January 10, 2024 • 6 mins
After discovering she was high risk for breast cancer early last year through a hereditary blood test, Sam advises us all to get those health tests and talk to those doctors you may be putting off!
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Today's Daily Highlight from Elvis Duran in the Morning show.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Let's talk about it. We were talking about it through
text the other day. Whant to just bring it up
and put it out there for everyone to hear.
Speaker 3 (00:12):
Yeah, so this is something that has just kind of
changed how I live, and I didn't see it coming.
So I know there are a lot of people out
there who could also benefit from checking this out. So
I went to my doctor. I went to my gynecologist
and she asked me if I've ever had a hereditary
blood test. I'm like, no, I don't know what that is.
She goes, your mother's had breast cancer, and I said, yes,
(00:33):
but the overwhelming majority of cases aren't hereditary. About ninety
percent of cases are not hereditary. And my mom got
the test to see if she has the gene, which
is a huge tell you do not want that gene,
and she doesn't have it. So I've been living my
life thinking, oh, I'm one of the lucky ones. My
mom doesn't have the gene. I don't have the gene.
And my doctor said, that is true, but that doesn't
(00:55):
really account for the ninety percent of people who do
end up with breast cancer. There's a lot of things
that go in it where we could just kind of
guess probability and let's do that test. So it was
a blood test and a questionnaire and I'm like, okay, great,
let's do it. And I came back as high risk,
which is really interesting because again, my whole life, I've
been living under the guise of I'm really lucky my
(01:18):
mom doesn't have the gene, which is still true, but
now I have to do things kind of differently.
Speaker 4 (01:25):
I had to.
Speaker 3 (01:25):
I mean, if I ate meat, I'm a pescatarian. I
don't eat meat, but she said, you might want to
cut out processed meats. I've been really cutting down on alcohol.
That's a huge additive. But now every six months for
the rest of my life, I have to alternate between
getting a mammogram and an ultrasound, and ultrasounds wouldn't be covered.
If I didn't know that I was high risk. Wow,
something really expensive and really important for me for the
(01:48):
rest of my life, and I wouldn't have known. So
I just wanted to incur I text my two sisters,
I'm like, hey, guys, guess what You're going to go
get this test for yourselves. So yeah, it's hereditary blood
test that's not a brand. Several different companies do it,
and maybe consider talking to your gynecologist about it to
see if you should figure out your likelihood of getting
(02:09):
breast cancer in your life.
Speaker 4 (02:10):
Yep, there you ah.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
And there are some people and Daniel talks about this
all the time that some people who just don't want
to know that's it because they think if they know,
then that's when the trouble begins. Well, no, you need
to know before the trouble begins or as it's beginning.
Speaker 5 (02:23):
You know.
Speaker 6 (02:24):
I actually found out I was high risk from my
breast reduction surgery. Wow, because whatever they take out of
you they need to send away to get tested and
it came back with some kind of something and it
said you just need to be monitored. So just like you,
I go to a breast expert every six months and
I get my mammograms and I get an ultrasound when
(02:45):
I get my mammogram, just to be sure because I'm
the higher risk factor as well.
Speaker 7 (02:50):
Wow.
Speaker 3 (02:50):
Which it's wild because breast cancer is I mean, no
cancer is super fun, but it's one of the ones
with early detection is more treatable. So it's a no.
I I don't want if I had the decision, but
I do want to know how I can prevent and
how I can care for myself, because again, early detection
is totally key when it comes to this. So I
think everyone should go out there and figure it out
(03:12):
for themselves.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
It's so strange to me how people are afraid to
go to the doctor. I mean, the doctor's there to
help you, especially if they're a great doctor.
Speaker 4 (03:24):
You trust them.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
I mean I sometimes get a little giddy knowing I
have an appointment. I can go see my doctor. I
love her. She's awesome. She's awesome. If you have an
opportunity to sort of in a way look into a
crystal ball about your future, why would you not want
to do that? Right Gandhi, Oh my god.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
Absolutely, I learned so much over the summer with everything
that was going on, and now when I do go
to the doctor, that feeling after when they give you,
like the hey, all clear, it's such a breath of
a fresh breath, you know, and it's a good start.
And even if there is something, to Sam's point, it's
good to catch it early. Yep, you can do something
of when you catch it early. When you avoid, it's
so much harder to deal with it when you catch
(04:03):
it late.
Speaker 6 (04:04):
So many people think if they avoid it it goes away.
That's not the case. And if you and or oh,
if I don't go get it checked, it's not really there.
It's not going to happen, and that's not the case.
You want to go get it checked so that if
it's the early stage, that's when you can do something
about it.
Speaker 4 (04:18):
Right.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
No, things do not disappear because you avoid them. I mean,
Nate's still here. There's Nate.
Speaker 4 (04:24):
They because I had the stroke in twenty the first
stroke in twenty eighteen, and then I had the heart
surgery right after that. Well, when I met with the
heart surgeon, he goes, you know what, I don't want
to make you feel bad, but had you come to
me ten years ago, I would have operated on you
and fixed the problem so that you would have never
even had the stroke. So sometimes it's not even just
(04:46):
going to see the doctor. It's going to see the
ripe doctor. You know what I mean?
