1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,120 Speaker 1: Follow Cheeky's and Chill on Amazon Music. Just head to 2 00:00:03,160 --> 00:00:06,440 Speaker 1: Amazon dot com slash Cheeky's and check out even more 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:10,360 Speaker 1: podcasts by Michaultura throughout Hispanic Heritage month. Listen to my 4 00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:13,640 Speaker 1: latest episode of Cheekys and Chill on Amazon Music. At 5 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:17,200 Speaker 1: Amazon dot com slash Cheeky's and listen to Cheeky's and 6 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:20,599 Speaker 1: Chill on Amazon Music, or ask Alexa to play Cheeky's 7 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:26,400 Speaker 1: and Chill on Amazon Music. I'm actually getting my first 8 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:27,720 Speaker 1: mamogram tomorrow. 9 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:31,280 Speaker 2: When they first told me that they had found something, 10 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:34,720 Speaker 2: I was like, oh, not for me. It's not cancer, 11 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:38,360 Speaker 2: It's probably a cyst. It's probably something else. Doesn't run 12 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:43,919 Speaker 2: in my family. I am thankful that all I had 13 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:46,360 Speaker 2: to lose was my right breast and not my life. 14 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:47,840 Speaker 2: I mean, that is a gift. 15 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:55,360 Speaker 1: Hello everyone, Happy October. Today marks the first Monday of October, 16 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:58,840 Speaker 1: which is also Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Women tell this 17 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:00,720 Speaker 1: something we talk about a lot here on Cheeky's and 18 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:03,040 Speaker 1: Chill because it is something that is very important to me. 19 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:05,840 Speaker 1: And today we're going to be hearing from a breast 20 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:09,039 Speaker 1: cancer survivor. I've said this before, but I think we 21 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:12,039 Speaker 1: learned by listening to other people's experiences. So I'm hoping 22 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 1: you all take something away from today's conversation. This is 23 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:23,080 Speaker 1: Cheeky's and Chill. Today's guest is Christina Guerrero. She's a storyteller, 24 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:26,600 Speaker 1: pop culture expert, and a television host. You may have 25 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:29,320 Speaker 1: seen her on E Entertainment, where she was the very 26 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:34,040 Speaker 1: first Latina correspondent. So welcome Christina, Welcome to the podcast. 27 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:38,440 Speaker 1: Thank you so much, No, thank you so much. I 28 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:40,839 Speaker 1: really appreciate you coming on, taking the time and also 29 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:43,400 Speaker 1: being so open about your story. I'm going through a 30 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:45,400 Speaker 1: few things and we'll talk about that later. As I 31 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:48,559 Speaker 1: was reading about you and your story, one thing that 32 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:51,400 Speaker 1: that caught my attention was that, and I totally understand 33 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:54,120 Speaker 1: as well as far as like how being a Latina 34 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:56,400 Speaker 1: wasn't like a cool thing, it wasn't celebrated. 35 00:01:56,640 --> 00:01:59,160 Speaker 2: It is so interesting because you know, I grew up 36 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:03,160 Speaker 2: in the eighties and nineties and I grew up in 37 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 2: a really small cow town in Washington State where it 38 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:12,280 Speaker 2: wasn't celebrated. It wasn't anything that people were wanting to 39 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:15,560 Speaker 2: throw around or like be proud of it. And I 40 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:18,840 Speaker 2: just feel like, you know, I had a lot of 41 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:22,119 Speaker 2: mixed messages. Be proud of who you are, but don't 42 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:24,360 Speaker 2: be too proud of who you are. You know, be 43 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:27,280 Speaker 2: proud of where you come from, but don't speak Spanish. 44 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:30,680 Speaker 2: You know those kinds of things. Now it brings me 45 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:34,080 Speaker 2: so much joy. It gives me a depth in ways 46 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:37,720 Speaker 2: that other people just can't understand. It connects me to 47 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 2: my ancestors, it connects me to my people. It's a 48 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:42,680 Speaker 2: beautiful thing. I love my culture. 49 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:45,360 Speaker 1: That's awesome. Yeah, I totally get that. That's how I 50 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 1: felt before. It was like, oh, don't speak Spanish. The 51 00:02:47,480 --> 00:02:50,080 Speaker 1: more English you can speak, the better, especially when I 52 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:52,280 Speaker 1: was like going to school and stuff. My first language 53 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:55,359 Speaker 1: was Spanish because my grandparents they raised me, so then 54 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:57,880 Speaker 1: having to go to school and learn English, and then 55 00:02:57,919 --> 00:02:59,920 Speaker 1: after I learned English, it's like, Okay, don't speak Spanish. 