WEBVTT - Let's Talk Tough Decisions…with Taylor Dayne 0:00:02.520 --> 0:00:08.400 This is Let's Be Clear with Shannon Dherny. Hi, guys, 0:00:08.640 --> 0:00:12.600 this is Taylor Dane on Let's Be Clear. I've been 0:00:12.600 --> 0:00:16.960 making music for somebody told me and reminded me thirty 0:00:16.960 --> 0:00:22.360 seven years today, since nineteen eighty seven, and obviously way 0:00:22.360 --> 0:00:25.160 before that. But my first song came out in nineteen 0:00:25.160 --> 0:00:27.560 eighty seven, like tell it to my heart and prove 0:00:27.600 --> 0:00:31.600 your love. I'll always love you, love will lead you back. 0:00:32.040 --> 0:00:35.240 This has been a very very interesting couple of years 0:00:35.240 --> 0:00:38.040 for me. Something very close to my heart these days 0:00:38.040 --> 0:00:40.800 is reaching out to the cancer community. It's become a 0:00:40.880 --> 0:00:45.519 part of my lifestyle talking about my own personal journey, 0:00:46.120 --> 0:00:49.559 and I'd like to share that with you today and 0:00:49.680 --> 0:00:52.839 hope that we will make more people more aware and 0:00:52.880 --> 0:00:56.200 more health conscious, and more women to make their checkups 0:00:56.200 --> 0:00:59.960 and their health priority. I'm honored to be a guest 0:01:00.000 --> 0:01:03.920 host here today on Shannon's show and podcast and to 0:01:04.040 --> 0:01:07.000 share my story with you today. And part of my 0:01:07.080 --> 0:01:11.679 story is very simple. In my fifties, in my early fifties, 0:01:11.680 --> 0:01:13.880 everybody's like, have you had a colonoscopy? Have you had 0:01:13.880 --> 0:01:15.959 a colonoscopy? Have you gone for your mammograms, have you 0:01:15.959 --> 0:01:19.000 gone for your mammagas you know, we get these notifications 0:01:19.040 --> 0:01:21.880 and we get you know, told from our friends and 0:01:22.319 --> 0:01:25.880 you know, just in general. And by fifty four I 0:01:25.920 --> 0:01:29.119 had not gone for ancolonoscopy yet. I said, eh, I'm 0:01:29.160 --> 0:01:31.320 going to try a virtual one. So I did that, 0:01:31.880 --> 0:01:37.280 and unfortunately the results came back very oblique, and I 0:01:37.319 --> 0:01:40.280 mean that is just non committed to anything. So then 0:01:40.319 --> 0:01:41.720 I had to go a step further. So then I 0:01:41.760 --> 0:01:43.679 said I might as well just going for the colonoscopy, 0:01:43.720 --> 0:01:47.720 which was what was suggested originally. This was twenty twenty two, 0:01:47.960 --> 0:01:50.360 so not that long ago. Two years ago. I had 0:01:50.360 --> 0:01:53.960 the surgery in August ninth, because by July twentieth I 0:01:54.000 --> 0:01:59.279 was told after my colonoscopy that he had to remove 0:01:59.360 --> 0:02:04.280 seven poulaps. I didn't know I was creating polyps. That 0:02:04.360 --> 0:02:10.280 turned me into a very deep search for DNA, doing 0:02:10.360 --> 0:02:15.040 testing seeing what was genetically in my family. My parents 0:02:15.080 --> 0:02:18.280 never stupp with cancer. That's not in my genetics that 0:02:18.360 --> 0:02:23.000 I know of in my family line, and it was 0:02:23.000 --> 0:02:25.600 a real wake up call. He removed seven polyps and 0:02:25.600 --> 0:02:28.040 then he says, you need to come back in six months. 0:02:28.440 --> 0:02:31.959 Nothing here came out highly aggressive, but we need to 0:02:32.040 --> 0:02:34.440 keep a certain eye on you, and I was like, okay, 0:02:34.560 --> 0:02:36.160 I just figured that would be the end. He cut 0:02:36.160 --> 0:02:39.720 all the polyps out. I went back six months later now, 0:02:39.840 --> 0:02:45.040 July twenty twenty two, and he cut probably another seven 0:02:45.840 --> 0:02:48.519 I had. And I got a call and I was 0:02:48.600 --> 0:02:50.960 used to this now and I was going every six months. 