1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:04,600 Speaker 1: The following. He's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 2 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:13,280 Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Women in power Women. 3 00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:17,320 Speaker 1: We're daughters, wives, sisters, and mothers making strides in our 4 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:20,479 Speaker 1: own lives. We're women in sports. And what matters to 5 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:23,799 Speaker 1: you matters to us. Let's talk about it all on 6 00:00:24,120 --> 00:00:31,120 Speaker 1: The Playmaker. Here's your host, Nicky Harrison. Hello, and welcome 7 00:00:31,160 --> 00:00:34,240 Speaker 1: to The Playmaker. I am Nicky Harrison, and I can't 8 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:37,479 Speaker 1: believe that it's October already. And so while several of 9 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:41,240 Speaker 1: us are excited about pumpkins and cooler temperatures, I'm excited 10 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:43,840 Speaker 1: about all things pink because that means it's Breast cancer 11 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:48,040 Speaker 1: Awareness Month. And joining me today our two playmakers. We've 12 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:51,360 Speaker 1: got breast cancer survivor Cheryl Doris, thank you for joining us, 13 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:55,920 Speaker 1: a true inspiration. Thank you. And Kelsey Charles from Susan G. Coleman. Hello, 14 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:59,160 Speaker 1: ladies for joining y. Happy to be here. Great, I 15 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:01,480 Speaker 1: love it. I'm so excited. Okay, I just want to 16 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:06,200 Speaker 1: open the floor. What does breast cancer mean to you? 17 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:09,520 Speaker 1: Kyl s. I'm sorry, I'm gonna start with you. Yeah. So, 18 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:13,240 Speaker 1: I think for me, it's been something that's been on 19 00:01:13,280 --> 00:01:16,360 Speaker 1: my heart for a while, and I lost my grandmother 20 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:18,600 Speaker 1: to breast cancer when I was ten years old, and 21 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:20,640 Speaker 1: so I was impacted by the disease at a very 22 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:23,160 Speaker 1: young age. I saw the severity of what it could 23 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:24,960 Speaker 1: do to a family and what it could the toll 24 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:28,360 Speaker 1: it could take on a body. And I spent a 25 00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:31,480 Speaker 1: career in sports. But then I found a way to 26 00:01:31,560 --> 00:01:35,560 Speaker 1: parlay a careered sports that also had some more impactful, 27 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:39,160 Speaker 1: meaningful and results and work in the breast cancer space 28 00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:43,000 Speaker 1: in tandem. And so it's been a really fun journey 29 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:44,840 Speaker 1: for me, and I'm excited to be able to combine 30 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:47,560 Speaker 1: the best of both worlds and make a difference in 31 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 1: the lives of some really deserving people. What about you, Cheryl, Well, 32 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:57,040 Speaker 1: when you asked that question, it was very interesting because 33 00:01:57,240 --> 00:02:00,840 Speaker 1: I still, even though I'm a survivor, when you say that, 34 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:06,400 Speaker 1: I think that's about someone else. It's about women who 35 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 1: have overcome and even with me going through it, it's 36 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:14,000 Speaker 1: just like the doctors. We're talking to someone else when 37 00:02:14,040 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 1: they told me, and then you go in and then 38 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:19,320 Speaker 1: they just tell you where to go. When you go, 39 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:23,360 Speaker 1: Where'd I go next? Where'd I go next? So my 40 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:27,720 Speaker 1: mother had breast cancer, twice now and my sister has 41 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:31,080 Speaker 1: had it twice, so it's in the family. We don't 42 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:33,840 Speaker 1: have we don't have the gene. We've all been tested 43 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:36,560 Speaker 1: and we do not have the gene. So we're we're 44 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:41,760 Speaker 1: not sure where it's coming from, but we um. We 45 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 1: all have survived. And I next in the next three weeks, 46 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:53,840 Speaker 1: I will be a five year survivor. So, UM, thank you. 47 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:56,399 Speaker 1: I just it just seems like it was just yesterday, 48 00:02:57,440 --> 00:03:01,679 Speaker 1: but it'll be five years. So that's awesome. That is awesome. No. 49 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:04,880 Speaker 1: Number fifth is my diagnosis state. And UM, you know 50 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:08,080 Speaker 1: when you when when you're going through all of this, UM, 51 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:11,320 Speaker 1: You're like, okay, well, how do which line do I 52 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:13,720 Speaker 1: go in in my one year, two year, three year? 53 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:16,320 Speaker 1: And I'm like, where do we start? You know, where 54 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:19,080 Speaker 1: do you start? Saying? You know where do you count 55 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:22,200 Speaker 1: start the count from? And UM at the walk one year, 56 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:24,760 Speaker 1: I asked the lady, Yes, said I don't know, I 57 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:27,200 Speaker 1: don't know which year which line to go in, and 58 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:30,799 Speaker 1: she goes, it starts from your diagnosis state, because once 59 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:33,359 Speaker 1: you've been diagnosed, then you start the healing. That's when 60 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:35,120 Speaker 1: the work begins. That's when the work begins. And so 61 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 1: November seventh is my diagnosis state. So that's fabulous when 62 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:41,320 Speaker 1: you talk about again, But what breast cancer means to me, 63 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:43,960 Speaker 1: and it's it's stories like this and just being able 64 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 1: to we we see so many incredible people, all these 65 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:52,680 Speaker 1: celebrities and people that we call our heroes and athletes 66 00:03:52,720 --> 00:03:54,960 Speaker 1: and things like that, but then you sit here and 67 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:59,640 Speaker 1: you hear these stories of these real life exactly you 68 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:02,720 Speaker 1: know the things that they go through. I was working 69 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:04,760 Speaker 1: here when when you know you were going through that, 70 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:08,080 Speaker 1: and you were here at the office and you're taking 71 00:04:08,120 --> 00:04:10,360 Speaker 1: care of your family, you're taking care of your job, 72 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:14,280 Speaker 1: but you know your your your body's fighting against this 73 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:17,400 Speaker 1: incredibly powerful disease at the same time, and it's just 74 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:22,880 Speaker 1: it's the strength that people like yourself have is unparalleled. 75 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:27,120 Speaker 1: And so I think there's also this really impactful survivor 76 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:31,120 Speaker 1: mentality in the breast cancer space too, that's just so 77 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:33,599 Speaker 1: beyond inspiring. I can't even put it into words. And 78 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:36,559 Speaker 1: I think that's a really important element to think about 79 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:38,880 Speaker 1: while we go into this month too, is is not 80 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:43,239 Speaker 1: just awareness but celebrating the spirits absolutely of these women 81 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:46,200 Speaker 1: and men who have been impacted. Absolutely. I thought about 82 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:49,480 Speaker 1: this question um. You know, I didn't want to ask 83 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:52,160 Speaker 1: you that, Generico. What was it like when you were 84 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:54,480 Speaker 1: first diagnosed, because I can only imagine it's what that 85 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:57,640 Speaker 1: was first. Like what I want to know is how 86 00:04:57,720 --> 00:05:02,000 Speaker 1: you pushed through because you're sur and you got through it. 87 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 1: How did you do that? You just take it day 88 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:10,839 Speaker 1: by day and like she said, you you tell yourself, 89 00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:15,520 Speaker 1: this is a fight and I'm gonna win and I can. 90 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:18,360 Speaker 1: I was I did. I came to work every day 91 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:21,120 Speaker 1: that I could because I didn't want to sit at 92 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:26,039 Speaker 1: home and poor pitiful me. So you just go. I 93 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:30,920 Speaker 1: mean the seventh is the day that they did the biopsy. 94 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:34,839 Speaker 1: That was a Friday. They called me the next Wednesday 95 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:37,320 Speaker 1: and that's when they told me that I had cancer. 96 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:41,479 Speaker 1: And then that that Friday, I went and saw the 97 00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:45,040 Speaker 1: first doctor. The next Monday, I went in and had 98 00:05:46,279 --> 00:05:52,240 Speaker 1: MRI's CT scans. Tuesday, I had a different doctor appointment. 99 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:54,880 Speaker 1: Wednesday I went in and they put the port in. 100 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 1: So I went in the hospital. Thursday, I had a 101 00:05:57,839 --> 00:06:00,160 Speaker 1: chemo class because you have to take a class to 102 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:04,680 Speaker 1: know to know what fixed batum. And Friday I had 103 00:06:04,720 --> 00:06:07,960 Speaker 1: my first chemo. Then you have to move quickly. Why 104 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:10,360 Speaker 1: why did you have to move so quickly? My i 105 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:14,920 Speaker 1: UM was stage two A, but it was seventy six 106 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:18,520 Speaker 1: percent growth rate, so it was growing really fast. So 107 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:21,479 Speaker 1: UM A lot of times they'll do surgery first, but 108 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:23,920 Speaker 1: with me, they did the chemo first so they could 109 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:26,640 Speaker 1: shrink it. It had also it had traveled to some 110 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:29,560 Speaker 1: of my length notes, so they wanted to shrink it 111 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:32,400 Speaker 1: first and stop it from growing, and then we did 112 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:36,520 Speaker 1: the surgery and then I did um radiation after that. Okay, 113 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:39,760 Speaker 1: So they wanted to get in there really quickly and 114 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:43,120 Speaker 1: just stop the growth. And you just you just go, 115 00:06:43,279 --> 00:06:45,360 Speaker 1: You're like, Okay, what do I do next? Just tell me, 116 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:47,760 Speaker 1: you know. And it's interesting, you know, even just looking 117 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:50,480 Speaker 1: at your reaction, my reaction to listening to just your journey, 118 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:53,240 Speaker 1: even from the first couple of weeks. There's so many 119 00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:55,920 Speaker 1: different things you have to do, and I'm you know, 120 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:58,120 Speaker 1: how would you know if you've never been diagnosed, and 