Speaker 6 (04:50):
There you go and can I say one other thing?
You know your body, So if you think something is
not right, you need to push the issue because so
many times a doctor, will I say no, it's not that,
or no it's not this. But deep down inside you
know something is off. You have every right to push
the issue, to get the testing done that you feel.
Speaker 5 (05:10):
That's the thing.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
We live in a culture where we're afraid of offending
those who are educating.
Speaker 7 (05:16):
If you remember, back in twenty ten, I had a
brain tumor and I went to a doctor and I
told her I thought I had it, and she said
to me, that's not what you have. And I said, well,
how do you know? She said, I've been practicing for
twenty years. That's a one in a million disease. I've
never seen that. I said, what, it doesn't mean I
don't have it, right, I pushed and pushed and pushed
for a test, and guess what, it's exactly what I had.
Speaker 4 (05:35):
There.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
You go scary, You wanted to say something.
Speaker 5 (05:37):
Yeah, I just I'm one of those people that have
been afraid of the doctor. And in this past year
I started making all the appointments. And yesterday I went
to a doctor to get a sleep study done and
I'm doing that for a couple of nights because I
might have sleep app And then I had a blood
draw yesterday. I hate getting blood drawn, and now I
have to make other cardiologists appointments, and I need a
(05:58):
doctor for every organ, seems like. So I'm starting to
go down the list and make the appointments and do
what I.
Speaker 4 (06:03):
Need to do.
Speaker 5 (06:04):
I love what you're doing it because I've always been afraid.
I have talk.
Speaker 2 (06:08):
We know Scary since he was a kid and the
thought of going to the doctors just terrified him. And
now now you look forward to Okay, let's see where
this adventure is going to take me. It may not
be a lot of fun, but you know what, it
is going to keep you around because you have people
here in love you who want you to stay around.
With that, said Sam, thank you for bringing that to
the attention of the class.
Speaker 7 (06:28):
Yeah, I cannot sure.
Speaker 3 (06:29):
Sorry, Can I put one more perspective spin on it?
For people who like Scary who didn't want to don't
just think of it as taking care of yourself because
a lot of things are hereditary and do run in
the family. So if motivation of taking care of yourself
isn't enough, know that you might save a family member.
So if you find out something about yourself, now I'm
hitting up my sisters, asking them when their appointment is.
(06:49):
You know. So, if you find something that's strong, hereditary,
gene go, bring it to the people you love, do
it for them.
Speaker 4 (06:56):
There you go.
Today's Daily Highlight from Elvis Duran in the Morning show.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Let's talk about it. We were talking about it through
text the other day. Whant to just bring it up
and put it out there for everyone to hear.
Speaker 3 (00:12):
Yeah, so this is something that has just kind of
changed how I live, and I didn't see it coming.
So I know there are a lot of people out
there who could also benefit from checking this out. So
I went to my doctor. I went to my gynecologist
and she asked me if I've ever had a hereditary
blood test. I'm like, no, I don't know what that is.
She goes, your mother's had breast cancer, and I said, yes,
(00:33):
but the overwhelming majority of cases aren't hereditary. About ninety
percent of cases are not hereditary. And my mom got
the test to see if she has the gene, which
is a huge tell you do not want that gene,
and she doesn't have it. So I've been living my
life thinking, oh, I'm one of the lucky ones. My
mom doesn't have the gene. I don't have the gene.
And my doctor said, that is true, but that doesn't
(00:55):
really account for the ninety percent of people who do
end up with breast cancer. There's a lot of things
that go in it where we could just kind of
guess probability and let's do that test. So it was
a blood test and a questionnaire and I'm like, okay, great,
let's do it. And I came back as high risk,
which is really interesting because again, my whole life, I've
been living under the guise of I'm really lucky my
(01:18):
mom doesn't have the gene, which is still true, but
now I have to do things kind of differently.
Speaker 4 (01:25):
I had to.
Speaker 3 (01:25):
I mean, if I ate meat, I'm a pescatarian. I
don't eat meat, but she said, you might want to
cut out processed meats. I've been really cutting down on alcohol.
That's a huge additive. But now every six months for
the rest of my life, I have to alternate between
getting a mammogram and an ultrasound, and ultrasounds wouldn't be covered.
If I didn't know that I was high risk. Wow,
something really expensive and really important for me for the
(01:48):
rest of my life, and I wouldn't have known. So
I just wanted to incur I text my two sisters,
I'm like, hey, guys, guess what You're going to go
get this test for yourselves. So yeah, it's hereditary blood
test that's not a brand. Several different companies do it,
and maybe consider talking to your gynecologist about it to
see if you should figure out your likelihood of getting
(02:09):
breast cancer in your life.
Speaker 4 (02:10):
Yep, there you ah.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
And there are some people and Daniel talks about this
all the time that some people who just don't want
to know that's it because they think if they know,
then that's when the trouble begins. Well, no, you need
to know before the trouble begins or as it's beginning.