56 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:03,160 Speaker 1: I kind of forgot how to speak the correct you know, Spanish, 57 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:05,680 Speaker 1: I guess the proper way. So I totally get that. 58 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:07,919 Speaker 1: Now we're on top. Now it's like everyone wants to 59 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:09,919 Speaker 1: be a Latina, which is cool. 60 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:13,160 Speaker 2: I'll take it. And we've made it so cool. It's like, 61 00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:15,600 Speaker 2: come on the other side, we're we're having a good 62 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:16,600 Speaker 2: time over here. 63 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:19,080 Speaker 1: Yes we are. There's a lot of flavor over here. 64 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:23,160 Speaker 1: So when did this, like I want to become a 65 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:26,440 Speaker 1: television host happen? Or did it just happen by accident 66 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:28,240 Speaker 1: or you always knew? You know. 67 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:31,600 Speaker 2: It's so interesting because I get asked that question a lot. 68 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:33,960 Speaker 2: And I was just back home in Washington, in my 69 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:37,920 Speaker 2: small little cowtown, and I was amazed to myself. I'm like, 70 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 2: how did a little girl who was dark and grenuda 71 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:50,440 Speaker 2: and you know, dirty and running around poor? My dad 72 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:52,520 Speaker 2: was an alcoholic and in jail. My mom was on 73 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:55,720 Speaker 2: welfare and food stamps. And I look at that time 74 00:03:55,800 --> 00:04:00,360 Speaker 2: and I'm like, how did I believe the I was 75 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:03,960 Speaker 2: meant to do something beyond the small town that I 76 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:06,200 Speaker 2: was raised in. And I just have to give it 77 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:08,480 Speaker 2: to God. I just have to give it to God. 78 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:12,560 Speaker 2: It was a divine purpose for me to I don't 79 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:14,680 Speaker 2: believe God was like, we want you to be an 80 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:18,600 Speaker 2: entertainment host. I believe that God gave me a voice 81 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:22,800 Speaker 2: and a purpose to reach people. And I believed it. 82 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:26,120 Speaker 2: I thought somebody has to do it, why can't it 83 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:29,760 Speaker 2: be me? And I never wavered from that, and I 84 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:32,279 Speaker 2: just I went to school. I hustled. I worked hard. 85 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:35,039 Speaker 2: I did jobs for free, and I just worked my 86 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:38,320 Speaker 2: way all the way up the ladder until I realized 87 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:40,280 Speaker 2: my dreams. And then when I realized my dreams, I 88 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:45,400 Speaker 2: was like, oh, it happened. I did it. No, I'm 89 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:46,000 Speaker 2: here now. 90 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:50,640 Speaker 1: What that so awesome? Was? You work so hard? 91 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:53,600 Speaker 2: Yeah? But I've always loved talking to people. My mom 92 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:56,240 Speaker 2: would always tell me you talk too much. Stop talking 93 00:04:56,240 --> 00:05:00,120 Speaker 2: to strangers. I love talking to people, and so I 94 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:04,320 Speaker 2: had an innate sensibility for performance, and then I was 95 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:06,600 Speaker 2: such a curious little girl. So I just put the 96 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:09,560 Speaker 2: two together, and being a TV host was the perfect 97 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:10,080 Speaker 2: job for me. 98 00:05:10,640 --> 00:05:13,200 Speaker 1: That's awesome. I think you're amazing at it. And yeah, 99 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:16,200 Speaker 1: you're a storyteller. You're a storyteller, and that's People always 100 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:17,920 Speaker 1: ask me, like, how do you get people to talk 101 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:20,799 Speaker 1: to you? Or sometimes like I can go somewhere random, 102 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:22,400 Speaker 1: they don't know who I am or anything. We just 103 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:23,919 Speaker 1: start talking and they tell me their whole life, and 104 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:25,360 Speaker 1: there I am giving them advice and then I tell 105 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:27,159 Speaker 1: them my whole life, and I'm like, I just love 106 00:05:27,240 --> 00:05:29,320 Speaker 1: talking to people. I feel like it's part of like 107 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:32,919 Speaker 1: what I meant to do is just inform people you 108 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:33,480 Speaker 1: know what I mean? 109 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:37,960 Speaker 2: Yes, absolutely, yeah, it's the human connection, right, relating to 110 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 2: people on the same level. Right, you're this like huge 111 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:47,640 Speaker 2: superstar and have had this extraordinary life. But like if 112 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:50,400 Speaker 2: we get back down to just the human experience, my 113 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:53,160 Speaker 2: story and your story and the story of the person 114 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:56,479 Speaker 2: who just got on the city bus, or the story 115 00:05:56,520 --> 00:05:59,479 Speaker 2: of the person who is standing in the welfare line, 116 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:03,880 Speaker 2: or where all of our stories are kind of intertwined, 117 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:06,000 Speaker 2: and that's the human connection, I believe. 118 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:09,360 Speaker 1: Absolutely, I completely agree with you. Absolutely, I love that 119 00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:10,880 Speaker 1: because that's what it is. At the end of the day, 120 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:13,760 Speaker 1: we're all equal. It's just you know, we're doing different 121 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:15,800 Speaker 1: things in the world, but we're all equal. So yes, 122 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:18,560 Speaker 1: I love that and I completely agree. And now talking 123 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:21,080 Speaker 1: about storytelling, you were telling your story. I saw that 124 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:22,760 Speaker 1: about a month ago. Was it a little bit over 125 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:24,800 Speaker 1: a month that you were talking about what you were 126 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:28,120 Speaker 1: going through? How did that feel? Did you feel the 127 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:30,560 Speaker 1: need to share it? Did you think about I'm going 128 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:32,880 Speaker 1: to keep this to myself ever or did you always 129 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:34,919 Speaker 1: know I want to talk about this and be open 130 00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:35,360 Speaker 1: about it. 131 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:39,120 Speaker 2: I've always been a very open book. The nature of 132 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:42,159 Speaker 2: our business is to connect to people and to relate 133 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:44,279 Speaker 2: to people, and then a lot of people just kind 134 00:06:44,279 --> 00:06:45,800 Speaker 2: of know who we are. So I've always felt like 135 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:48,520 Speaker 2: I had a platform to be able to share my story. 