0:02:51.040 --> 0:02:53.360 That was part of what I knew I had to do. Now. 0:02:55.040 --> 0:02:57.440 He was very clear on that, and he goes, well, 0:02:58.400 --> 0:03:01.080 we got your test results day afternoon. Let me call 0:03:01.120 --> 0:03:03.520 you on Monday, but we need to talk about one of, 0:03:03.680 --> 0:03:07.359 you know, the biopsies I did. And he goes on 0:03:07.400 --> 0:03:09.919 a Monday, I spoke to him and he goes, yeah, 0:03:10.600 --> 0:03:14.799 one of your one of your poll ups tested highly aggressive, aggressively. 0:03:15.240 --> 0:03:18.600 We need to do, you know, surgery cut. But the 0:03:18.600 --> 0:03:21.360 good news is that this is highly early detection. The 0:03:21.360 --> 0:03:22.960 bad news is, just tell me what you want to do. 0:03:23.040 --> 0:03:24.919 You want to cut the whole colon. Well, you want 0:03:24.919 --> 0:03:26.679 to do a partial, which is called the collector me 0:03:26.720 --> 0:03:30.200 and I was like wow, Now I'm sitting here at 0:03:30.240 --> 0:03:35.280 fifty seven going WHOA. Okay. So I spent one year 0:03:35.640 --> 0:03:38.360 going back and forth. This is what it tells you. 0:03:38.440 --> 0:03:41.960 Between six months where I had no cancer to now 0:03:42.000 --> 0:03:44.920 having an aggressive form of cancer to then saying you 0:03:45.080 --> 0:03:47.560 ten days to decide what you want me to cut, 0:03:47.600 --> 0:03:53.560 not how, but what I felt. And I've done since then, 0:03:53.960 --> 0:03:59.120 done a very strategic every six months. I only decided 0:03:59.120 --> 0:04:02.080 to cut twelve inches of my colon, which was all 0:04:02.120 --> 0:04:07.920 around the infected area or the cancer area. I chose 0:04:08.000 --> 0:04:12.840 not to do a full removal of my colon. But again, 0:04:13.200 --> 0:04:16.719 early detection is the only thing that saved me. That's 0:04:16.760 --> 0:04:19.080 quite frank because within six months I had such an 0:04:19.080 --> 0:04:22.200 aggressive form of cancer. I went in on August nineth, 0:04:22.279 --> 0:04:24.840 twenty twenty two, and I had surgery, I had removal, 0:04:25.240 --> 0:04:30.159 and from there it went to quite another level. Nick 0:04:30.200 --> 0:04:35.560 the blood vessel developed us in an infection a hematoma. 0:04:36.040 --> 0:04:40.679 Months later, twenty five pounds later. I did not because 0:04:40.680 --> 0:04:44.000 of the early detection. I was cancer free after he 0:04:44.080 --> 0:04:48.039 cut me. I still go every six months because there's 0:04:48.080 --> 0:04:50.720 no guarantee and because I didn't remove the colon and 0:04:50.800 --> 0:04:53.039 we didn't see any signs of that. And I'm very, 0:04:53.160 --> 0:04:59.239 very committed now to health and wellness, and that means 0:04:59.240 --> 0:05:03.120 on a whole, very extreme level, because the healing that 0:05:03.200 --> 0:05:06.320 I needed to go through was so extreme, because I've 0:05:06.440 --> 0:05:09.839 developed an infection while in the hospital and while recovering 0:05:10.080 --> 0:05:14.359 from the surgery, so I take it very seriously. I 0:05:14.440 --> 0:05:17.880 did not experience one symptom. Like I said, within six months, 0:05:17.880 --> 0:05:20.000 I had aggressive cancer. And only because I went in 0:05:20.040 --> 0:05:26.200 from my scheduled colonoscopy that I did and personally pushed 0:05:26.200 --> 0:05:28.040 the book because most of them will say come back 0:05:28.080 --> 0:05:31.880 every five years. But now when I'm reveling, I'm developing polyps. 