00:00With the 30 years that I've been working for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation I've really
00:18learned how vital it is for women to look after themselves look after their health and particularly
00:23to be breast aware and so we've been spreading the word about that for a very long time and it's
00:27something that we continue to talk about all the time so that women learn to take care of themselves
00:32and not to feel guilty about taking care of themselves it's something we have to learn to do
00:36we tell everybody to familiarize themselves with their breasts and to self-check regularly and to
00:43go to their doctor the minute they feel there might be a difference or a change in their breasts
00:47and that's the most important advice we can give we've also tried to teach people the importance of
00:53trying to de-stress easier said than done but we know that stress can lead sometimes to health
00:59problems so we try to be as stress-free as we can that's a challenging one and we've also learned
01:04or are learning to eat as healthily as we can and to keep our food as pure as we can and drink plenty
01:11of water all those things that we're all told about but actually they all mean something and they matter
01:15we both love the countryside so whether we're in tennessee or we're soon going to be in england
01:22we like to be outside a lot with dogs at nature sort of casual easy things
01:27i mean we girls kind of do everything we not only work many of us have to raise families too so
01:35you know i've always said where would the world be without women
01:38there was this huge relief when sharing my story the first time i think it's so hard to pretend like
01:47you're okay when you're not when i finally got to say like i'm not okay and here's why the support
01:54that came in after that just really like helped lift me in a way that i didn't even know was gonna
01:58happen i mean just talking to other patients i think has been huge i have a friend she's stage four
02:04but 10 years as stage four so finding stories like that is what gives me hope and peace with with my
02:10situation i think the best thing to do is find community you can do that anonymously through
02:16different forums you know you can do that publicly through your own forum but the support has been so
02:21big and just hearing other people's stories and just knowing like hey i made it to here you're
02:26going to make it to here too
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