136 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:53,120 Speaker 2: But before I shared my story, I needed to process 137 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:57,720 Speaker 2: everything that was happening. I could not do it in 138 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:01,080 Speaker 2: real time. And so I always knew that this was 139 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:04,159 Speaker 2: going to be a great opportunity for me to connect 140 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:08,000 Speaker 2: to people, to hopefully inspire people, to educate people. But 141 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:10,360 Speaker 2: while I was going through it, I kind of talk 142 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:13,120 Speaker 2: about in my documentary, I was just walking through molasses. 143 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:15,520 Speaker 2: So I was just walking in this really kind of 144 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:18,480 Speaker 2: out of body experience. I had to still go to work. 145 00:07:18,560 --> 00:07:20,840 Speaker 2: I have two little boys. I have to get to school. 146 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:22,600 Speaker 2: I have to get to soccer practice. I have to 147 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:25,200 Speaker 2: pay bills, I have, you know, to get dinner on 148 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:28,920 Speaker 2: the table. Oh, and then I'm going through cancer and 149 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:33,600 Speaker 2: then my life is completely changing, and then I might die, 150 00:07:33,840 --> 00:07:37,000 Speaker 2: and then I might not be here for my boys, 151 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:39,040 Speaker 2: and then I'm going to lose a part of my body. 152 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:42,440 Speaker 2: So I was just I was on autopilot for a 153 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:44,160 Speaker 2: very long time. And I know a lot of people 154 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:48,360 Speaker 2: process not like on Instagram and publicly in real time. 155 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:50,960 Speaker 2: I just I couldn't. I couldn't do it. 156 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:55,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, because you were documenting everything? Was it first and 157 00:07:55,320 --> 00:07:58,640 Speaker 1: foremost for yourself? And then you decided to say I'm 158 00:07:58,640 --> 00:08:01,440 Speaker 1: going to share this, or because it was your husband, 159 00:08:01,480 --> 00:08:03,000 Speaker 1: right who was recording everything for you? 160 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:05,360 Speaker 2: I was recording some stuff. He's the one who produced it, 161 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:07,880 Speaker 2: but he recorded some stuff as well. Okay, he's a 162 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:12,559 Speaker 2: filmmaker and I'm a storyteller. I'm a journalist, and Sour 163 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:16,720 Speaker 2: even though we were processing on this like really crazy level, 164 00:08:17,080 --> 00:08:21,000 Speaker 2: we are both storytellers, and so, you know, we knew 165 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:23,160 Speaker 2: that we wanted to document it. I didn't know at 166 00:08:23,160 --> 00:08:24,840 Speaker 2: that point what I would do with it. Maybe it 167 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:26,640 Speaker 2: was just going to be meet for me one day 168 00:08:26,760 --> 00:08:29,800 Speaker 2: to you know, kind of look back and see all 169 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:33,440 Speaker 2: the craziness that was happening. But the way he sees 170 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:36,200 Speaker 2: life as a filmmaker and the way I see life 171 00:08:36,240 --> 00:08:40,080 Speaker 2: as a journalist, everything is in story form. So we 172 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:42,040 Speaker 2: kind of we just kind of proceeded that way. 173 00:08:42,640 --> 00:08:44,640 Speaker 1: Does breast cancer run in your family? 174 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:52,439 Speaker 2: Okay, let me tell you this. It was a huge shock. 175 00:08:53,240 --> 00:08:56,280 Speaker 2: I go get my mammogram every year when I turned forty, 176 00:08:56,320 --> 00:08:58,880 Speaker 2: because that's just like what you're supposed to do right. 177 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:01,080 Speaker 2: I've been in this business a long time. I report 178 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:04,800 Speaker 2: on breast cancer awareness every October. I do an interview 179 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:07,360 Speaker 2: on somebody. I never think it's for me. It's for 180 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:09,400 Speaker 2: somebody else because it doesn't run in my family. But 181 00:09:09,440 --> 00:09:12,280 Speaker 2: I still, you know, my due diligence. I go get 182 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:14,640 Speaker 2: my mammograms so I can tell people I do it, 183 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:15,440 Speaker 2: you should do it. 184 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:16,000 Speaker 1: Too, right. 185 00:09:16,480 --> 00:09:19,360 Speaker 2: And so when they first told me that they had 186 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:22,840 Speaker 2: found something, I was like, oh, not for me. It's 187 00:09:22,920 --> 00:09:26,079 Speaker 2: not cancer. It's probably a cyst. It's probably something else. 188 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:29,320 Speaker 2: Doesn't run in my family. And they said, yeah, we 189 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:33,640 Speaker 2: don't think that it's anything either, and they did some 190 00:09:33,679 --> 00:09:37,200 Speaker 2: more tests. It should take two days to get the results. 191 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:40,200 Speaker 2: It took six weeks to get the results. Because it's 192 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:43,520 Speaker 2: such a rare form of breast cancer, they didn't know 193 00:09:43,559 --> 00:09:51,160 Speaker 2: what it was. So when I got that information, I 194 00:09:51,360 --> 00:09:55,679 Speaker 2: was shook. Doesn't run in my family. I'm forty three 195 00:09:55,760 --> 00:10:00,720 Speaker 2: years old, I'm very healthy. This is not happening to me. 196 00:10:01,320 --> 00:10:06,160 Speaker 2: This is not in the cards, This was not in 197 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:11,480 Speaker 2: the plan. To get that news turned my world upside down. 198 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:16,920 Speaker 2: Getting that news, finding out it was an aggressive form 199 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:19,800 Speaker 2: of breast cancer that it was a rare form of 200 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:23,760 Speaker 2: breast cancer. Had I not gone to go get my mammogram, 201 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:27,040 Speaker 2: I would have died. 202 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:29,000 Speaker 1: Oh my goodness. 