0:05:31.880 --> 0:05:36.440 So I went. Now, since my surgery and my cancer recovery, 0:05:36.839 --> 0:05:40.760 I've gone had three other colonoscopies because do the math 0:05:40.800 --> 0:05:44.320 every six month, and they've cut seven polyps one time, 0:05:44.400 --> 0:05:47.360 four polyps another time, and I'm just fortunate none of 0:05:47.400 --> 0:05:52.080 them have developed into cancer. At this point. It's an 0:05:52.120 --> 0:05:56.240 interesting thing to face. What goes through your mind is 0:05:56.600 --> 0:06:00.240 you know, I've always been a very strong, kind of 0:06:00.320 --> 0:06:04.680 independent thinker, So what went through my mind was, Okay, 0:06:05.040 --> 0:06:06.720 what do I do, What do I need to do, 0:06:06.920 --> 0:06:09.039 what do I have to do to get through this? 0:06:09.680 --> 0:06:15.520 And I'm very grateful to the doctors and the therapies 0:06:15.640 --> 0:06:18.440 I did do, but not until I got truly sick 0:06:18.480 --> 0:06:22.680 because doing the surgery and removal, I became very ill. 0:06:23.040 --> 0:06:25.400 There's no guarantees when you cut yourself open, what's going 0:06:25.480 --> 0:06:27.040 to happen and how much more they're going to find. 0:06:27.880 --> 0:06:31.800 Prognosis is for me now daily that I go every 0:06:31.839 --> 0:06:34.320 six months and we see and we go from there. 0:06:34.640 --> 0:06:40.120 There's so many developments, you know, medically and as far 0:06:40.120 --> 0:06:43.839 as stem selling, as far as research, and I know 0:06:43.880 --> 0:06:45.480 they'll have a cure for it, and I know they 0:06:45.520 --> 0:06:49.279 will also find another way. So the surgery was my choice. 0:06:49.279 --> 0:06:53.279 It was a success, but being that sick and being 0:06:53.360 --> 0:06:55.280 a month and a half in and out of the hospital, 0:06:55.560 --> 0:07:00.359 I also woke up to a scar that was because 0:07:00.360 --> 0:07:05.160 they had developed a problem in there. Obviously there was 0:07:05.200 --> 0:07:08.680 a flooding of fluid. So it changed my life, but 0:07:08.720 --> 0:07:13.480 it also opened me up to a different reality of 0:07:14.000 --> 0:07:18.480 the value of life, the gratitude and also purpose and 0:07:18.840 --> 0:07:23.240 knowing I have a purpose. Obviously I've been very successful 0:07:23.320 --> 0:07:26.560 in my career, but it opened me up to people 0:07:27.480 --> 0:07:31.640 and companies that were looking for people with voices that 0:07:31.680 --> 0:07:34.600 have gone through something like this, but in a very 0:07:35.600 --> 0:07:39.160 grateful way, because I learned a lot. I've learned a 0:07:39.240 --> 0:07:42.840 lot through this process of healing and helping heal others. 0:07:42.920 --> 0:07:45.520 I really see them and I see you, and I 0:07:45.600 --> 0:07:47.920 understand what it means to have a platform now like this, 0:07:48.280 --> 0:07:51.320 and why WA Cole reached out to me and then 0:07:51.320 --> 0:07:54.120 and asked me to be their brand ambassador for WA 0:07:54.120 --> 0:07:56.400 Cole and for their fifth to the Cure campaign, and 0:07:56.440 --> 0:08:00.720 why October is a month of breast awareness early detection 0:08:00.840 --> 0:08:05.120 for any of these Breast cancer has become a big, 0:08:05.720 --> 0:08:09.640 you know, speaking point for me obviously making sure we 0:08:09.720 --> 0:08:12.800 get in and do our appointments, because the only way 0:08:12.840 --> 0:08:15.120 you can knock this out is by getting it early. 0:08:15.680 --> 0:08:18.840 And then you're really talking about less wear and tear 0:08:18.920 --> 0:08:22.520 from radiation, everything, and it really makes all the difference 0:08:22.520 --> 0:08:27.920 in the world. I'm changed because I wanted to I 0:08:27.960 --> 0:08:30.320 wanted to live. You make a choice. I was laying 0:08:30.360 --> 0:08:34.760 there and I being so sick. It wasn't necessarily the cancer. 