121 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:01,760 Speaker 1: so there's it's just I can only imagine. It's this 122 00:07:01,839 --> 00:07:04,360 Speaker 1: mind boggling experience of what you said, what do I 123 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:08,680 Speaker 1: do next? You know? And hopefully you have great doctors 124 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:11,520 Speaker 1: and good resources on your side to help you navigate 125 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:14,400 Speaker 1: that process. If you don't. Obviously we can go and 126 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:16,960 Speaker 1: talk about smith things that companies like a coman or 127 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:20,120 Speaker 1: other resources can help provide too. But you know, again 128 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:24,880 Speaker 1: like just just diving into that mentality of what it 129 00:07:24,880 --> 00:07:28,160 Speaker 1: took to even endure those first couple of days. It's 130 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:31,880 Speaker 1: just so I just can't give you enough credit, right, 131 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:35,400 Speaker 1: That's just and you know I'm in thinking about it. 132 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:37,080 Speaker 1: I have We have a dear friend that was a 133 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:43,840 Speaker 1: makeup artist for us, and she was diagnosed and she 134 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:47,080 Speaker 1: had some people tell her, oh here, let's do the 135 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:50,360 Speaker 1: natural thing. That she didn't continue to go to her doctor, 136 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:54,880 Speaker 1: and three years later she passed away because by the 137 00:07:54,920 --> 00:07:57,560 Speaker 1: time she went to the doctor and had on other places. 138 00:07:57,640 --> 00:08:02,240 Speaker 1: So please people, if you if you are diagnosed and 139 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:04,320 Speaker 1: you go to the doctor and like me, you know, 140 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:06,560 Speaker 1: you're just going They're not talking to me. You're talking 141 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:09,880 Speaker 1: to me about someone else, right, you know, if you 142 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:14,400 Speaker 1: if you go get a second opinion, Yeah, but please 143 00:08:14,680 --> 00:08:18,240 Speaker 1: take care of it. Well. Speaking to that, um, the 144 00:08:18,320 --> 00:08:22,320 Speaker 1: two words that we always hear early detection. You know, Um, 145 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:25,880 Speaker 1: if you don't have any family history, then you're told 146 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:28,920 Speaker 1: you should go get your first mammogram at forty But 147 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:31,280 Speaker 1: if you do have family history, what is that age 148 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:37,040 Speaker 1: thirty thirty last started at thirty mm. So at common um, 149 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:40,280 Speaker 1: you know, you'll always hear words of early detection, as 150 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:42,600 Speaker 1: we mentioned, and of course that's going to be really important. 151 00:08:43,480 --> 00:08:47,040 Speaker 1: But early detection is is only going to be effective 152 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:49,920 Speaker 1: when it's coupled with the proper treatment plans. Okay, and 153 00:08:49,960 --> 00:08:53,679 Speaker 1: so that's really important, as you mentioned too, If you detect, 154 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:56,000 Speaker 1: it's working hand in hand with your doctor and figuring 155 00:08:56,040 --> 00:08:58,240 Speaker 1: out okay, so here's what we're seeing, or here's what 156 00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:00,960 Speaker 1: we're not seeing, or here's my potentials, and then working 157 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:04,000 Speaker 1: in tandem together to figure out what's best for you. 158 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:07,000 Speaker 1: There's a few things that you know we cob and recommend. 159 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:09,959 Speaker 1: First of all, there's an entire website of resources. It's 160 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:14,200 Speaker 1: at coman dot org. Very simple. You can literally go 161 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:16,440 Speaker 1: to the search bar in there and find any answer 162 00:09:16,480 --> 00:09:18,720 Speaker 1: to any question that you have that We have a 163 00:09:18,760 --> 00:09:24,840 Speaker 1: hotline it's open twenty four seven with licensed professionals, therapists. 164 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:27,680 Speaker 1: They can directly to doctors with any questions or nurses. 165 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:31,000 Speaker 1: So if you have any concerns or thoughts or just 166 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:33,480 Speaker 1: want to talk to someone, that's always a resource. It's 167 00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:36,520 Speaker 1: available to you. But some of the key things that 168 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:38,880 Speaker 1: we encourage people to do in terms of owning your 169 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:41,559 Speaker 1: own breast health would be knowing your family history you 170 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:44,880 Speaker 1: mentioned talking about if you had the genetic history, or 171 00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:48,400 Speaker 1: knowing if you have the Bracka gene which does give 172 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:53,040 Speaker 1: you a predisposition to having breast cancer. It is getting 173 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:56,960 Speaker 1: screened when it is time to get screened. It's maintaining 174 00:09:56,960 --> 00:10:00,080 Speaker 1: a healthy lifestyle. So things like a healthy way and 175 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:04,240 Speaker 1: alcohol can increase your risks. So overall, living a healthy 176 00:10:04,280 --> 00:10:09,520 Speaker 1: lifestyle is very important too. So there's several things that 177 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:13,800 Speaker 1: you can do in addition to just identifying it early 178 00:10:13,920 --> 00:10:15,760 Speaker 1: and staying on top of your own health, and also 179 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:17,760 Speaker 1: just knowing what's normal for you. For sure, you know 180 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:20,520 Speaker 1: knowing what is normal, what's not normal. Do you feel weird, 181 