203 00:10:29,440 --> 00:10:34,880 Speaker 2: I say that dramatically because I can't even stress to 204 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:40,040 Speaker 2: you how important early detection is. Again, I wasn't doing 205 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:42,040 Speaker 2: it because I was like earlier detection. I was doing 206 00:10:42,080 --> 00:10:43,840 Speaker 2: because I'm like I tell other people to do it, 207 00:10:43,960 --> 00:10:46,720 Speaker 2: I should do it too. Also, I need my medication refilled, 208 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:48,320 Speaker 2: so I'll just do it all at the same time. 209 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:50,760 Speaker 2: My doctor tells me, if we don't get this out 210 00:10:50,760 --> 00:10:52,040 Speaker 2: of you, it will kill you. 211 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:54,800 Speaker 1: Wow. 212 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:57,640 Speaker 2: I've got two little boys at home. I've got my 213 00:10:57,640 --> 00:11:02,440 Speaker 2: whole life ahead of me. We run our lives moving 214 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:05,880 Speaker 2: at a pace that is fast and quick, and we're 215 00:11:05,880 --> 00:11:09,440 Speaker 2: not taking care of ourselves. We're not thinking. And when 216 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:13,520 Speaker 2: we run our lives like that, we miss right. Things 217 00:11:13,559 --> 00:11:16,959 Speaker 2: fall through the cracks, We miss things. Had I missed this, 218 00:11:18,679 --> 00:11:20,840 Speaker 2: I would have died. 219 00:11:30,880 --> 00:11:33,920 Speaker 1: How did your voice take it? Did you take a 220 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:34,760 Speaker 1: while to let them know? 221 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:37,640 Speaker 2: I have little boys. So my little boys, I have 222 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:39,400 Speaker 2: a ten year old and a three and a half 223 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:44,079 Speaker 2: year old, and they just knew that mommy needed to 224 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:46,000 Speaker 2: get better, that there was something going on, and the 225 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:47,640 Speaker 2: doctor needed to take care of me so that I 226 00:11:47,679 --> 00:11:50,480 Speaker 2: could be around for a really long time. And so 227 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:54,720 Speaker 2: I've been really grateful to shield them from kind of 228 00:11:54,760 --> 00:11:58,000 Speaker 2: everything that's happening with my documentary. Though. My husband and 229 00:11:58,040 --> 00:11:59,800 Speaker 2: I said, you know, when they're of age, we can 230 00:11:59,800 --> 00:12:02,040 Speaker 2: break this to them and show them what I was 231 00:12:02,120 --> 00:12:06,240 Speaker 2: going through, you know, for them to kind of see 232 00:12:06,240 --> 00:12:10,240 Speaker 2: how it all unfolded. But for now, for now, I mean, 233 00:12:10,360 --> 00:12:12,440 Speaker 2: had I had to go through chemo or have last 234 00:12:12,520 --> 00:12:15,880 Speaker 2: my hair or some of the other side effects that happened, 235 00:12:16,040 --> 00:12:18,520 Speaker 2: then we probably would have told them, but we were 236 00:12:18,559 --> 00:12:21,199 Speaker 2: able to shield them from that thankfully. 237 00:12:21,840 --> 00:12:24,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's probably best for sure. And like you said, 238 00:12:24,280 --> 00:12:26,640 Speaker 1: you guys have it in a documentary and well, from 239 00:12:26,640 --> 00:12:28,719 Speaker 1: what it seems like, your husband was very supportive, and 240 00:12:29,559 --> 00:12:31,760 Speaker 1: I think that makes a huge difference as well. 241 00:12:32,840 --> 00:12:38,640 Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, no, he it's hard. He's funny. It's not funny. 242 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:42,200 Speaker 2: Cancer runs in his family. And I had just told 243 00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:44,600 Speaker 2: him a couple of weeks before, go get checked. Cancer 244 00:12:44,679 --> 00:12:47,840 Speaker 2: runs in your family. You're gonna get cancer. Go get checked. 245 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:51,640 Speaker 2: And then I'm the one who gets cancer. So unfortunately, 246 00:12:51,720 --> 00:12:56,000 Speaker 2: he's very familiar with it. He is a great caretaker 247 00:12:56,040 --> 00:12:57,600 Speaker 2: and he took really good care of me, so I 248 00:12:57,640 --> 00:12:58,640 Speaker 2: was very thankful for that. 249 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:01,720 Speaker 1: To your husband, it's awesome. 250 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:05,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, he's great. But I you know, it's interesting because 251 00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:07,560 Speaker 2: and I hope, I hope people still are listening. It's 252 00:13:07,640 --> 00:13:10,400 Speaker 2: not a sexy topic, right, It's not a sexy topic 253 00:13:10,480 --> 00:13:13,120 Speaker 2: to talk about breast cancer. It's like, oh, one of 254 00:13:13,120 --> 00:13:15,640 Speaker 2: those things then one of those things you have to do, 255 00:13:15,760 --> 00:13:17,760 Speaker 2: or one of those things somebody else is going through, 256 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:20,800 Speaker 2: one of those things that will happen to somebody else. 257 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:25,760 Speaker 2: And I'm just here to say that it can happen 258 00:13:26,040 --> 00:13:29,520 Speaker 2: to anyone. And as I know who your audience is, 259 00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:34,319 Speaker 2: breast cancer is the number one killer of Hispanic women. 260 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:38,000 Speaker 2: And that is because I believe we are not educated. 261 00:13:38,280 --> 00:13:41,440 Speaker 2: We don't maybe value our health as much as we should. 262 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:46,200 Speaker 2: We are taking care of everybody else, and we're not 263 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:49,000 Speaker 2: thinking in those terms. You know. I talk to my 264 00:13:49,080 --> 00:13:51,319 Speaker 2: sister who's older than me. She's like, Oh, I've been 265 00:13:51,320 --> 00:13:54,560 Speaker 2: meaning to get a mammogram. I'm like, what are you 266 00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:58,920 Speaker 2: waiting for? But like there's like something in our culture 267 00:13:59,040 --> 00:14:01,440 Speaker 2: that's like we get dit beaties and heart disease. Cancer 268 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:07,080 Speaker 2: doesn't happen to us, you know, and so it's happening 269 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:10,559 Speaker 2: to our people. It's happening to our women, our moms, 270 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:14,520 Speaker 2: our grandmas, our sisters, our cousins, and we need to 271 00:14:16,040 --> 00:14:17,200 Speaker 2: we need to be aware of it. 272 00:14:17,880 --> 00:14:20,240 Speaker 1: We need to be aware and also responsible, you know, 273 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:23,720 Speaker 1: because I think as Latinos we feel like, oh we're fine, 274 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:25,920 Speaker 1: especially a lot of men and women as well. There 275 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:27,920 Speaker 1: it's like the last thing you do. You just have 276 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:30,520 Speaker 1: to feel completely sick in order to say, okay, now 277 00:14:30,520 --> 00:14:32,680 Speaker 1: I'm really going to the doctor. But you felt complete, 278 00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:35,880 Speaker 1: you felt fine, you know, and yeah, you were just 279 00:14:35,880 --> 00:14:39,120 Speaker 1: doing your the routine of like okay, you got to 280 00:14:39,120 --> 00:14:41,680 Speaker 1: do this. Yeah, And that's exactly what happened with me 281 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:44,680 Speaker 1: because I'm actually getting my first mamogram tomorrow. 