0:08:34.800 --> 0:08:38.480 It wasn't chemo, it wasn't radiation. It was such a 0:08:38.559 --> 0:08:43.720 bad infection and around my pancreas and my lungs and 0:08:43.760 --> 0:08:47.680 my spleen from the removal. Once you go in and 0:08:47.760 --> 0:09:03.640 you cut, things change for me personally. When I was 0:09:04.080 --> 0:09:06.880 given the diagnosis, it was by a doctor that now 0:09:06.880 --> 0:09:11.160 I had spent a year to two years doing colonoscpties 0:09:11.160 --> 0:09:15.480 with and monitoring. Because I was a polyp developer, there 0:09:15.480 --> 0:09:17.480 was no doubt in my mind. Every time I went in, 0:09:17.640 --> 0:09:20.959 He's like, I cut one to seven, eight just didn't 0:09:20.960 --> 0:09:23.560 even matter. Six months in between there was always pollups, 0:09:23.640 --> 0:09:26.120 There was always an issue. So when I went in 0:09:26.160 --> 0:09:30.520 that time two years ago, this August, and when I 0:09:30.559 --> 0:09:32.680 got his results back and when we talked about it, 0:09:32.720 --> 0:09:35.920 and he was like, he went from like, yes, we'll 0:09:35.920 --> 0:09:38.560 just keep monitoring, you too, make a decision. You have 0:09:38.559 --> 0:09:42.200 two weeks highly aggressive and let's cut your whole colon out. 0:09:42.400 --> 0:09:44.720 I was like, whoa, And he goes, well, you could 0:09:44.720 --> 0:09:46.440 cut a portion, but he goes, we're not talking like 0:09:46.800 --> 0:09:49.480 an inch, We're talking about twelve inches. Has to be 0:09:49.480 --> 0:09:53.680 completely around it. This is a really rooted type of 0:09:53.720 --> 0:09:58.040 pollop and this whole area needs to go. So I mean, 0:09:58.160 --> 0:10:00.360 I had to trust his diagnosis, but also I did, 0:10:00.440 --> 0:10:03.720 do you know second? You know first and second opinions. 0:10:04.360 --> 0:10:06.640 Once you look at that biopsy, you know it is 0:10:06.679 --> 0:10:09.920 what it is. The big scare was do I remove 0:10:09.960 --> 0:10:13.360 my entire call in for this? And I just felt, 0:10:13.840 --> 0:10:15.920 now it's not the time to do that. I just 0:10:16.000 --> 0:10:21.040 felt for me personally, and at that choice, I didn't. 0:10:21.280 --> 0:10:24.280 You know, I'm not young enough that I would say, you, oh, 0:10:24.440 --> 0:10:27.320 if it was a hysterectomy, would I have opted for that. No. 0:10:27.720 --> 0:10:30.480 But this was a call in situation, and I also felt, 0:10:30.640 --> 0:10:32.839 you know, I'm in my fifties, I feel strong enough. 0:10:33.080 --> 0:10:34.800 I don't want to remove my colon. I want to 0:10:34.840 --> 0:10:36.960 see what we can do, and I'm willing to go 0:10:37.040 --> 0:10:41.079 through the process of monitoring this and keeping on my 0:10:41.160 --> 0:10:46.040 early detection. He kind of was didn't really at that point. 0:10:46.160 --> 0:10:48.880 He kind of checked out. He was like, surgically, I 0:10:48.880 --> 0:10:51.080 have to get in there now. It doesn't matter. You decide, 0:10:51.400 --> 0:10:53.040 and he kind of was like, Okay, you want to 0:10:53.040 --> 0:10:55.199 do a collect to me, fine, but I'm going to 0:10:55.280 --> 0:10:58.080 cut out like a hunker stuff. And believe me, when 0:10:58.120 --> 0:11:00.280 I woke up and I was cut from here to here, 0:11:00.600 --> 0:11:02.679 he cut out a hunk of stuff. So I think 0:11:02.760 --> 0:11:04.720 at this point it's safe for me to say that 0:11:05.160 --> 0:11:08.560 at my age and being through my fifties and sixties, 0:11:08.600 --> 0:11:11.640 now we've all been touched by cancer, a friend, a 0:11:11.720 --> 0:11:15.600 family member. You know for sure. I've had girlfriends that 0:11:15.760 --> 0:11:19.800 have really fought the hard, the hard fight, and quite 0:11:19.800 --> 0:11:23.920 frankly radiation and really getting into things. That's why I'm 0:11:24.600 --> 0:11:29.720 getting into tough scenarios and removal and surgeries. And my 0:11:29.760 --> 0:11:32.960 mom even is going through something now, whether it's cervically, 0:11:33.360 --> 0:11:36.480 and my mom's much older, and yet she's still thinking 0:11:36.480 --> 0:11:39.040 of going in and cutting. And I actually, because of 0:11:39.080 --> 0:11:41.760 all the research and now everything I went through, you know, 0:11:42.040 --> 0:11:45.640 my first inclination. For some it's all about age and 0:11:45.679 --> 0:11:47.480 what you can tolerate and what you can handle, what 0:11:47.520 --> 0:11:51.320 your body can handle. Again, back to early detection. That's 0:11:51.360 --> 0:11:54.280 what saved my life because there is no cancer in 0:11:54.320 --> 0:11:57.560 my family history that we're aware of. Yet. My mother 0:11:57.640 --> 0:12:00.640 now but she's eighty nine, is having very you know, 0:12:01.080 --> 0:12:04.240 her paths were coming back very abnormal. I'm just like, 0:12:04.320 --> 0:12:06.480 I don't want you going into radiation, and I also 0:12:06.520 --> 0:12:09.959 don't want you to cut. You're at that very pre 0:12:10.120 --> 0:12:14.280 pre pre and if your doctor's willing to scan you 0:12:14.400 --> 0:12:18.760 and really keep you under close watch every six months, 0:12:18.880 --> 0:12:21.640 then this is something you monitor and you really just 0:12:21.800 --> 0:12:26.679 monitor it and if it's not growing then and you're 0:12:26.720 --> 0:12:30.880 not glowing, then don't be cutting. So if it's just 0:12:31.040 --> 0:12:34.120 staying as is, you know, I understand that there's different levels, 0:12:34.120 --> 0:12:36.679 and I understand what people are very nervous about lymphatic 0:12:37.000 --> 0:12:40.600 where breast tissue moves. But I am also a fan 0:12:40.640 --> 0:12:43.240 of not cutting if you don't have to, because once 0:12:43.280 --> 0:12:46.880 you go in, things get moved around. My body's not 0:12:47.000 --> 0:12:48.840 the same, it does not react the same. I do 0:12:48.960 --> 0:12:51.160 not go to the bathroom the same. I mean, I 0:12:51.200 --> 0:12:55.840 am definitely was put back together after they took everything out. 0:12:57.000 --> 0:12:59.160 Asked ninety percent of people who have been in the hospital, 0:12:59.160 --> 0:13:01.439 a lot of them get sick and get sepsist and 0:13:01.480 --> 0:13:04.720 a lot of things just from opening up the said wound. 0:13:04.760 --> 0:13:09.480 And it's really shocking numbers. These are big decisions, they 0:13:09.520 --> 0:13:12.280 really are, and any doctor will tell you get the 0:13:12.280 --> 0:13:13.960 hell out. And they tried to get me out within 0:13:14.040 --> 0:13:16.240 four days. But I mean I had a catheter. I 0:13:16.280 --> 0:13:19.280 had I couldn't and within four days they were trying 0:13:19.320 --> 0:13:20.760 to get me out of the hospital, and I knew 0:13:20.760 --> 0:13:24.520 something was wrong. My action was just swelling and swelling 0:13:24.520 --> 0:13:27.640 and swelling, and I didn't feel good. And then I 0:13:27.720 --> 0:13:29.400 did get you know, but they don't want you in 0:13:29.440 --> 0:13:34.079 the hospital either, because of course you're you're completely you're immused, 0:13:34.120 --> 0:13:37.880 you're completely open to whatever infection and by and large. 0:13:37.920 --> 0:13:40.720 There was something going on inside me I had I 0:13:40.880 --> 0:13:44.800 was filling up with blood. And again my situation personally 0:13:45.559 --> 0:13:49.640 was a nick blood vessel around the colon, around where 0:13:49.720 --> 0:13:52.360 they cut around all that, and it turned into a 0:13:52.440 --> 0:13:58.120 disastrous and a horrible, horrible infection and which took months 0:13:58.160 --> 0:14:01.000 months and pick a line and then me just dragging 0:14:01.000 --> 0:14:03.400 through things for three four months, meaning took me that 0:14:03.480 --> 0:14:06.600 long to just get back to say I could take 0:14:06.600 --> 0:14:09.000 a breath off my lungs like my lungs had been 0:14:09.240 --> 0:14:14.760 you know, aspirated and everything, just the fluid, it just 0:14:14.800 --> 0:14:18.800 wouldn't stop. So that's my journey. So I look at 0:14:18.800 --> 0:14:21.680 my mother, who I can help, who's not a cancer, 0:14:22.320 --> 0:14:26.560 not at a point where it's cancerous, it's just level. 