:11:16,559 --> 00:11:19,320 Speaker 3: didn't want to be whispering about my experience in my 230 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:22,520 Speaker 3: own home with the kids, and so I just made 231 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:25,640 Speaker 3: the choice to involve them and be very pragmatic about 232 00:11:25,640 --> 00:11:28,280 Speaker 3: what was happening and let them know Mom was going 233 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:29,760 Speaker 3: to be okay, but I was going to have to 234 00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:32,080 Speaker 3: go through some challenges. And I'm so glad that I 235 00:11:32,120 --> 00:11:35,920 Speaker 3: made that decision. These kids are incredibly resilient. It gave 236 00:11:35,960 --> 00:11:39,680 Speaker 3: them an opportunity to support me, you know, and be 237 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:45,240 Speaker 3: a part of the recovery experience, and they just impressed 238 00:11:45,280 --> 00:11:48,200 Speaker 3: me every step of the way. My husband was amazing also, 239 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:52,360 Speaker 3: and it was just wonderful to be able to, you know, 240 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:54,560 Speaker 3: nobody wants to go through this experience, but to have 241 00:11:54,640 --> 00:11:57,680 Speaker 3: the support network that I had inside my home really 242 00:11:57,679 --> 00:11:58,480 Speaker 3: helped me get through. Yeah. 243 00:11:58,520 --> 00:12:00,160 Speaker 1: Sure, and now you're like, and now you have it'd 244 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:02,200 Speaker 1: be nicer to me, darn it, because I've been through a. 245 00:12:02,240 --> 00:12:05,160 Speaker 3: Hell exactly when I'm when I'm tired, you got to 246 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:06,200 Speaker 3: let me sleep in. 247 00:12:06,280 --> 00:12:08,840 Speaker 1: And you gotta be nicer to mom, darn it. So 248 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:10,800 Speaker 1: will they all be there walking with you on the 249 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:12,240 Speaker 1: twenty six. We'll be there. 250 00:12:12,360 --> 00:12:15,880 Speaker 3: Last year, I brought my eldest. His name's Mac and 251 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:18,520 Speaker 3: he came and you know, one of the more touching 252 00:12:18,559 --> 00:12:21,080 Speaker 3: moments was they have these signs that you pin onto 253 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:22,880 Speaker 3: your shirt and it says who are you walking for? 254 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:25,040 Speaker 3: And he kind of scuttled off with a little pink 255 00:12:25,120 --> 00:12:28,160 Speaker 3: marker and he wrote my Mom. And when I saw 256 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:30,240 Speaker 3: him put it on, it still brings me to tears. 257 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:35,200 Speaker 3: But he it gave him an opportunity to get out 258 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:37,880 Speaker 3: there and understand that what was happening to Mom was 259 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:40,640 Speaker 3: happening to a community of people. And I think it 260 00:12:40,679 --> 00:12:42,640 Speaker 3: really made him feel good to be able to show 261 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:44,079 Speaker 3: up and do the walk with. 262 00:12:44,080 --> 00:12:47,480 Speaker 1: Us and support you for sure. And Nicole, how do 263 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:49,880 Speaker 1: you feel this Ison' J. Comman Foundation helped you get 264 00:12:49,880 --> 00:12:51,400 Speaker 1: through your breast cancer. 265 00:12:51,679 --> 00:12:56,680 Speaker 3: Yeah. Interestingly, I'd always known about Coleman. It was kind 266 00:12:56,679 --> 00:12:59,880 Speaker 3: of in my mind this, you know, it's kind of 267 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:03,640 Speaker 3: only game in town in terms of really raising money 268 00:13:03,720 --> 00:13:07,040 Speaker 3: for breast cancer research and getting the word out there. 269 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:09,520 Speaker 3: And but it's like, you don't know you need you 270 00:13:09,520 --> 00:13:11,800 Speaker 3: don't know you need a foundation like that until you 271 00:13:11,840 --> 00:13:15,160 Speaker 3: need it. And so, you know, obviously, they put on 272 00:13:15,200 --> 00:13:17,560 Speaker 3: this walk every year, and it was grateful for the 273 00:13:17,559 --> 00:13:20,480 Speaker 3: opportunity to get out there. It also allowed me to 274 00:13:20,559 --> 00:13:24,880 Speaker 3: connect with the executive director of our LA chapter, Yolanda, 275 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:27,560 Speaker 3: and after the walk, she and I got to know 276 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:29,680 Speaker 3: each other and I told her I was looking for 277 00:13:29,720 --> 00:13:32,720 Speaker 3: an opportunity to give back. And so now I'm on 278 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:36,440 Speaker 3: the advisory committee. I'm the board chair for LA all right, 279 00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:42,440 Speaker 3: and yeah, and so so we meet, you know, every month, 280 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:44,959 Speaker 3: and we get together to find ways to spread the 281 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:49,480 Speaker 3: good word. And you know, I think providing giving back 282 00:13:49,520 --> 00:13:52,600 Speaker 3: to the community when that gave me the support I 283 00:13:52,640 --> 00:13:55,440 Speaker 3: needed when I needed it. It just