282 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:48,320 Speaker 2: Yay, hear that? 283 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:50,840 Speaker 1: Thank you? Because before been was like okay, until you 284 00:14:50,880 --> 00:14:53,000 Speaker 1: turn forty. Now they're saying to do it as early 285 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:56,640 Speaker 1: as thirty five. Yes, So I am thirty eight, and 286 00:14:57,360 --> 00:15:00,760 Speaker 1: I've had breast surgery like breast augmentation and breast reductions 287 00:15:00,760 --> 00:15:04,360 Speaker 1: and all that stuff. And my gynecologist has you know, 288 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:06,440 Speaker 1: they do the little you know, the check or whatnot, 289 00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:08,800 Speaker 1: and I've had lumps and stuff and she's like, I 290 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:10,600 Speaker 1: think it's car tissue. And then I'm like, well, now 291 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:13,280 Speaker 1: it's growing. So I went to the doctor last week 292 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:16,440 Speaker 1: and some other stuff came up, and like you said, 293 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:18,520 Speaker 1: it's not a sexy it's not a sexy conversation, but 294 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:20,560 Speaker 1: it's a conversation that we need to have. Like I'm 295 00:15:20,680 --> 00:15:24,240 Speaker 1: very good with every February, I get my PAP smear 296 00:15:24,280 --> 00:15:25,960 Speaker 1: and I get all that stuff checked, I get check 297 00:15:26,040 --> 00:15:28,960 Speaker 1: for STDs, the whole thing. But I was kind of bleeding. 298 00:15:28,960 --> 00:15:30,880 Speaker 1: I was spotting a little bit. I'm like, something doesn't 299 00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:33,560 Speaker 1: feel right. And I've had cys and my ovaries and stuff, 300 00:15:33,680 --> 00:15:35,840 Speaker 1: and now I have pulyps or something like that and 301 00:15:35,880 --> 00:15:37,520 Speaker 1: the lining of my uterus and I have to get 302 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:40,120 Speaker 1: it like surgically removed. And I have all these like 303 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:42,360 Speaker 1: stuff going on on my breast, and I'm just like, 304 00:15:42,640 --> 00:15:45,680 Speaker 1: what's happening. I had a meltdown last week because I'm like, 305 00:15:45,880 --> 00:15:47,960 Speaker 1: oh my gosh, like i feel fine, I'm working like 306 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:50,720 Speaker 1: this is you know, And I'm like, wait, if I'm 307 00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:53,000 Speaker 1: not okay, if I'm not healthy, I can't do everything 308 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:54,680 Speaker 1: I do. I can't help the world. So I have 309 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:58,400 Speaker 1: to put myself first. But it was definitely something that 310 00:15:58,720 --> 00:16:00,200 Speaker 1: I was like, you know, I'm so glad we're having 311 00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:02,560 Speaker 1: this conversation to be able to help other women and say, hey, 312 00:16:02,640 --> 00:16:04,960 Speaker 1: if they've never gotten a mammogramm, or they don't go 313 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:08,000 Speaker 1: get their pap smear or just like the routine checks. 314 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:09,920 Speaker 1: It's so important, ladies, it really is. 315 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:14,160 Speaker 2: Also, it's like, no, that can't possibly be anything. I'm fine, 316 00:16:14,280 --> 00:16:17,800 Speaker 2: I feel fine putting things off, like when I get 317 00:16:17,840 --> 00:16:19,600 Speaker 2: really sick, then I'll go take a look at it. 318 00:16:19,760 --> 00:16:22,640 Speaker 2: So just something that i'll share with you and with 319 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:25,560 Speaker 2: your legions of fans. But I also had a breast 320 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:29,920 Speaker 2: reduction two years ago, and so when I first got 321 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:32,200 Speaker 2: when she was like, oh, there's something here, we're going 322 00:16:32,280 --> 00:16:33,320 Speaker 2: to go look at it. I was like, you know what, 323 00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:36,240 Speaker 2: it's scar tissue. I already know it. It's all good. 324 00:16:36,520 --> 00:16:38,040 Speaker 2: It's scar tissue. And they're like, you know what, You're 325 00:16:38,080 --> 00:16:41,520 Speaker 2: probably right, that makes sense. It tracks now. I could 326 00:16:41,520 --> 00:16:43,840 Speaker 2: have left it at that and just been like, yeah, 327 00:16:43,880 --> 00:16:46,720 Speaker 2: that's what it is. I just know because I know 328 00:16:46,920 --> 00:16:49,640 Speaker 2: better than everybody else. But I was like, she's like, 329 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:51,320 Speaker 2: I'm not going to let you leave until we do 330 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:53,560 Speaker 2: more tests. I was like, oh, okay, let's do more tests. 331 00:16:53,560 --> 00:16:56,000 Speaker 2: And then I find out it's an aggressive form of 332 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:58,280 Speaker 2: breast cancer that had I not taken care of it 333 00:16:58,320 --> 00:17:01,640 Speaker 2: when I did, would have killed I'm so happy to 334 00:17:01,680 --> 00:17:03,920 Speaker 2: hear that you're going to go take care of yourself. 335 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:06,600 Speaker 2: This like brings me so much joy and really like 336 00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:09,919 Speaker 2: putting this out there, my story and the way in 337 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:12,520 Speaker 2: which I'm doing it is like, I am not the 338 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:15,960 Speaker 2: person cancer is going to come and get That is 339 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:18,640 Speaker 2: what I told myself. So somebody out there right now 340 00:17:18,720 --> 00:17:21,480 Speaker 2: is listening and they felt a lump or something's not 341 00:17:21,600 --> 00:17:23,560 Speaker 2: right or whatever, and they're like, oh, it's fine. I'm 342 00:17:23,560 --> 00:17:26,359 Speaker 2: here to tell you go get yourself checked out. Yes, 343 00:17:26,640 --> 00:17:29,600 Speaker 2: please get yourself checked out. It could save your life. 344 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:32,800 Speaker 1: I'm so nervous, and I'm so scared, to be honest, 345 00:17:32,800 --> 00:17:34,560 Speaker 1: to get a mamogram because I have a friend that 346 00:17:34,560 --> 00:17:37,560 Speaker 1: said it really hurts because I have implantsed. So she said, okay, 347 00:17:37,640 --> 00:17:39,960 Speaker 1: that it hurts. It's uncomfortable. I don't know, you tell me, 348 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:41,680 Speaker 1: but I know I have to do it. But I'm 349 00:17:41,680 --> 00:17:42,240 Speaker 1: a little scared. 