0:14:26.720 --> 0:14:29.200 And I'm like, just let's watch you. Let's just watch you. 0:14:29.280 --> 0:14:32.440 That's all we got to do. Don't cut if you 0:14:32.480 --> 0:14:35.440 don't have to, but when you have to cut away, 0:14:35.920 --> 0:14:39.640 get it out. Just take care of yourself afterwards, get 0:14:39.640 --> 0:14:43.320 in that hyperbarrack, watch your effect, Be very very careful 0:14:43.360 --> 0:14:47.560 because infection is really the killer. That's where people go. 0:14:47.600 --> 0:14:50.640 If they get pneumonia, they get sepsis. That's really what 0:14:50.760 --> 0:14:55.240 happens I've met some real warriors out there, and it's 0:14:55.280 --> 0:14:58.440 an honor too in some levels to be part of 0:14:58.440 --> 0:15:02.920 the club. But I also understand the journey is long 0:15:03.000 --> 0:15:07.000 and arduous and it's complicated, but some people are up 0:15:07.040 --> 0:15:09.160 for the task, and then some of the people need 0:15:09.200 --> 0:15:11.960 a lot of support, and that's nothing wrong with that, 0:15:12.080 --> 0:15:27.480 you know. Being a voice for wack Hole has helped 0:15:27.560 --> 0:15:30.560 me knowing what they're doing for the women, for the 0:15:30.600 --> 0:15:34.480 community of cancer survivors, and putting their money where where 0:15:34.480 --> 0:15:37.080 their mouth is, you know, the Susan B. G Comann 0:15:37.080 --> 0:15:39.560 Foundation and what and what what cool has been doing 0:15:39.600 --> 0:15:42.960 for twenty five years, They've raised over six million dollars 0:15:43.000 --> 0:15:45.720 for the fight against breast cancer and helping Susan G. 0:15:45.880 --> 0:15:51.560 Comann Foundation and helping women. I've done enough and a 0:15:51.680 --> 0:15:55.840 number of these these appearances now for Dillard's and Belk, 0:15:55.920 --> 0:15:58.560 they're number one Rea Tailors stores. When women get a 0:15:58.640 --> 0:16:00.880 chance to meet me and also will come in and 0:16:00.920 --> 0:16:04.960 get what's called the free brofitting. Now, I don't know 0:16:04.960 --> 0:16:09.240 about you, but a free brofiting is probably life changing 0:16:09.400 --> 0:16:12.440 for most women, because God knows, when I had a proper, 0:16:12.640 --> 0:16:17.560 real correct profiting that alone and knowing five dollars of 0:16:17.720 --> 0:16:23.560 your money is donated directly to this foundation. And what 0:16:23.760 --> 0:16:26.440 you know, again, walk Hole has done with some of 0:16:26.480 --> 0:16:30.160 their bigger stories like Dillards and their retailers and Belk's. 0:16:30.240 --> 0:16:34.000 It's quite amazing. And I love the stories and I 0:16:34.120 --> 0:16:36.200 understand the stories, and I love when the women tell 0:16:36.240 --> 0:16:39.480 me I'm double misseectomies, I'm free cancer free right now, 0:16:39.520 --> 0:16:42.840 and you know, meeting you and understanding, and I said, 0:16:43.160 --> 0:16:45.360 but your broad don't fit, so let's get in there. 0:16:45.480 --> 0:16:47.920 Let's buy a new bra and let's get a free fitting. 