Speaker 5 (02:23):
You know.
Speaker 6 (02:24):
I actually found out I was high risk from my
breast reduction surgery. Wow, because whatever they take out of
you they need to send away to get tested and
it came back with some kind of something and it
said you just need to be monitored. So just like you,
I go to a breast expert every six months and
I get my mammograms and I get an ultrasound when
(02:45):
I get my mammogram, just to be sure because I'm
the higher risk factor as well.
Speaker 7 (02:50):
Wow.
Speaker 3 (02:50):
Which it's wild because breast cancer is I mean, no
cancer is super fun, but it's one of the ones
with early detection is more treatable. So it's a no.
I I don't want if I had the decision, but
I do want to know how I can prevent and
how I can care for myself, because again, early detection
is totally key when it comes to this. So I
think everyone should go out there and figure it out
(03:12):
for themselves.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
It's so strange to me how people are afraid to
go to the doctor. I mean, the doctor's there to
help you, especially if they're a great doctor.
Speaker 4 (03:24):
You trust them.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
I mean I sometimes get a little giddy knowing I
have an appointment. I can go see my doctor. I
love her. She's awesome. She's awesome. If you have an
opportunity to sort of in a way look into a
crystal ball about your future, why would you not want
to do that? Right Gandhi, Oh my god.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
Absolutely, I learned so much over the summer with everything
that was going on, and now when I do go
to the doctor, that feeling after when they give you,
like the hey, all clear, it's such a breath of
a fresh breath, you know, and it's a good start.
And even if there is something, to Sam's point, it's
good to catch it early. Yep, you can do something
of when you catch it early. When you avoid, it's
so much harder to deal with it when you catch
(04:03):
it late.
Speaker 6 (04:04):
So many people think if they avoid it it goes away.
That's not the case. And if you and or oh,
if I don't go get it checked, it's not really there.
It's not going to happen, and that's not the case.
You want to go get it checked so that if
it's the early stage, that's when you can do something
about it.
Speaker 4 (04:18):
Right.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
No, things do not disappear because you avoid them. I mean,
Nate's still here. There's Nate.
Speaker 4 (04:24):
They because I had the stroke in twenty the first
stroke in twenty eighteen, and then I had the heart
surgery right after that. Well, when I met with the
heart surgeon, he goes, you know what, I don't want
to make you feel bad, but had you come to
me ten years ago, I would have operated on you
and fixed the problem so that you would have never
even had the stroke. So sometimes it's not even just
(04:46):
going to see the doctor. It's going to see the
ripe doctor. You know what I mean?
Speaker 6 (04:50):
There you go and can I say one other thing?
You know your body, So if you think something is
not right, you need to push the issue because so
many times a doctor, will I say no, it's not that,
or no it's not this. But deep down inside you
know something is off. You have every right to push
the issue, to get the testing done that you feel.
Speaker 5 (05:10):
That's the thing.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
We live in a culture where we're afraid of offending
those who are educating.
Speaker 7 (05:16):
If you remember, back in twenty ten, I had a
brain tumor and I went to a doctor and I
told her I thought I had it, and she said
to me, that's not what you have. And I said, well,
how do you know? She said, I've been practicing for
twenty years. That's a one in a million disease. I've
never seen that. I said, what, it doesn't mean I
don't have it, right, I pushed and pushed and pushed
for a test, and guess what, it's exactly what I had.
Speaker 4 (05:35):
There.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
You go scary, You wanted to say something.
Speaker 5 (05:37):
Yeah, I just I'm one of those people that have
been afraid of the doctor. And in this past year
I started making all the appointments. And yesterday I went
to a doctor to get a sleep study done and
I'm doing that for a couple of nights because I
might have sleep app And then I had a blood
draw yesterday. I hate getting blood drawn, and now I
have to make other cardiologists appointments, and I need a
(05:58):
doctor for every organ, seems like. So I'm starting to
go down the list and make the appointments and do
what I.
Speaker 4 (06:03):
Need to do.
Speaker 5 (06:04):
I love what you're doing it because I've always been afraid.
I have talk.
Speaker 2 (06:08):
We know Scary since he was a kid and the
thought of going to the doctors just terrified him. And
now now you look forward to Okay, let's see where
this adventure is going to take me. It may not
be a lot of fun, but you know what, it
is going to keep you around because you have people
here in love you who want you to stay around.
With that, said Sam, thank you for bringing that to
the attention of the class.
Speaker 7 (06:28):
Yeah, I cannot sure.
Speaker 3 (06:29):
Sorry, Can I put one more perspective spin on it?
For people who like Scary who didn't want to don't
just think of it as taking care of yourself because
a lot of things are hereditary and do run in
the family. So if motivation of taking care of yourself
isn't enough, know that you might save a family member.
So if you find out something about yourself, now I'm
hitting up my sisters, asking them when their appointment is.
(06:49):
You know. So, if you find something that's strong, hereditary,
gene go, bring it to the people you love, do
it for them.
Speaker 4 (06:56):
There you go.
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