350 00:17:42,920 --> 00:17:44,760 Speaker 2: I know, you know what. Honestly, I've heard that a lot. 351 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:46,480 Speaker 2: I've heard that from a lot of women who are like, oh, 352 00:17:46,520 --> 00:17:48,240 Speaker 2: I don't want to do it because I hear it hurts. 353 00:17:48,359 --> 00:17:51,200 Speaker 2: It doesn't hurt. It's a little uncomfortable, it's a little 354 00:17:51,240 --> 00:17:54,080 Speaker 2: bit of pressure, it's a little awkward, you know, and 355 00:17:54,119 --> 00:17:56,680 Speaker 2: the whole scheme of things. It really doesn't hurt. It's 356 00:17:56,680 --> 00:17:58,840 Speaker 2: a little uncomfortable. But so is a pap smear. So 357 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:02,560 Speaker 2: is it is life? I promise it's nothing to be 358 00:18:02,680 --> 00:18:05,439 Speaker 2: scared of. I've done it every year since I turned forty, 359 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:09,200 Speaker 2: and one way that I kind of remember that it's 360 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:11,040 Speaker 2: time to get it, so I don't forget it as 361 00:18:11,119 --> 00:18:13,800 Speaker 2: I always go on my birthday or like my birthday month. 362 00:18:13,920 --> 00:18:16,920 Speaker 2: It's a gift to myself that I know that I'm okay. 363 00:18:17,160 --> 00:18:20,480 Speaker 2: So I always go in October to get my mammogram 364 00:18:20,560 --> 00:18:22,600 Speaker 2: and my paps mayor both of them are super important. 365 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:25,280 Speaker 1: Yes, absolutely, Okay, that's good. It's like, hey, this is 366 00:18:25,320 --> 00:18:28,200 Speaker 1: a gift. This is the gift for myself, peace of mind. 367 00:18:28,280 --> 00:18:28,719 Speaker 1: You know what I mean. 368 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:29,920 Speaker 2: I'm gonna get it exactly. 369 00:18:30,440 --> 00:18:33,879 Speaker 1: Okay. I love that. Okay, I'm gonna do it. Scared 370 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:35,240 Speaker 1: even if I am, it's like whatever, but now I 371 00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:38,000 Speaker 1: feel better. Now I feel better. Is it a long process? 372 00:18:38,760 --> 00:18:42,439 Speaker 2: It's not you're in there for fifteen minutes. It's easy, breezy. 373 00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:44,880 Speaker 2: It's it's really not hard. You go in, they check 374 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:46,879 Speaker 2: one side and then they check the other side, and 375 00:18:46,920 --> 00:18:50,760 Speaker 2: then they do some some pictures. Nothing like sexy. There's 376 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:54,040 Speaker 2: no like sexy cleavage pictures or anything like that. There's 377 00:18:54,040 --> 00:18:57,640 Speaker 2: just no Instagram. And yeah, there's no filters. 378 00:18:58,920 --> 00:19:01,679 Speaker 1: I know, like shit, okay, okay, awesome, all right, so 379 00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:03,359 Speaker 1: it's not too crazy long. I was like, oh am, 380 00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:05,520 Speaker 1: I going to be in there for hours because pap 381 00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:08,400 Speaker 1: smears are so uncomfortable, but they're super quick, and it's 382 00:19:08,400 --> 00:19:10,160 Speaker 1: just like, oh my gosh, they are they gonna grab 383 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:14,439 Speaker 1: my freaking uterus. But it's important, it's it's okay. So 384 00:19:14,480 --> 00:19:16,760 Speaker 1: many things in life, like you said, are are uncomfortable. 385 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:19,439 Speaker 2: Yeah. I was gonna say it's in and out, but 386 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:22,639 Speaker 2: then that seems really inappropriate when we're talking about. 387 00:19:24,560 --> 00:19:27,560 Speaker 1: True You're right, And it also made me hungry now, 388 00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:29,600 Speaker 1: like I want some in and out in and out sounds. 389 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:32,600 Speaker 1: I'm always thinking about food. Oh my gosh. 390 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:42,080 Speaker 2: Anyways, that's hysterical. And so how are you feeling. 391 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:45,359 Speaker 1: I'm feeling. I'm feeling better. There is a little like 392 00:19:45,560 --> 00:19:48,320 Speaker 1: a little lump or bump that is kind of concerning 393 00:19:48,359 --> 00:19:50,000 Speaker 1: me on my left breast. But the good thing is 394 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:54,000 Speaker 1: I'm going tomorrow, and I'm like, you know, what did 395 00:19:54,040 --> 00:19:56,840 Speaker 1: I think about it? Well, because my grandmother she had cancer, 396 00:19:57,160 --> 00:20:00,119 Speaker 1: I believe twice and now she's in remission. But I 397 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:02,119 Speaker 1: have to take care of that even more so. And 398 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:04,320 Speaker 1: my mom had a lump as well and it was benign, 399 00:20:04,359 --> 00:20:07,240 Speaker 1: but they had to remove it. So I have to. 400 00:20:07,359 --> 00:20:11,120 Speaker 1: It's important. It's important, I think just whether like you said, 401 00:20:11,119 --> 00:20:13,280 Speaker 1: whether it runs in your family or not, to definitely 402 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:15,160 Speaker 1: go get tech. But I'm feeling good. I'm feeling better. 403 00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:17,760 Speaker 1: I do have pain in like my ovaries and stuff, 404 00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:19,359 Speaker 1: but I can't wait. I'm like, I just want to 405 00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:22,280 Speaker 1: get that all situated and you know, and hopefully move 406 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:24,600 Speaker 1: on with my life, you know. And just now I 407 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:27,640 Speaker 1: caught it and that's a good thing that I went right. 408 00:20:27,720 --> 00:20:29,760 Speaker 2: And what a gift to yourself to be able to like, 409 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:32,480 Speaker 2: what if it's nothing, great, let's find out it's nothing. 410 00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:35,840 Speaker 2: What if it's something, let's take care of it. You know. 411 00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:39,280 Speaker 2: For me, it was an aggressive form of breast cancer. 412 00:20:39,359 --> 00:20:41,159 Speaker 2: It was a rare form of breast cancer. I had 413 00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:44,800 Speaker 2: a lumpectomy that didn't work because it still was spread. 