1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:02,120 Speaker 1: I was proud of you yesterday, but there was a 2 00:00:02,160 --> 00:00:05,080 Speaker 1: lot of love for your were you opening up. 3 00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:10,119 Speaker 2: Yesterday made my embarrassing admission confession to the fact that 4 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:13,560 Speaker 2: I've never had a mammogram, even though I am at 5 00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:16,880 Speaker 2: an age where I should have probably had several by 6 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:20,279 Speaker 2: this stage, And a lot of people joined in with 7 00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:22,240 Speaker 2: us on the text and said me neither. 8 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:24,320 Speaker 3: So a few of us have made appointments. 9 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:27,920 Speaker 2: I have made my appointment for this Thursday afternoon, I 10 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:30,960 Speaker 2: will be going for my first mammogram. And today we've 11 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:34,200 Speaker 2: got Leah Marinovic, who is a breastcre nurse at Breast 12 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:37,800 Speaker 2: Cancer Care WA joining us to talk about the importance 13 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:40,000 Speaker 2: of this. Thank you so much for coming in, Leah, 14 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:42,960 Speaker 2: no worries, Thanks for having me now. I said that 15 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:45,040 Speaker 2: I probably should have had a few by now. What 16 00:00:45,159 --> 00:00:47,839 Speaker 2: is the age that's recommended for your first mammogram? 17 00:00:47,880 --> 00:00:52,080 Speaker 4: So the age you get called from is actually the 18 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:54,120 Speaker 4: age of fifty, but a lot of people don't know 19 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:55,120 Speaker 4: you can actually. 20 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:55,920 Speaker 3: Opt in from forty. 21 00:00:56,280 --> 00:00:59,160 Speaker 4: Yeah, okay, so you just have to call up Breast 22 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:03,040 Speaker 4: Screen and opt for that. But yeah, we really encourage 23 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:04,920 Speaker 4: anyone from the age of forty to go and have. 24 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:08,319 Speaker 3: Them really, and then how often should this be? 25 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:11,760 Speaker 4: So you should have a mammogram every two years? 26 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:14,640 Speaker 3: Yes, right, Yeah I've missed a few. 27 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:19,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, well yeah, but the things you're well and truly 28 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:22,200 Speaker 1: aware of that Nowdly, this can affect families in a 29 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:25,080 Speaker 1: big way. My mother got breast cancer and she was 30 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:28,399 Speaker 1: mid seventies, but she had not had enough mamogram. She 31 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:30,640 Speaker 1: had had some and it ended up taking a like 32 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 1: five years later she was a trooper. But this really 33 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:35,280 Speaker 1: affects families as well as the person as well. Evident 34 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:38,040 Speaker 1: it's such a such a deep thing of emotional just 35 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:38,720 Speaker 1: talking about it now. 36 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:44,039 Speaker 4: Yeah, absolutely, we know it affects everyone. We do. We 37 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:47,040 Speaker 4: offer lots of support to obviously women going through it, 38 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:50,760 Speaker 4: but men can get it too. Yeah, and yeah we 39 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:54,600 Speaker 4: do offer support to families, partners. It certainly doesn't just 40 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:55,920 Speaker 4: affect the person who gets it. 41 00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:58,720 Speaker 2: We did speak to someone yesterday whose dad had just 42 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:04,320 Speaker 2: recently had a miss Yes. Yeah, we hear the words 43 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:09,840 Speaker 2: importance of early detection so often, but just how true 44 00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:10,240 Speaker 2: is that? 45 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:12,880 Speaker 3: I mean, it's the difference between life and death. Yeah. 46 00:02:12,919 --> 00:02:17,400 Speaker 4: Absolutely, if we can catch it early, the survival rates 47 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:21,080 Speaker 4: of breast cancer are amazing they're ninety two percent. So 48 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:23,680 Speaker 4: you know, if you have a mammogram, it can be 49 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:27,840 Speaker 4: caught early. Mammograms can detect cancers that can't be felt. 50 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:28,520 Speaker 3: Yea. 51 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 4: So it means we can catch them nice and early, 52 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:34,360 Speaker 4: get them sorted and people can carry on living lives 53 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:36,680 Speaker 4: and not having to worry about this coming back. 54 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:39,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, because you know a lot of people do go 55 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:42,480 Speaker 2: in for a scam because they felt a lump. I mean, 56 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:45,320 Speaker 2: you know we're supposed to do the home testing is 57 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:50,160 Speaker 2: much self ustimulation, but how often is there no detectable 58 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:54,400 Speaker 2: lump that you know it's just detected from going in 59 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:55,160 Speaker 2: for a scam? 60 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:55,720 Speaker 3: Well? 61 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:59,680 Speaker 4: Absolutely, we're picking up breast cancers earlier and earlier now, 62 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:04,840 Speaker 4: so we know the incidence rates are increasing, and that's 63 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:08,919 Speaker 4: because screening is so good. We've got more awareness around us. 64 00:03:08,919 --> 00:03:12,519 Speaker 4: We also have an aging population, so we are picking 65 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:14,840 Speaker 4: things up early. But it means that we can sort 66 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:18,160 Speaker 4: them out easier before they do get to a point 67 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:21,960 Speaker 4: where a lot more treatment is involved and outcomes are 68 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:22,560 Speaker 4: very different. 