#45 - Kandace McMenomy | Diagnosed at age 30. Stage II to Stage IV and why she keeps running marathons!

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In today's podcast Breast Cancer Conversations, we speak with breast cancer thriver, Kandace McMenomy from Laguna Beach, CA. It is such a pleasure speaking with Kandace. She is full of positivity, experiences, and a great outlook on life. As a marathon runner, she never imaged that she would be diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 30. 5 years later, it had metastasized throughout her body. She still runs, appreciates every day, and is responding well to her current treatments. Welcome to the conversation.

Podcast with Kandace:
Lupron side effects 3:30
Lymphedema 4:40
Marathon runner and finding out I had cancer at the age 30. 10:12
What just happened to me (Kandace)? 13:45
How did Laura find out she had cancer 27:50
Lymph node involvement 33:00
Fertility and harvesting eggs 38:00
Kadance’s treatment plan with chemo and radiation 40:00
Don’t take things for granted 45:00
Remaining on Lupron and Stopping the Aromatases Inhibitors (Exemestane) 48:00
5-year mark diagnosed with metastatic 6 months after having a clear pet scan 51:34
Ibrance 55:00
Should we have our ovaries removed? 58:00
How am I handling treatment, how do you define tired? 1:01:00
Did you ever get back into running marathons after your diagnosis? 1:08:00

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Quotes:
1:11:05 Kandace: “So I remember coming up to, you know, towards the end of the race, and about a mile and a half, yet to the finish line, I just come up to this crowd of people that are stopped. And I don't run with my phone. And I thought, oh my god, what? Why are we stopped and not none of us knew what we're going what was going on? We started to hear the helicopters and I thought something weird is going on. So I asked somebody that was standing next to me if I could borrow their phone to call my mom because my mom and her girlfriend, my aunt and uncle were at the finish line . And I couldn't get through, right. So I use the phone to call my dad in LA. And I said, you need to get ahold of mom and you need to tell me where I'm supposed to go.”

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