414 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:48,080 Speaker 2: I had to have one of my right breasts removed. 415 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:53,800 Speaker 2: Was traumatizing. It was traumatizing, it was emotional. It's still gone. 416 00:20:54,400 --> 00:20:56,840 Speaker 2: But on the other hand, I'm like, I am alive, 417 00:20:57,400 --> 00:21:01,080 Speaker 2: I am healthy, i am grounded, I'm blessed. I am 418 00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:05,959 Speaker 2: thankful that all I had to lose was my right 419 00:21:06,040 --> 00:21:07,240 Speaker 2: breast and not my life. 420 00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:10,480 Speaker 1: I mean, that is again, absolutely, and I love the 421 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:12,640 Speaker 1: way you see it. See this is where I'm like, Okay, 422 00:21:13,320 --> 00:21:16,280 Speaker 1: you know, hopefully it's nothing, but if it is something, 423 00:21:16,320 --> 00:21:18,760 Speaker 1: then I can grab on from your strength. And you 424 00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:21,199 Speaker 1: have really like made me feel like okay, because I 425 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:23,119 Speaker 1: was I've been very emotional. You know, I'm just like, 426 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:25,760 Speaker 1: what's going to happen, but hey, we'll cross that bridge 427 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:28,000 Speaker 1: when we get there. And speaking to people like you 428 00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:30,560 Speaker 1: and listening to women that are so strong and like, okay, 429 00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:33,960 Speaker 1: you're also in the entertainment industry and you're like, okay, 430 00:21:34,040 --> 00:21:36,280 Speaker 1: God has given us this voice and this platform to 431 00:21:36,359 --> 00:21:39,679 Speaker 1: share these stories and to hopefully help other people and 432 00:21:39,720 --> 00:21:42,320 Speaker 1: not just women, if not men too, Like it's important 433 00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:44,640 Speaker 1: for men, the guys that listen to Chigi's and chill. 434 00:21:44,680 --> 00:21:48,040 Speaker 1: You guys, go also get your checkups, and it's something 435 00:21:48,040 --> 00:21:51,480 Speaker 1: that we need to prioritize and we don't do that enough. 436 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:55,080 Speaker 2: So absolutely, I hope men like they tuned in because 437 00:21:55,119 --> 00:21:57,199 Speaker 2: they're like, oh, these two chicks are going to be 438 00:21:57,200 --> 00:22:02,200 Speaker 2: talking about boobies and then yeah, we like school them 439 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:04,000 Speaker 2: with some go to see your doctor. 440 00:22:04,760 --> 00:22:10,680 Speaker 1: Yes, absolutely absolutely, I was going to ask you how long? 441 00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:14,240 Speaker 1: So now you're you're good, You're fine, you feel good now. Yeah. 442 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:18,359 Speaker 2: So after I had my mystectomy, I had to go 443 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:21,440 Speaker 2: through six weeks of radiation and I did that, and 444 00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:24,159 Speaker 2: for right now, I am clear. I do have to 445 00:22:24,320 --> 00:22:28,040 Speaker 2: continue to go have checkups and do ct scans and 446 00:22:28,119 --> 00:22:30,639 Speaker 2: just make sure that this little bugger doesn't try to 447 00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:31,040 Speaker 2: come back. 448 00:22:31,359 --> 00:22:32,040 Speaker 1: Yeah. 449 00:22:32,080 --> 00:22:35,520 Speaker 2: But yeah, I'll eventually have reconstruction. I lost my breast, 450 00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:39,119 Speaker 2: but you know it's I can have reconstruction and I 451 00:22:39,119 --> 00:22:41,320 Speaker 2: can have a brand new boob that is going to 452 00:22:41,359 --> 00:22:43,399 Speaker 2: be like brand new. I'm going to look like a 453 00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:45,240 Speaker 2: hot twenty two year old. 454 00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:48,320 Speaker 1: Yeah. 455 00:22:48,359 --> 00:22:51,840 Speaker 2: So I mean, when win, I don't recommend going about 456 00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:54,639 Speaker 2: getting boobs by getting cancer, but hey, if I have 457 00:22:54,760 --> 00:22:56,159 Speaker 2: to go through cancer, I might as well get a 458 00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:57,720 Speaker 2: new boob in a. 459 00:22:58,520 --> 00:23:00,240 Speaker 1: See, I love your attitude. 460 00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:03,720 Speaker 2: Yes, we have to find levity and really hard, hard 461 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:06,399 Speaker 2: things like that's kind of one of those things that 462 00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:11,240 Speaker 2: got me through is laughing and finding joy and finding 463 00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:14,920 Speaker 2: humor in life, because what's the point otherwise. 464 00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:18,800 Speaker 1: Right, Absolutely, I agree. So after going through everything and now, 465 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:22,000 Speaker 1: thank goodness, you are good, what did you learn? Basically, like, 466 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:24,359 Speaker 1: how did this make you a better person? You know, 467 00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:26,680 Speaker 1: is there something that you thought you needed to learn 468 00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:28,800 Speaker 1: or you have learned or yes? 469 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:33,479 Speaker 2: No, absolutely. People have been so gracious and kind and 470 00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:36,320 Speaker 2: have sent words of encouragement, and you know, a lot 471 00:23:36,359 --> 00:23:38,520 Speaker 2: of times they say, I'm so sorry that you had 472 00:23:38,560 --> 00:23:42,040 Speaker 2: to go through this, and I appreciate that. I'm so 473 00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:45,679 Speaker 2: grateful that I went through this. I'm also grateful that 474 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:48,000 Speaker 2: I lived right, Like it would be a bummer if 475 00:23:48,040 --> 00:23:52,040 Speaker 2: it was not good news. But I'm so grateful that 476 00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:55,000 Speaker 2: I went through this because I think for me, this 477 00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:59,680 Speaker 2: was an opportunity to realize what's important in life. Right 478 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:03,880 Speaker 2: any of us are chasing after something that is not 479 00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:06,640 Speaker 2: going to fulfill us, whether it's a job or a career, 480 00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:10,960 Speaker 2: or money or a car, or like what this showed 481 00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:13,600 Speaker 2: me is the most important thing in my life is 482 00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:18,919 Speaker 2: my today is my babies, my kids, my family, and 483 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:22,119 Speaker 2: like those are real, real things and the jobs they 484 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:24,240 Speaker 2: will come and go and the opportunities they will come 485 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:26,760 Speaker 2: and go. And for me, it grounded me in a 486 00:24:26,760 --> 00:24:30,080 Speaker 2: way that I've never been grounded. It put me in today, 487 00:24:30,560 --> 00:24:33,439 Speaker 2: put me in the moment because I was like always 488 00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:37,600 Speaker 2: thinking like what's next, what's next, what's next? Well, what 489 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:39,720 Speaker 2: if there's no what's next? Because I didn't take care 490 00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:42,840 Speaker 2: of myself. So right now is all I have. And 491 00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:45,920 Speaker 2: for me, that is like the biggest gift that I 492 00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:46,760 Speaker 2: could have been given. 