Speaker 1: Hey, guys, it is the first of the month today,
Speaker 1: which means it is breast check Day, something that we've
Speaker 1: started in our own little family to bring awareness to
Speaker 1: get you guys that are listening to pay attention to
Speaker 1: your own bodies. But today I want to talk a
Speaker 1: little bit about my own breast. I was waiting for
Speaker 1: some people to get excited about that.
Speaker 2: I'm joking.
Speaker 3: This is something that's serious, though, Britt, And now we
Speaker 3: also know how serious it's been for you.
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, So let me just set this up.
Speaker 1: I have started since just particularly since we've been talking
Speaker 1: about it more here as well, I've started to do
Speaker 1: my own breast checks constantly, and a couple of months ago,
Speaker 1: and I'm ashamed to say months, but a couple months ago,
Speaker 1: I felt this lump in my breast, in my left breast,
Speaker 1: and I was like, that's weird, but you know, breasts
Speaker 1: are so fatty and lumpy anyway, so I was like,
Speaker 1: it's probably nothing. Start on it for a little while,
Speaker 1: and then felt it again a couple of weeks later,
Speaker 1: and kept feeling it, but then I was touching it
Speaker 1: so much that it started to hurt. And then I
Speaker 1: couldn't figure out if I was getting breast pain or
Speaker 1: if I was getting pain from like you said.
Speaker 4: That to us too here in the studio.
Speaker 1: Yeah, And it's just so annoying because I advocate for,
Speaker 1: you know, looking after your own health all the time.
Speaker 1: I worked at a hospital for thirteen years. I know how
Speaker 1: important it is. Yet I just kept putting it off.
Speaker 1: And I went and stayed over with a friend in
Speaker 1: another city and it just came up in conversation and
Speaker 1: she's like, well, have you had your boobs checked yet?
Speaker 1: And I was like, no, I haven't. I need to
Speaker 1: get to it. She's like, how long's it been there.
Speaker 1: I'm like a couple of months. She was like, you
Speaker 1: need to go and get that check, like you should
Speaker 1: know better. And she's like, I'm gonna message you every
Speaker 1: single day until you get it. Anyway, bless her, she did,
Speaker 1: and it took me another week or so. She messaged
Speaker 1: me every day and I said, no, I haven't checked yet,
Speaker 1: and I haven't checked. Finally, purely because of her, I
Speaker 1: was like, oh my god, I'll go and get it checked.
Speaker 1: So I went and got it checked at the GP
Speaker 1: specialist woman's doctor like women's health doctor.
Speaker 2: And immediately she was like oh, yes, I can feel that.
Speaker 1: And she's like, I can actually feel some stuff on
Speaker 1: the other side as well, like on the other boob,
Speaker 1: and I was like wow, okay, She's like, you need
Speaker 1: to go and get it checked and I was like sure,
Speaker 1: and she was like now, and I don't want anyone
Speaker 1: to think that I have breast cancer.
Speaker 2: I do not, but you think that.
Speaker 1: You always think it's not gonna happen to you, so
Speaker 1: you don't put the urgency on it. So I went
Speaker 1: straight to get the ultrasound, and long story short, I'm
Speaker 1: absolutely riddled with cysts in both breasts, like so many cysts,
Speaker 1: and I had to wait a few days to find
Speaker 1: out if anything was going to be nasty in there
Speaker 1: or if there's anything hiding because there were so many
Speaker 1: cysts that they can cover if there's anything.
Speaker 2: Bad in the tissue.
Speaker 1: So it was like a really scary couple of days,
Speaker 1: being like, I'm thirty seven. There's definitely been things that
Speaker 1: I've felt my breast, they've seen them, and those couple
Speaker 1: of days waiting was really scary.
Speaker 2: And I'm very grateful to say.
Speaker 1: It came back as all normal cysts, but now I
Speaker 1: have to get checked every single twelve months because things
Speaker 1: can change very drastically.
Speaker 3: But also like it's one of those things where if
Speaker 3: you don't advocate for your own health, I mean, you're
Speaker 3: so lucky that you had a friend who reminded you
Speaker 3: every day and persisted, But not everybody has that person
Speaker 3: in their life. And if you're not going to take
Speaker 3: responsibility for your own health, if you're not going to
Speaker 3: book the appointment for that thing that's been niggling, that
Speaker 3: you've been concerned about, or that you noticed what there
Speaker 3: was a change with, like that's on you.
Speaker 2: You have to do those things. And we spoke about
Speaker 2: it earlier in the year.
Speaker 3: My stepdaddy passed away from prostate cancer and he hit
Speaker 3: there were scigns for so long, Yeah, and he ignored
Speaker 3: going and getting those screening tests done. And I mean,
Speaker 3: that's just one thing you don't ever want to live
Speaker 3: with the regret that you waited too long because you're
Speaker 3: too busy or other things took priority. If there is
Speaker 3: something to be reminded about from this, it's it's to
Speaker 3: check your breast and if you've something changes, go and
Speaker 3: booking your health screening.
Speaker 1: Yeah, well, that's what I want to say, because you
Speaker 1: think that you're wasting people's time, in doctor's time.
Speaker 2: But you're absolutely not.
Speaker 1: And I don't want to be dramatic, but the difference
Speaker 1: in a couple of months. If mine was nasty, I
Speaker 1: put that off for nearly three months. Like if that
Speaker 1: was nasty, that would have become nasty.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 1: So if you're in the car right now, if you're
Speaker 1: at home, grab your breast, have a feel, have a poke.
Speaker 4: Grab men too.
Speaker 2: Men can happen to me as well.
Speaker 3: Let it be the first of every month. Let it
Speaker 3: be the day that you mind yourself, put it in
Speaker 3: your calendar to check your breast.
Speaker 4: Yep, agreed, all right, Next on a liner, note not
Speaker 4: that boobs aren't light, because.
Speaker 3: They're very actually, unless you breastfed a couple of kids
Speaker 3: and then feel bad.
Speaker 4: Break I've come to Yeah, actually, should I compare the pair?
Speaker 2: No's no, thank you, that's nothing. Okay, don't shame me.
Speaker 2: You're all happy to talk about boob Wait. I would
Speaker 2: like to speak to HR now that you've brought that up.
Speaker 3: We have a show.
Speaker 2: We have to have HR here, Mitch. What's doing break?
Speaker 1: You know what?
Speaker 2: I don't know?
Speaker 3: Who know? I do know?
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Speaker 4: We've all worked in, you know, customer facing jobs and
Speaker 4: we've all had those annoying customers or coworkers that really
Speaker 4: get under your skin. And it's the little moments that
Speaker 4: you can take to.
Speaker 2: Get back at them. It's the petty stuff, so sweet.
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