Podcast: Behind the Pink Ribbon

Petula Kincaid | Make the Time

My guest on today’s show is Petula Kincaid. She originally hails from Ireland but currently resides in Hong Kong. Petula shared her breast cancer journey and how she was too busy with work to make time for her routine mammograms. She also talked about…

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Christy Avila | Fierce Flat Forward

Christy Avila the founder of and current Vice President of joined us on the podcast. She was diagnosed with breast cancer after going in for a check-up with her mid-wife, as she and her husband were exploring a second pregnancy. Christy talked about…

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Stephani Tucker | It’s the Journey

On this episode, Stephani Tucker, the Executive Director at joined us on the podcast. Stephani talked about the founder of the organization, Randi Passoff, and her passion for raising money to stay local within the state of Georgia to support breast…

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Nia Hammel | Struggling with Loss

Nia Hammel joined us on the podcast to share her breast cancer story. In 2016, at the age of 35, Nia was diagnosed with stage 2B invasive ductal carcinoma. She thought the lump she had was fibrocystic and due to her menstrual cycle, until the lump…

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Shannon L. Puhalla, MD | Cancer and COVID-19

On this episode, Dr. Shannon Puhalla, medical oncologist and hematologist at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, joined us on the podcast to talk about the coronavirus (COVID-19) and the influences on cancer treatments. She talked about the…

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Melissa Eppard | Poster Girl

Melissa Eppard joined us on the podcast to share her breast cancer story. She was diagnosed with triple-negative, stage 1, grade 3 invasive ductal carcinoma in 2014. She talks about the difficulties with losing her insurance right before finding her…

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Sasha Milicevic | Bridging the Gap

On this episode, Sasha Milicevic shared her breast cancer journey. Sasha was 43 when she was diagnosed with stage 0. Sasha talked about having a lumpectomy followed by a mastectomy, which she had out not pure fear and ignorance. She talks about the…

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Lise Lozelle | Casting for Recovery

Lize Lozelle, Marketing Director for , joined us on the podcast this week. Casting for Recovery is a national nonprofit organization providing fly fishing retreats for women diagnosed with breast cancer. Women of all ages and stages of diagnosis are…

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Dr. Don McKenzie | BCS Dragon Boating, The Beginning

On this episode, Dr. Don McKenzie, a researcher at the University of British Columbia, joined us on the podcast to share his research project and the development of the breast cancer division in the sport of dragon boating. As a part of his research,…

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Karen Rowley | Leading the Way

Karen Rowley, a 22-year breast cancer survivor from Orange Co. California, joined us on the podcast to share her survivor story. She was diagnosed at the age of 45 with invasive ductal carcinoma. After finding her lump, Karen went through several…

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