493 00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:49,360 Speaker 1: Yes, because we get so caught up, like you said, 494 00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:52,280 Speaker 1: especially being in the entertainment industry or just in anything. 495 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:54,080 Speaker 1: You don't even have to be in an entertainment industry, 496 00:24:54,119 --> 00:24:57,199 Speaker 1: like you are caught in the rat race of life 497 00:24:57,240 --> 00:25:00,280 Speaker 1: and not really focused on what's in front of you, 498 00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:01,879 Speaker 1: you know. And I always say this, I'm like, stop 499 00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:04,560 Speaker 1: and smell the roses. I'm like literally stop and be like, 500 00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:07,800 Speaker 1: oh wow, what a nice bush of roses. Smell them, like, 501 00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:11,440 Speaker 1: appreciate these things, you know what I mean, Like I totally, 502 00:25:11,480 --> 00:25:13,760 Speaker 1: I totally get what you're saying, and I think that 503 00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:19,000 Speaker 1: that that's awesome that you feel completely grounded and and yeah, 504 00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:20,840 Speaker 1: I mean, I'm happy to know that you're good and 505 00:25:20,840 --> 00:25:22,960 Speaker 1: you're you're gonna be here for many many, many many 506 00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:26,640 Speaker 1: years with your boys and hopefully see their children and everything. 507 00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:29,920 Speaker 1: So I am I'm happy. I'm glad that I was 508 00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:31,639 Speaker 1: able to talk to you and that you are so 509 00:25:31,720 --> 00:25:33,760 Speaker 1: open to share this, and that you share this on 510 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:38,000 Speaker 1: your social media because it is becoming more and more common, 511 00:25:38,119 --> 00:25:41,600 Speaker 1: especially now even in girls. A friend of mine got 512 00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:44,119 Speaker 1: breast cancer at thirty two, you know, and breast cancer 513 00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:48,280 Speaker 1: didn't run any family. Yeah, so young, and she's think, goodness, 514 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:51,320 Speaker 1: she's good, but still like she's another another woman that 515 00:25:51,359 --> 00:25:54,360 Speaker 1: it's like, Okay, hey, we got to remind each other 516 00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:56,120 Speaker 1: and ourselves that we have to do this and put 517 00:25:56,119 --> 00:25:58,520 Speaker 1: ourselves and our health as a priority in our life. 518 00:25:59,359 --> 00:26:02,440 Speaker 1: Share your social media with us, please, okay. 519 00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:05,399 Speaker 2: And my Instagram is at Christina Guerrero. You can watch 520 00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:09,840 Speaker 2: my entire mini documentary. I mean, it's so weird because 521 00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:12,600 Speaker 2: it's fifteen minutes long, which in Instagram time might as 522 00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:17,320 Speaker 2: well be like a thousand years, and its entirety is 523 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:21,040 Speaker 2: on my Instagram and it'll make you cry. I'm just 524 00:26:21,040 --> 00:26:22,840 Speaker 2: gonna say it it's going to make you cry, but 525 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:25,439 Speaker 2: I also hope that it brings you some joy and 526 00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:28,600 Speaker 2: some inspiration at the same time and some hope. So 527 00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:31,080 Speaker 2: that is that is my hope for anybody who happens 528 00:26:31,119 --> 00:26:31,600 Speaker 2: to watch it. 529 00:26:32,040 --> 00:26:34,520 Speaker 1: Awesome. Thank you, Thank you again, thank you so much 530 00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:38,760 Speaker 1: for taking the time. I feel like my heart needed 531 00:26:39,080 --> 00:26:41,120 Speaker 1: needed to speak to you. So everything happens for a reason. 532 00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:42,919 Speaker 1: I'm a true and firm believer in that. I'm like, 533 00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:45,120 Speaker 1: you know what, God, you are in control, you know why, 534 00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:47,240 Speaker 1: and I trust your plans better than mine. So I'm 535 00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:49,680 Speaker 1: speaking to you, and it just so happened to be that. Yes, 536 00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:52,399 Speaker 1: it is cancer Awareness month and I'm going through something 537 00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:54,680 Speaker 1: and I feel better now. To be honest, I'm not 538 00:26:54,720 --> 00:26:56,880 Speaker 1: even joking. I feel like, Okay, everything's gonna be okay 539 00:26:56,920 --> 00:26:59,440 Speaker 1: no matter what. Say men. 540 00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:01,960 Speaker 2: I love it. I love it. 541 00:27:03,320 --> 00:27:06,000 Speaker 1: And here you guys know that I always leave you 542 00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:08,439 Speaker 1: with a quote, a motivational quote, every week. So the 543 00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:12,080 Speaker 1: quote for the week is, I refuse to let this 544 00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:15,720 Speaker 1: world crumble my character. I am the author, I am 545 00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:18,919 Speaker 1: the story, I am the hero. I will write myself. 546 00:27:19,520 --> 00:27:22,680 Speaker 1: So that is a quote, you guys for today's episode. 547 00:27:23,760 --> 00:27:26,320 Speaker 1: Please please, please even if you don't do it for yourself, 548 00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:29,320 Speaker 1: do it for me. Go get yourself checked, be responsible. 549 00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:35,080 Speaker 1: Please you guys, Thank you so Muchristina, thank you so 550 00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:43,800 Speaker 1: much again. 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