feels like a 284 00:13:55,480 --> 00:13:57,559 Speaker 3: full circle moment. And I can't I can't think of 285 00:13:57,600 --> 00:13:59,320 Speaker 3: any other organization I'd want to do with. 286 00:13:59,640 --> 00:14:02,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, and look at you, a local gal, and now 287 00:14:02,480 --> 00:14:06,319 Speaker 1: you're paying forward to help others who God forbid are 288 00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:07,000 Speaker 1: dealing with this. 289 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:10,920 Speaker 3: Yeah. And once you make the decision to be public 290 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:14,719 Speaker 3: with your story, it's incredible how many people find you 291 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:18,720 Speaker 3: and share their story with you. And you know, every 292 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:21,200 Speaker 3: phone call I get or every email I've received in 293 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:24,560 Speaker 3: the last you know, two years since I've been open 294 00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:29,040 Speaker 3: about my experience just brings me closer to community, and 295 00:14:29,880 --> 00:14:32,560 Speaker 3: you know, it helps us feel stronger together, just helps 296 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:35,560 Speaker 3: us feel like every stage of this experience, we know 297 00:14:35,640 --> 00:14:39,359 Speaker 3: who we can rely on to hear everybody's individual experiences, 298 00:14:39,440 --> 00:14:43,680 Speaker 3: we can share resources and direct each other to resources 299 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:47,240 Speaker 3: as needed, and it's just really been rewarding. But I 300 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:51,720 Speaker 3: do also want to say it's also an intensely personal 301 00:14:51,920 --> 00:14:56,000 Speaker 3: decision to share and be open about it, and creating 302 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:57,600 Speaker 3: a safe space for people to do that, I think 303 00:14:57,720 --> 00:15:00,040 Speaker 3: is really important. And I think the walk that I 304 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:00,960 Speaker 3: think the walk does that. 305 00:15:01,280 --> 00:15:05,240 Speaker 1: Sure, sure absolutely coman dot org slash La County Walk, 306 00:15:05,280 --> 00:15:07,760 Speaker 1: by the way, Coman with a k coman dot org 307 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:11,360 Speaker 1: slash La County Walk for all the information. If you 308 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:13,720 Speaker 1: also have questions about brust cancer and need assistance, you 309 00:15:13,760 --> 00:15:17,480 Speaker 1: can also call eight seven seven go coman k O 310 00:15:17,720 --> 00:15:20,040 Speaker 1: M E N. And if you want to support Nicole, 311 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:21,680 Speaker 1: you sound so amazing. I hope I get a chance 312 00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:22,960 Speaker 1: to meet you in personally, give you a big hug 313 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:25,000 Speaker 1: and I high five and all the stuff. 314 00:15:25,080 --> 00:15:28,240 Speaker 3: I wise, likewise, look forward to seeing you guys soon. 315 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:30,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, we're gonna have an iHeart team out there as well. 316 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:33,160 Speaker 1: So and again, if you want to read more about 317 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:36,640 Speaker 1: Nicole's story Nicole Delansky, she's part of the TAMA, the 318 00:15:36,720 --> 00:15:40,080 Speaker 1: TAMA Club t a m A the Tired Ass Moms Association, 319 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:44,000 Speaker 1: her group for looking for you know, donations and looking 320 00:15:44,040 --> 00:15:45,920 Speaker 1: for more people too. If you want to join Nicole 321 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:48,800 Speaker 1: or support Nicole and her friends out there, please do so. 322 00:15:48,920 --> 00:15:52,400 Speaker 1: Look for TAMA or under Nicole Delansky and support in 323 00:15:52,400 --> 00:15:53,880 Speaker 1: any way that you can. But of course we'd love 324 00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:56,400 Speaker 1: to see folks out there in droves, thousands of people, 325 00:15:56,440 --> 00:15:58,800 Speaker 1: a sea of pink and people out there for a 326 00:15:58,880 --> 00:16:01,720 Speaker 1: very important reason Sunday, October twenty six at the La 327 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:04,640 Speaker 1: State Historic Park in downtown LA for the Susan g 328 00:16:04,840 --> 00:16:07,800 Speaker 1: Coman More Than Pink Walk, because it is more than 329 00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:10,200 Speaker 1: just a color. The color has done so much in 330 00:16:10,280 --> 00:16:13,480 Speaker 1: terms of awareness, but this is also about real people's 331 00:16:13,520 --> 00:16:16,200 Speaker 1: stories and supporting people like you who went through it, 332 00:16:16,240 --> 00:16:18,720 Speaker 1: who went through the battle and thankfully came out on 333 00:16:18,760 --> 00:16:20,280 Speaker 1: the other side as a survivor. 334 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:23,480 Speaker 2: And thank you for sharing your very inspiring story. 335 00:16:23,560 --> 00:16:26,040 Speaker 1: And we can't wait to see out there Sunday, October 336 00:16:26,080 --> 00:16:27,320 Speaker 1: twenty six, woo. 337 00:16:27,640 --> 00:16:29,360 Speaker 3: Thank you so much, look forward to it.