69 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:26,239 Speaker 1: Now discussions yesday, we use the word procrastination quite a lot. 70 00:03:26,320 --> 00:03:27,920 Speaker 1: But why is it that people put it off? Is 71 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:30,400 Speaker 1: it fear of the actual getting a mamogram. Is that 72 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:31,160 Speaker 1: the main thing? 73 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:31,760 Speaker 3: I think? 74 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:31,920 Speaker 2: So? 75 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:35,280 Speaker 4: I think people are scared and scared of the unknown. 76 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:40,160 Speaker 4: But you know, a mamogram, actually it isn't that scary, 77 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:42,440 Speaker 4: And once you go and have one, you'll realize that 78 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:46,560 Speaker 4: there's often a breast care nurse there to support you, 79 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:51,080 Speaker 4: to give you advice, and to make the experience quite 80 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:52,480 Speaker 4: tolerable and easy. 81 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:55,160 Speaker 3: For me, I think it was the fear of the unknown. 82 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:59,080 Speaker 2: I stupidly kind of think that if I don't know something, 83 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:03,400 Speaker 2: that it's not happening. So oh, you know, I mean, 84 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:06,960 Speaker 2: I like to consider im a reasonably intelligent person. That's 85 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 2: dumb as a bucket of rocks, isn't it. But I'm 86 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 2: under no illusion that the screen at the mammogram itself, 87 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:15,320 Speaker 2: which I booked in for a Thursday, will be a 88 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:16,680 Speaker 2: little uncomfortable, but. 89 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:18,200 Speaker 3: It's not going to hurt or anything. 90 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:22,200 Speaker 4: Is that it be a bit sort of awkward, Yeah, 91 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:25,080 Speaker 4: but that's where the staff really shine. They will make 92 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:29,039 Speaker 4: you feel so comfortable. Yeah, They'll really talk you through it, 93 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:32,520 Speaker 4: make sure you're prepared, know what to expect, and it 94 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:33,960 Speaker 4: will be over in five minutes. 95 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:37,120 Speaker 1: Brist Cancer Care of rock Stars. When it comes to 96 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:37,919 Speaker 1: raising money. 97 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:41,159 Speaker 3: It's going to talk about the front raise absolute. 98 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:42,960 Speaker 1: Rock stars, and we've been part of that over the years. 99 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:46,040 Speaker 1: But what about funding from state or federal government? Is 100 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:47,920 Speaker 1: the one cent? Is it anything at all? 101 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:48,279 Speaker 3: Nothing? 102 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:49,920 Speaker 4: No, we get nothing. 103 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:51,720 Speaker 1: Because people were saying it yesterday in the text, I'm 104 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:53,200 Speaker 1: going a coup. Believe it's not anything at all. 105 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:55,000 Speaker 3: It's not rageous. 106 00:04:55,640 --> 00:04:59,440 Speaker 4: We have an amazing fundraising team and the w A 107 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:02,840 Speaker 4: community just incredibly generous and that's what keeps us going. 108 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:04,680 Speaker 3: That's disgusting. 109 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:07,120 Speaker 2: I mean, when you consider how many boobs are out 110 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:10,040 Speaker 2: there because it's too for everyone of you know, that 111 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:13,600 Speaker 2: is that is really quite terrible. 112 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:17,240 Speaker 3: Yeah. Is there anything we can do about that? 113 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 1: We're talking about it helps talk. 114 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:21,320 Speaker 3: About it, kick up a bit of a fuss, yeah yeah, 115 00:05:21,640 --> 00:05:25,279 Speaker 3: speak to your local members, yeah yeah yeah. 116 00:05:25,320 --> 00:05:28,120 Speaker 4: And you know, if you know of anyone who you 117 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:31,080 Speaker 4: know is facing the disease, encourage them to get in 118 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:33,919 Speaker 4: touch and they'll find out about all the services we 119 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:34,479 Speaker 4: can offer. 120 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:38,400 Speaker 3: There's so much we can do. Yeah. 121 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:42,599 Speaker 2: Well, we thank you for your service, that's that's for sure. 122 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:46,719 Speaker 2: And thank you so much for coming in and continuing 123 00:05:46,760 --> 00:05:50,920 Speaker 2: to alleviate my fears this morning, and and mine, and 124 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:53,120 Speaker 2: and the rest of us who are listening to this 125 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:55,599 Speaker 2: and thinking, yep, got a book in Thank you so much, 126 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:57,800 Speaker 2: No worry, do. 127 00:05:57,760 --> 00:06:00,559 Speaker 1: You need a lyft on Thursday? By the way, Okay, 128 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:02,960 Speaker 1: don't think about coming and pick up people. 129 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:06,720 Speaker 3: You want to make sure I go. Absolutely, I've made 130 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:08,200 Speaker 3: the promise. 131 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:10,480 Speaker 1: Now, yeah, down there, you've actually said. 132 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:12,080 Speaker 3: May'll be too much explaining to do. 133 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:14,200 Speaker 1: You don't have to explain you don't want to do that. 134 00:06:14,680 --> 00:06:16,880 Speaker 1: I will look at you in a different way.