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:24,640 Speaker 1: go check it out, because we've seen so many women 182 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:29,160 Speaker 1: have found that lump themselves by doing those self exams. Sure, 183 00:10:29,360 --> 00:10:31,800 Speaker 1: those are so important and it's so great to learn 184 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:36,160 Speaker 1: how to do those properly because it's important. Now you 185 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:38,560 Speaker 1: being at Common, what exactly do you do at Susan 186 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:41,480 Speaker 1: g COOM. Yes, so I work in sponsorships for Susan 187 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:45,440 Speaker 1: G Common. So I work with brands and I help them, 188 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:50,600 Speaker 1: in essence create programs that help either encourage consumers to 189 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:53,719 Speaker 1: own their own breast health or to create products or 190 00:10:53,760 --> 00:10:58,760 Speaker 1: programs that can then turn benefit monetarily from a donation perspective, 191 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:02,679 Speaker 1: research and the community programs that Susan G. Comman employees. Okay, 192 00:11:03,160 --> 00:11:07,320 Speaker 1: so brands like Bubbly or Pepsi and Ford or the 193 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:14,439 Speaker 1: Major League Baseball m Dallas Cowboys, they're my client. You've 194 00:11:14,480 --> 00:11:19,080 Speaker 1: gone full circles, y'all can't escape me, don't even try. 195 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:25,439 Speaker 1: So please also explain what exactly does Susan G. Coleman do, 196 00:11:25,559 --> 00:11:27,960 Speaker 1: Because I know a lot of people associate the name 197 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:33,079 Speaker 1: with the Race for the Cure and all things pink donations. 198 00:11:33,440 --> 00:11:35,920 Speaker 1: Explain what all they do for those that don't know. 199 00:11:36,120 --> 00:11:39,360 Speaker 1: So for me, Um, what I love about Susan G. 200 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:43,319 Speaker 1: Comman is that we're more than just a charity and 201 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:49,479 Speaker 1: research is so wildly important. We donate more towards research 202 00:11:49,640 --> 00:11:52,480 Speaker 1: out outside of any organization outside of the US government, 203 00:11:53,679 --> 00:11:56,680 Speaker 1: and so that's a huge pillar of what we do. 204 00:11:57,040 --> 00:11:59,400 Speaker 1: We try and target the most aggressive types of breast 205 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:02,480 Speaker 1: cancer and figure out the research programs that are trying 206 00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:05,160 Speaker 1: to find out why there's a reoccurrence in breast cancer 207 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:09,280 Speaker 1: and why it comes back. Things like that that are 208 00:12:09,320 --> 00:12:11,760 Speaker 1: going to be the way that we ultimately, we believe 209 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:16,320 Speaker 1: ultimately will help in breast cancer forever. But what I 210 00:12:16,360 --> 00:12:19,679 Speaker 1: love even more about Common is that we employ community programs, 211 00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:22,280 Speaker 1: so it's more than just research for us. A lot 212 00:12:22,360 --> 00:12:24,199 Speaker 1: of people don't they think about, well, I'll just get 213 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:27,800 Speaker 1: an ammogram. Well what if you get a proper diagnosis 214 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:30,400 Speaker 1: and say you're you actually do have breastcancer. What if 215 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:34,480 Speaker 1: you can afford treatment then what So our network and 216 00:12:34,640 --> 00:12:37,520 Speaker 1: grantees enable you to take that next step and get 217 00:12:37,559 --> 00:12:40,320 Speaker 1: the treatment to take care of your diagnosis if you 218 00:12:40,360 --> 00:12:44,440 Speaker 1: do receive a positive one. We do things like we've 219 00:12:44,440 --> 00:12:49,600 Speaker 1: realized there's disparities in health where African American women are 220 00:12:49,640 --> 00:12:51,560 Speaker 1: forty percent more likely to die from breast cancer than 221 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:55,439 Speaker 1: their Caucasian counterparts, and we view that as unacceptable. So 222 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:58,280 Speaker 1: there's studies out there that have shown that it's there. 223 00:12:58,400 --> 00:13:01,440 Speaker 1: It's not just just a lack of access or education 224 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:04,840 Speaker 1: or about breast cancer, but it's also a lack of 225 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:09,480 Speaker 1: education on some doctors parts where African American women have 226 00:13:09,520 --> 00:13:12,960 Speaker 1: a different tissue makeup than maybe Caucasian women do, so 227 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:16,800 Speaker 1: they haven't been diagnosed as properly with mammograms that Caucasian 228 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:19,520 Speaker 1: women have. Their studies that have that have shown that, 229 00:13:19,559 --> 00:13:22,559 Speaker 1: and so identifying those areas as really important to us. 230 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:26,120 Speaker 1: We also do things like providing individual grants. If you 231 00:13:26,120 --> 00:13:28,160 Speaker 1: can't afford gas in your car to get to treatment, 232 00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:31,240 Speaker 1: if you can't afford childcare, you're a single parent, or 233 00:13:31,320 --> 00:13:33,839 Speaker 1: you have a your partner can't can't take care of 234 00:13:33,840 --> 00:13:35,360 Speaker 1: the kids, and you need to get to your treatment, 235 00:13:35,679 --> 00:13:38,040 Speaker 1: we provide grants to help you with that. So it's 236 00:13:38,040 --> 00:13:41,880 Speaker 1: a three hundred and sixty degree approach versus just just research. 