#47 - Diagnosed with Stage III at 27 & Thriving 8 years later | Interivew with Alicia Duncan

Love the podcast? Send us a text!Diagnosed with Stage III at 27 & Thriving 8 years later | Interview with Alicia Duncan by SurvivingBreastCancer.orgSummary: The Surviving Breast Cancer team and Alicia and Angela Duncan share stories from their cancer diagnosis and treatment. The team discusses Angela’s involvement with Hip Hemp LLC and the creation of vaginal pearls to combat against vaginal dryness. In addition, Alicia shares the raw details of her emotions during her treatment and how she used comedy to cope with her diagnosis. Topics: 6:02 Finding a new normal17:08 Vaginal dryness28:23 Alicia’s story36:03 Alicia receiving her cancer diagnosis39:44 Laura’s cancer diagnosis44:31 Radiation tattoos49:36 How Alicia coped with her treatmentResources: 0:55 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Quotes:9:39 Laura: “And I talked to somebody recently to who use the words I am healing from cancer because she was also metastatic, but talking about every single day, she's like fueling her body with like nutrients and everything to say, you know what, I don't even want to acknowledge the stage that I'm in because that's irrelevant. I'm living, right and you're overcoming and your challenge, everyone should be so proud of themselves, because this isn't something that we chose, it happened to us. We are. We were, I mean, we have choices, but really it's. Do I sign the consent form and take this like terrible chemotherapy? Or do I take my chances? And like, I don't know, try some other natural paths to see what I can do. And it's all such a very personal choice. So I appreciate you kind of just diving right in and opening up that landscape right there.”31:20 Alicia: “I used to say cancer, you know, it will take my hair, it will take my breast, but it's not going to take who I am. And that's what I told her. When I had to deal with the new norm. I thought I don't even you know, changed everything about me. But I said it's not going to take who I am inside. And it didn't you know, and that didn't change no matter what stage it was or now is.”Socials:Say Hi on Social:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/SURVIVINGBREASTCANCERFacebook:https://www.facebook.com/SurvivingbreastcancerorgPinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/BreastCancerConversations/Twitter: https://twitter.com/SBC_org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/survivingbreastcancerorg/_________________________Subscribe to our newsletter https://www.survivingbreastcancer.org/subscribe-1Donate to our cause https://tinyurl.com/yc9cgt4eAttend an event https://www.survivingbreastcancer.org/events Support the showListener FeedbackIf this episode resonated with you, we invite you to leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.You can also click the link in the show notes that says "Love this episode? Send us a text" to share feedback.Messages are completely anonymous.If you would like us to follow up directly, please include your email address in your message so we can respond.Latest News: Join our Mailing List - New content drops every Monday! Discover FREE programs, support groups, and resources from SurvivingBReastCancer.org! Become a Breast Cancer Conversations+ Member! Sign Up Now. Enjoying our content? Please consider supporting our work.