0:16:48.000 --> 0:16:51.560 Because it's all it's everything's a win win here when 0:16:51.600 --> 0:16:54.280 you win at your health and you slow it down. 0:16:54.320 --> 0:16:58.280 And that's really what I felt. This experience as being 0:16:58.280 --> 0:17:02.440 the spokespersons has given me this platform, but it also 0:17:02.680 --> 0:17:05.520 was a platform I never asked for. But it also 0:17:05.680 --> 0:17:09.560 turned into such a blessing. I meet people on their 0:17:09.600 --> 0:17:12.600 path where they are at the moment, and people need 0:17:12.960 --> 0:17:16.439 to be surrounded by people that understand that moment. And 0:17:16.520 --> 0:17:22.479 oftentimes women I speak as experienced put ourselves last, and 0:17:22.520 --> 0:17:25.840 so this was a this has been an incredible journey. 0:17:26.000 --> 0:17:29.919 Now and as being a spokesperson for walkholl you guys, 0:17:29.960 --> 0:17:32.399 can all get involved with Fit for the Cure. You 0:17:32.440 --> 0:17:36.080 can donate to the for the Cure campaign for wak hole, 0:17:36.760 --> 0:17:41.480 and you can go in and get your free brofitings, 0:17:42.160 --> 0:17:44.920 and you can do that online virtually as well, because 0:17:45.000 --> 0:17:49.520 they the numbers are extraordinary. And think about it, six 0:17:49.560 --> 0:17:53.240 million dollars over the course of these years walkhole has 0:17:53.280 --> 0:17:57.520 donated for breast cancer awareness and of course the fight 0:17:57.600 --> 0:18:00.920 against it. And I'm ever grateful to be and that's 0:18:01.160 --> 0:18:03.920 what's been shifted in my mindset. I'm ever grateful and 0:18:04.000 --> 0:18:08.120 I'm ever proud, and I always say, be a warrior 0:18:08.160 --> 0:18:12.520 for yourself, be your general. And it's hard when you're sick, 0:18:12.840 --> 0:18:14.760 and that's when you rely on the people around you. 0:18:14.840 --> 0:18:19.640 But be a warrior. You still have to advocate for yourself. 0:18:20.200 --> 0:18:22.600 And that means taking your tests. That means going in 0:18:22.960 --> 0:18:26.720 annually and doing your mamograms, and that means going in 0:18:26.760 --> 0:18:31.080 and doing your colonoscopy and getting checked early detection. On 0:18:31.119 --> 0:18:34.560 a happier note and on a more practical note, what 0:18:34.640 --> 0:18:36.800 I do during the week is I do a lot 0:18:36.840 --> 0:18:40.159 of things that keep me physically. What I learned to 0:18:40.200 --> 0:18:43.960 do between doing the hyberbaric oxygen that helped my infection 0:18:44.080 --> 0:18:48.480 go down to ivy, you know, drips. I do maybe 0:18:48.520 --> 0:18:52.080 twice a month. It just helps me. It's just another 0:18:52.480 --> 0:18:57.479 self loving part of my medical and holistic care and 0:18:57.520 --> 0:18:59.800 love for myself, and I feel good when I do that. Obviously, 0:18:59.800 --> 0:19:03.800 working out and I did pilates after I had surgery. 0:19:04.200 --> 0:19:08.119 The biggest difficulty was just to sit up because I 0:19:08.160 --> 0:19:11.399 lost all my strength, and so pilates ended up becoming 0:19:11.440 --> 0:19:14.160 such a big part of my and has become such 0:19:14.200 --> 0:19:18.520 a big part of my daily practice of wellness and 0:19:18.560 --> 0:19:21.560 again being a warrior for myself and feeling strong because 0:19:21.600 --> 0:19:24.679 that's way you want to feel. As far as music, 0:19:25.119 --> 0:19:28.440 music has never been more forefront in my career. We're 0:19:28.440 --> 0:19:31.160 working on our new show. I'm very excited people see 0:19:31.160 --> 0:19:34.000 me out on the road right now because I'm bigger 0:19:34.040 --> 0:19:36.359 and more badass than ever. I feel it. I just 0:19:36.400 --> 0:19:39.960 feel the love that warms my heart. So I want 0:19:40.000 --> 0:19:44.159 to thank you all for joining me here on Shannon's podcast. 0:19:44.440 --> 0:19:49.840 We have lost a beautiful soul, but she continues to 0:19:49.960 --> 0:19:54.040 resonate through this podcast. So amen, I want to thank 0:19:54.119 --> 0:19:57.439 you for having me on today. So let's be clear, guys, 0:19:57.680 --> 0:20:01.240 thank you for listening and of you missus Taylor Dane 0:20:09.480 --> 0:20:09.520 h