237 00:13:42,120 --> 00:13:46,320 Speaker 1: Research is so important, but there's so much more. I 238 00:13:46,400 --> 00:13:50,240 Speaker 1: love that. So now, Cheryl, you have a very demanding 239 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:52,480 Speaker 1: job here with the Dallas Cowboys. Tell us, tell us 240 00:13:52,520 --> 00:13:55,560 Speaker 1: what you do. And I work for the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders. 241 00:13:55,640 --> 00:14:00,760 Speaker 1: I'm Kelly Fanglass's assistant. So we're busy. Think goodness. This 242 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:05,199 Speaker 1: happened when we weren't filming our show. UM, so I 243 00:14:05,880 --> 00:14:07,800 Speaker 1: was able to do a lot of a lot of 244 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:11,440 Speaker 1: my work from home if if I needed to. UM. 245 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:15,640 Speaker 1: A funny story is one day because I did try 246 00:14:15,679 --> 00:14:17,600 Speaker 1: to come in when I as much as I could, 247 00:14:18,080 --> 00:14:20,720 Speaker 1: just to keep your mind off of what's going on, 248 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:23,840 Speaker 1: you know, just to keep going. Um. And one day 249 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:27,240 Speaker 1: Kelly was telling somebody, because I can always tell when 250 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:29,160 Speaker 1: Charles had it for the day, I come in and 251 00:14:29,240 --> 00:14:31,480 Speaker 1: there's her wig sitting on her desk. You know, I'll 252 00:14:31,520 --> 00:14:35,200 Speaker 1: just take that wig off and put it on. I'm like, well, 253 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:39,840 Speaker 1: why why did I even wear it? But um, so 254 00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:42,960 Speaker 1: I so I did. Um come to work as much 255 00:14:42,960 --> 00:14:45,200 Speaker 1: as I could. But the doctor, you know, and you 256 00:14:45,240 --> 00:14:47,160 Speaker 1: have to listen to the doctor. The doctor said, you know, 257 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:49,040 Speaker 1: if you're tired, if you feel like you need to 258 00:14:49,120 --> 00:14:52,280 Speaker 1: lay down, you know, your body's telling you that that 259 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:55,760 Speaker 1: it needs to rest. And so I had a pillow 260 00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:58,160 Speaker 1: in a blanket under my desk and I'd go into 261 00:14:58,160 --> 00:15:00,680 Speaker 1: the little conference room. It's when we're Valley rants, so 262 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:02,920 Speaker 1: we were kind of back there by ourselves, and I'd 263 00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:05,240 Speaker 1: go lay on the floor and you know, cover up 264 00:15:05,240 --> 00:15:07,120 Speaker 1: with a blanket and set my timer for you know, 265 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:09,760 Speaker 1: thirty forty five minutes and lay down and you know, 266 00:15:09,920 --> 00:15:11,960 Speaker 1: rest for a minute and get back up. So good. 267 00:15:12,360 --> 00:15:14,680 Speaker 1: You just have to you just have to do what 268 00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:19,120 Speaker 1: you what you can do. And you're incredible. I'm telling 269 00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:23,280 Speaker 1: you those days when you were dealing with having to 270 00:15:23,280 --> 00:15:26,200 Speaker 1: go to chemo. I've always heard that chemo just makes 271 00:15:26,240 --> 00:15:30,440 Speaker 1: you feel sick. It just makes you just feel yucky. Right, 272 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:33,720 Speaker 1: how did how did it make you feel? That was 273 00:15:33,880 --> 00:15:36,240 Speaker 1: in the class. They were like, you know, you'll be nauseated. 274 00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:38,600 Speaker 1: You know, don't eat foods that are your favorite foods 275 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:42,920 Speaker 1: because you're appetite changes. And if you eat things that 276 00:15:42,920 --> 00:15:45,120 Speaker 1: are your favorites and then you get sick, then it 277 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:48,600 Speaker 1: won't be your favorites anymore. Yeah. Right, it's like macroni 278 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:54,640 Speaker 1: and cheese anymore. But they give you so many different things. 279 00:15:54,800 --> 00:15:56,840 Speaker 1: You know when I when I'd go in, I'd look 280 00:15:56,920 --> 00:15:59,840 Speaker 1: up and there's like five different bags hanging there that 281 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:01,720 Speaker 1: they put into the little port, which I was so 282 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:04,680 Speaker 1: thankful for that because they didn't have to stick me 283 00:16:04,720 --> 00:16:08,600 Speaker 1: with a needle each time. Oh yeah, but you know, 284 00:16:08,640 --> 00:16:10,880 Speaker 1: first they give you something for nausea, and then they 285 00:16:10,920 --> 00:16:13,280 Speaker 1: give you been a drill, and you know, they give 286 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:17,840 Speaker 1: you sailing. They part of it is, you know, they 287 00:16:18,160 --> 00:16:20,560 Speaker 1: getting you ready for the chemo, and then you do 288 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:24,240 Speaker 1: the chemo. I had two different rounds. The first round 289 00:16:24,360 --> 00:16:28,040 Speaker 1: was four treatments. Every other week, and the reason for 290 00:16:28,080 --> 00:16:30,280 Speaker 1: that it was a very They called it the Red Devil, 291 00:16:30,640 --> 00:16:33,080 Speaker 1: and it was one that they couldn't put on the drip. 292 00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:36,040 Speaker 1: The nurse actually has to come and sit there with 293 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:38,800 Speaker 1: you and push it in a little bit, and then 294 00:16:38,880 --> 00:16:41,920 Speaker 1: they then they test it because it's so strong that 295 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:46,240 Speaker 1: sometimes it will just you know, blow out your your veins, 296 00:16:46,240 --> 00:16:47,880 Speaker 1: your blood veins, and so they have to do it 297 00:16:47,920 --> 00:16:49,880 Speaker 1: just a little bit of time. So that one took 298 00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:53,040 Speaker 1: a long time. And I think that one, you know, 299 00:16:53,440 --> 00:16:55,280 Speaker 1: at first, I was just like, man, this is this 300 00:16:55,320 --> 00:16:57,120 Speaker 1: is a breeze. It's a piece of cake. But once 301 00:16:57,400 --> 00:16:59,680 Speaker 1: it starts building up in your body, then you get sick. 302 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:02,400 Speaker 1: And you know, my husband always tells me, goes because 303 00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:04,760 Speaker 1: I really thought we were gonna lose you, I thought, 304 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:07,920 Speaker 1: But I don't remember that. I don't remember. I mean, 305 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:10,400 Speaker 1: I remember, you know, one time, being just really weak 306 00:17:10,440 --> 00:17:12,560 Speaker 1: and I could hardly get up and walk. But the 307 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:14,680 Speaker 1: rest of the time I was I was tired, I 308 00:17:14,680 --> 00:17:16,639 Speaker 1: didn't feel like doing things, and I was always cold. 309 00:17:18,320 --> 00:17:22,080 Speaker 1: But it you know, it's miraculous and not remember those 310 00:17:22,119 --> 00:17:24,879 Speaker 1: awful days, right, And he was just like, no, really, 311 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:27,040 Speaker 1: we thought