Live interview on my local news
 

Friends,
I am so sorry if I didn't mention enough of the things you suggested about metastatic breast cancer.
The anchorwoman really lead me in a different direction, I think I came off sounding like mammograms are pointless. Not what I meant to say- only that for me and young women, mammos don't image our boobs well and cancer can grow ALOT in under a year.

Never got to say that we all fight just as hard as everyone else. Never meant to dismiss the suffering of all non-met bc survivors. Just needed to point out that mBC is a different beast. I was disappointed with my message- but at least it is over, I was so nervous.

http://www.kwwl.com/story/19767633/e...-breast-cancer

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I thought you did great. You didnt look nervous, and made good points. most women your age don't get mammos right ? so you made good points for younger women , about knowing your own body, going / w your gut sense . your referrals to your blog, and her2support.org , etc. were great too !

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Kristin, I am really proud of you. You did well. I think you sent a really important message about the way young women's breast tests are read (if they are even given, that is...). I am also very glad that you were able to make more people aware of metastatic breast cancer. We really need that.

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Go Kristin! I thought you were great! People just don't understand what metastatic breast cancer is, so anything we can do to educate the general public is a great thing in my eyes! You are a brave warrior and advocate for doing this. I'm so tired of people asking me if my treatment is done now... I think it is the number one question I get asked. And I always say it will never be done, they just look at me like they don't understand. I loved the part about how people don't die from stage 1,2, or 3, it is stage 4, metastatic cancer that kills and not enough focus is put on that. Kudos to you Kristin!

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Good on you Kristin - you did a wonderful job - so nice to hear your voice.

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Kristin,

It was fantastic. It's nice to know how you look and how your voice sounds.

You didn't seem nervous. You did a great job.

Thanks for spreading the word.

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Kristin,

I thought you did a great job. I too was dismissed by several Doctors because I was breastfeeding my son. I kept being told I had a blocked milk duct and that I just wasn't trying hard enough to breastfeed. When I was finally diagnosed (6 months after I first went to my Doctor), I went back to all the Doctors to let them know, in hopes that if another young Mom comes in that they will take it more seriously. The only reason that they finally sent me to a breast specialist was because I stopped breastfeeding and the lump was still there. I had to stop as very little milk was coming out of the cancer side, due to cancer blocking the way. I had no family history and had just turned 31 years old. My son was 7 months at diagnosis and he is now almost 3 years old. I don't post often, but you and your family are in my thoughts.

Cat

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Kristin, I think you were great! You gave an extremely important message about breast cancer in young woman. My daughter was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer this year at the age of 21! More people need to know that this can happen and indeed does happen even to young woman.
I’m with KaIM, I also loved the part about how people don't die from stage 1, 2, or 3, it is stage 4, metastatic cancer that kills and not enough emphasis is put on that.
Thank you xxx