we were going to lose you wow, and 312 00:17:27,080 --> 00:17:29,240 Speaker 1: I'm like, okay, I don't remember that. And it's really 313 00:17:29,280 --> 00:17:32,520 Speaker 1: funny afterwards as well. I'd come back to work and 314 00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:36,480 Speaker 1: people were going, oh, your color looks so much better, 315 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:40,000 Speaker 1: and I'm like, I didn't realize it was good. Thank you. 316 00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:47,120 Speaker 1: I think, okay, wow, good. I appreciate that about you, 317 00:17:47,119 --> 00:17:48,920 Speaker 1: though you couldn't laugh at the little thing that's right, 318 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:52,440 Speaker 1: because sometimes you have to, oh my gosh, because it's 319 00:17:52,480 --> 00:17:55,119 Speaker 1: just so tough it is, and you just have to 320 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:57,240 Speaker 1: laugh through the tears, last through the tears and go 321 00:17:57,320 --> 00:17:59,480 Speaker 1: with it and know that you just got to be strong. 322 00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:01,680 Speaker 1: I mean, because my parents were there watching me and 323 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:03,760 Speaker 1: I you know, I had to be strong for them. 324 00:18:03,760 --> 00:18:06,199 Speaker 1: I didn't want them to worry that I wasn't going 325 00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:09,280 Speaker 1: to be okay totally. And you talked about wearing your 326 00:18:09,280 --> 00:18:14,399 Speaker 1: wing and you lost your hair and it grew back beautifully. 327 00:18:15,040 --> 00:18:19,320 Speaker 1: But everyone doesn't lose their hair. Why Why what makes 328 00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:22,840 Speaker 1: the hair fall? I think it's just the different chemos, 329 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:26,680 Speaker 1: the different chemicals that they use um and mine mine 330 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:29,159 Speaker 1: it fell out, and you know, I was bald and 331 00:18:29,160 --> 00:18:31,160 Speaker 1: it started coming back in a little bit of time, 332 00:18:31,200 --> 00:18:33,200 Speaker 1: and I was just like, oh great, I didn't lose 333 00:18:33,240 --> 00:18:36,439 Speaker 1: my eyebrows or my eyelashes, And I woke up the 334 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:39,480 Speaker 1: next morning and they were just like, you know, on 335 00:18:39,600 --> 00:18:42,800 Speaker 1: my pillow. But the doctor said that that's the first 336 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:44,840 Speaker 1: thing to go, but it's also the first I mean, 337 00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:46,480 Speaker 1: it's the last thing to go, but it's the first 338 00:18:46,520 --> 00:18:49,200 Speaker 1: thing to come back. So so they grew back. But 339 00:18:49,280 --> 00:18:51,720 Speaker 1: you don't even think it about. But even this is 340 00:18:51,800 --> 00:18:54,320 Speaker 1: kind of yucky. But nose hairs, Yeah, so your know, 341 00:18:54,520 --> 00:18:59,199 Speaker 1: you know, your nose you know, gets dust and stuff 342 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:03,840 Speaker 1: in it everything, you know, that's fascinating. Yeah, everybody responds 343 00:19:03,880 --> 00:19:06,240 Speaker 1: differently too, and I think that's obviously a common thing 344 00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:08,320 Speaker 1: that you'll see. And that was something that I didn't 345 00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:11,040 Speaker 1: even think about and realize. I mean, you you lose 346 00:19:11,080 --> 00:19:15,160 Speaker 1: something like your hair, that's such an impactful moment for you. 347 00:19:15,760 --> 00:19:18,600 Speaker 1: But it's finding the right wig that looks right right 348 00:19:18,680 --> 00:19:21,159 Speaker 1: and look too fake, And there's different types of wigs. 349 00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:23,560 Speaker 1: And then also your eyebrows and eyelashes. Who I mean, 350 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:26,000 Speaker 1: who would have ever thought that you'd have to figure 351 00:19:26,040 --> 00:19:27,600 Speaker 1: out how to draw them on again and make them 352 00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:31,480 Speaker 1: look more worthy exactly exactly. So there's so many things 353 00:19:31,520 --> 00:19:35,520 Speaker 1: that go into it just to give you some sense 354 00:19:35,560 --> 00:19:38,520 Speaker 1: of normalcy after the fact that you just would have 355 00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:42,880 Speaker 1: never even considered before. I um, as it started coming out, 356 00:19:42,920 --> 00:19:45,640 Speaker 1: it just it started coming out a little at a time, 357 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:47,840 Speaker 1: and then bigger clumps in My husband and I said, 358 00:19:48,359 --> 00:19:50,920 Speaker 1: it's time, you know, we need to shave. And I's 359 00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:53,840 Speaker 1: just like, oh, okay, you know, I knew it was coming, 360 00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:57,120 Speaker 1: so okay, I'm good with it. And so he helped 361 00:19:57,160 --> 00:19:58,600 Speaker 1: and he shaved my head and I went in the 362 00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:00,159 Speaker 1: bathroom and I looked and I would looked at the 363 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:03,200 Speaker 1: mirror and I went, I look like a cancer patient. 364 00:20:03,359 --> 00:20:06,960 Speaker 1: And we both just died laughing because I am, you know, 365 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:10,520 Speaker 1: but like Kelsey said, it's beautiful that you were able 366 00:20:10,560 --> 00:20:13,760 Speaker 1: to still have. It is a sense of humor, you know. 367 00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:16,920 Speaker 1: And again laughed through those twos we did, and then 368 00:20:17,040 --> 00:20:19,720 Speaker 1: and we did. We laughed. I cried, but we laughed, yeah, 369 00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:22,720 Speaker 1: because I'm just like, well, wait a minute, I am 370 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:25,600 Speaker 1: so again it's the thinking that you know, this is 371 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:28,960 Speaker 1: this happens to other people. It doesn't happen to me, right, 372 00:20:29,680 --> 00:20:31,560 Speaker 1: And that's why again, I just I have to say 373 00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:35,440 Speaker 1: I can't. I'll get a little emotional, but I just 374 00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:41,200 Speaker 1: it's so important in my opinion too, to be someone 375 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:43,919 Speaker 1: like yourself and be sharing your experiences, especially on a 376 00:20:43,920 --> 00:20:46,679 Speaker 1: platform like this too, because I think that it's also 377 00:20:46,880 --> 00:20:50,040 Speaker 1: I can only imagine it's a very isolating experience at 378 00:20:50,040 --> 00:20:52,760 Speaker 1: the same time, and so to know that hey, I'm 379 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:57,040 Speaker 1: not alone people like me who look like me, or 380 00:20:57,080 --> 00:20:59,520 Speaker 1: who are going through something similar like me, you know, 381 00:20:59,560 --> 00:21:03,640 Speaker 1: maybe something weird like their nose hairs being like they're 382 00:21:03,640 --> 00:21:06,919 Speaker 1: like what, yeah, you know, like, yes, that's real and 383 00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:09,639 Speaker 1: you shouldn't feel weird about it, and it's kind of funny, 384 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:11,879 Speaker 1: kind of not but hey, it is what it is, 385 00:21:11,880 --> 00:21:13,919 Speaker 1: and here we are, you know, And so I just 386 00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:16,920 Speaker 1: feel like it's it's it's important to be doing things 387 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:20,680 Speaker 1: like this and sharing the experiences so that you know, 388 00:21:20,920 --> 00:21:24,040 Speaker 1: I think there's a there's a beautiful side to that. Absolutely. 389 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:27,359 Speaker 1: What is your hope to accomplish? Because you're very open 390 00:21:28,280 --> 00:21:32,920 Speaker 1: at sharing your story, which is remarkable, What is your hope. 391 00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:37,600 Speaker 1: My hope is that somebody out there listening, because when 392 00:21:37,640 --> 00:21:40,080 Speaker 1: I had it, I went to a they called it 393 00:21:40,119 --> 00:21:43,720 Speaker 1: a retreat, but it was cancer survivors or people going 394 00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:49,520 Speaker 1: through treatment and other people talking and hearing Yes, that's 395 00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:52,239 Speaker 1: happened to me. I thought. I thought it was just me. 396 00:21:52,320 --> 00:21:54,440 Speaker 1: I thought, you know, and I wouldn't want to tell 397 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:58,120 Speaker 1: the doctor about it. I didn't tell the doctor when 398 00:21:58,160 --> 00:22:00,600 Speaker 1: I had a really high fever and I thought, oh, 399 00:22:00,600 --> 00:22:02,280 Speaker 1: it'll just go away. I'll just let it go away. 400 00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:03,920 Speaker 1: And then I got yelled at by the doctor because 401 00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:09,080 Speaker 1: I didn't call her right away. That's what she said. 402 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:15,719 Speaker 1: But just my hope is that other people hear that, 403 00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:18,879 Speaker 1: and that other people, UM that don't have breast cancer, 404 00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:23,600 Speaker 1: UM know that just talk to the people, you know, 405 00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:25,840 Speaker 1: give them a blanket, you know, if you're if you 406 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:27,640 Speaker 1: don't know what to say to them, just go and 407 00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:31,840 Speaker 1: talk to them about you know, the game or you 408 00:22:31,880 --> 00:22:34,160 Speaker 1: know what what what's going on in your life and 409 00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:40,160 Speaker 1: just talk to them like they're a normal person. And UM, 410 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:43,080 Speaker 1: my hope is that that will help someone of the 411 00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:46,439 Speaker 1: UM get through it even better. Now you both are 412 00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:52,040 Speaker 1: involved in something really awesome Star Survivors. What is that? Sure? 413 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:55,639 Speaker 1: So the Dallas Cowboys Star Survivors Program UM is a 414 00:22:55,680 --> 00:22:58,760 Speaker 1: program that the Cowboys have so graciously put on for 415 00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:01,560 Speaker 1: Susan G. Coleman the past five years. This is actually 416 00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:05,159 Speaker 1: the fifth year, so it's really exciting Cheryl's very heavily involved, 417 00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:06,560 Speaker 1: and so we'll share about that in a minute. But 418 00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:08,879 Speaker 1: in essence, what we do is it's a contest of 419 00:23:08,920 --> 00:23:11,280 Speaker 1: sorts where we open it up to the public to 420 00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:14,480 Speaker 1: either submit or have someone else submit on your behalf 421 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:19,119 Speaker 1: survivors and their stories Cowboys fans who are also breast 422 00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:21,320 Speaker 1: cancer survivors, who are who are going through treatment as 423 00:23:21,359 --> 00:23:25,960 Speaker 1: it stands right now, and there are so many deserving 424 00:23:26,119 --> 00:23:28,800 Speaker 1: stories that we get in. I mean, it's just it's 425 00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:33,040 Speaker 1: mind boggling to me how we even narrow it down 426 00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:36,400 Speaker 1: to five, but we do, and so five I can 427 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:39,480 Speaker 1: only imagine it's hard. Well, that's why we have people 428 00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:43,199 Speaker 1: like Cheryl help us. So we take that, we have 429 00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:47,080 Speaker 1: a grading system and everything, and we, along with the 430 00:23:47,119 --> 00:23:50,520 Speaker 1: Cowboys and our affiliates in the area and the previous 431 00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:54,600 Speaker 1: Star survivors come together and work on selecting the top 432 00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:57,520 Speaker 1: five and then they have this experience of a lifetime 433 00:23:57,600 --> 00:23:59,880 Speaker 1: where they're going to come out here to the stall, 434 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:03,920 Speaker 1: are come meet Coach Garrett, they get their own custom jerseys, 435 00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:06,400 Speaker 1: they get to go on the field, meet the players, 436 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:10,720 Speaker 1: see practice, eat lunch up here. Some of the partners 437 00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:14,280 Speaker 1: for the Cowboys and for comans such as Ford, Kendra Scott, 438 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:17,879 Speaker 1: Draft Kings. They all pitch in and and just really 439 00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:21,760 Speaker 1: truly make it a day to remember. Yeah, it's beautiful. 440 00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:23,520 Speaker 1: It's awesome. They get to go to the game, and 441 00:24:23,560 --> 00:24:28,200 Speaker 1: so it's just this it's a week away from from 442 00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:31,399 Speaker 1: maybe some of the sadness that they're experiencing or so 443 00:24:31,560 --> 00:24:34,680 Speaker 1: it's a week away from the realities that they're facing. 444 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:40,240 Speaker 1: But it's also this really beautiful community that the Cowboys 445 00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:45,600 Speaker 1: have created with us of these survivors who have just 446 00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:48,719 Speaker 1: been through health. Yeah. Literally, it's literally the best way 447 00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:53,640 Speaker 1: I can put it. And they're like sisters and it's 448 00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:56,879 Speaker 1: really really cool to see and it's so fun having 449 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:59,119 Speaker 1: you involved in me. I'm sure you could cheer what 450 00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:01,800 Speaker 1: it's been like for you to be involved in it, right, Emily. 451 00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:04,440 Speaker 1: Emily sends it to me every year and says, well, 452 00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:06,320 Speaker 1: you do it for us again. I'm like, of course 453 00:25:06,359 --> 00:25:08,040 Speaker 1: i will. And I'm like, oh, you know, this is 454 00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:09,800 Speaker 1: a piece Kase. I'll read them and I'll you know, 455 00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:11,879 Speaker 1: and I start reading them, I'm just like, oh, my 456 00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:15,240 Speaker 1: goodness is it's hard every year because they are all 457 00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:19,600 Speaker 1: deserving and it's a box of tissues, right, here. Literally, 458 00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:23,200 Speaker 1: it's not I I do. I have to get tissues 459 00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:26,959 Speaker 1: out every year and um there's ten and they make 460 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:29,480 Speaker 1: it easy though not well it's not easy, but you 461 00:25:29,480 --> 00:25:34,040 Speaker 1: you know, it's a numbering system and you know you yeah, 462 00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:36,719 Speaker 1: but that they tell their stories, they tell you know, 463 00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:40,440 Speaker 1: how they were diagnosed, they tell um what they do, 464 00:25:40,560 --> 00:25:43,840 Speaker 1: and you know what their families did, and and then 465 00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:46,720 Speaker 1: on one part of it is you know how big 466 00:25:46,720 --> 00:25:49,200 Speaker 1: of a cowboy fan are you? And a lot of them, 467 00:25:49,560 --> 00:25:51,840 Speaker 1: you know a lot of them say, you know, that's 468 00:25:51,840 --> 00:25:54,640 Speaker 1: when I was going through my treatment and I watching 469 00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:57,640 Speaker 1: the game and waiting, you know, sitting down with my 470 00:25:57,720 --> 00:26:01,080 Speaker 1: family and watching the game is what helped me get 471 00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:04,280 Speaker 1: through those hard days. I love that. So yes, it's 472 00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:08,200 Speaker 1: it's great. It's also some good perspective if you will. 473 00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:11,520 Speaker 1: You know, I'm sure everyone I'm like this, but you know, 474 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:13,159 Speaker 1: you have a rough day at work and you're like, oh, 475 00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:18,280 Speaker 1: this email, like per my last email, and then you 476 00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:20,240 Speaker 1: open up and then you open up these stories and 477 00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:25,080 Speaker 1: you're like, okay, so good on that. Give myself some 478 00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:27,800 Speaker 1: humble pie real quick, yes, because this is not a 479 00:26:27,840 --> 00:26:30,680 Speaker 1: big deal, right, So it's really cool to be able 480 00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:33,000 Speaker 1: to come together and so grateful to the Cowboys for 481 00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:38,439 Speaker 1: helping make that happen and helping just create something that 482 00:26:38,560 --> 00:26:41,080 Speaker 1: has I know and I feel like has gotten a 483 00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:44,760 Speaker 1: lot of good and deserving people through some tough times. Well, 484 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:48,240 Speaker 1: I thank you both for joining me today. Both of 485 00:26:48,280 --> 00:26:51,919 Speaker 1: you true inspirations. I mean you being a survivor. You 486 00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:54,600 Speaker 1: do your work with com and it's it's just fabulous. 487 00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:58,640 Speaker 1: And I think that you being so young and successful 488 00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:03,520 Speaker 1: and so pro women. I love that about you, um 489 00:27:03,520 --> 00:27:05,639 Speaker 1: and I wish you nothing but the best success and 490 00:27:05,720 --> 00:27:11,600 Speaker 1: congratulations on your anniversary five years years. Yes, seriously, congrats, 491 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:16,480 Speaker 1: You're amazing. Definitely so. Message from today, don't wait, do 492 00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:21,280 Speaker 1: not wait. Go get check loo, get those boobies checked. No, 493 00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:24,640 Speaker 1: it's normal for you. Don't be afraid to figure out 494 00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:27,600 Speaker 1: like what looks weird, what doesn't talk to your doctor. 495 00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:30,439 Speaker 1: If you have a question, just go to go go 496 00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:33,200 Speaker 1: to coman dot org, dot org, com dot org. Okay, 497 00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:35,480 Speaker 1: we have a lot of things for you there. All right, awesome, 498 00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:37,879 Speaker 1: Thank you ladies, Thank you so much. We'll see you 499 00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:39,840 Speaker 1: next week. I'm the playmaker