IGG Extra 9

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Hello, everyone. And welcome back to the last
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IGG Extra of the summer. Of bummer 26. We are
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so ready for you to be over 2026. Seriously.
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Summer ending just means we're one step closer
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to that. Exactly. All right. Well, let's update
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on everyone. It's kind of been a lot in these
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past two weeks, Room. You've had a huge situation.
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Your last chemo. My last chemo. Oh, yeah. Like
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so huge. So let's kick it off with that. Oh,
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my God. It was rough. Like I didn't have one
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day of being symptom -free leading up to my last
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chemo. So I was excited, but I was also really,
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really scared. I had a lot of emotions. Yeah.
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That are hard to put into words because you've
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been, think about it, you've been getting chemo
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since March. March. March to now. Here we are,
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August. Six months. That's a really long time.
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And since the summer, you've been getting the...
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stronger, what's it called again? AC chemo? Oh,
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AC chemo. Right, which is more intense. Oh my
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God. And your side effects have been insane.
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I've never seen you, I've seen you sick, but
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I've never seen you, it's this longevity of sickness.
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Like it's just like. Which it's killing me. Right.
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How can one human feel like this and continue
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on for so long? But making it work. Here we go.
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She's paddling along and we're trying our best.
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We did. The day before my last chemo, I go in
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for IV hydration or whatever, and I thought they
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were going to tell me I wasn't going to get chemo
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the next day because my blood pressure was so
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low and I was almost throwing up and I was just
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so sick. I was like, oh my God, please hold it
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together so they won't cancel chemo on you. This
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has to happen. So it ended up being okay. They
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let me do chemo the next day. You and Connor
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showed up before we left with a sign and we took
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some pictures. Oh my gosh. If you could have
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just that morning, it was like we were just two
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little ninjas. Little cancer ninjas coming up.
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You guys wrote all over Anthony's car like my
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last chemo. Yes. Okay. And I was. I had like
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a little bit of like paranoia too because when
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we were at AutoZone, I went to like AutoZone.
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I'm like, this is going to wash off, right? But
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you know when you're like, and it wasn't your
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car, it was Anthony's car. So I feel like. Anyway,
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it worked out perfect. It worked perfectly. We
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didn't get a lot of honks on the way there, but
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on the way home, almost everybody honked at us.
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Well, I do. I feel like, and we posted on social
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media, and I had a bunch of people just messaging,
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honking. I'm honking from here. Yeah, I'm honking
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from here. I'm honking from there, which we feel
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love the support. But it was so fun to decorate
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that, see you, give you a squeeze before you
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left, and then you and Anthony and your mom.
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And we went. So I met with my oncologist for
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the last time, and she was... I haven't seen
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her since I had the MRI. So she discussed the
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MRI with me and she was very impressed with how
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the chemo has worked on me. There's no evidence
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of cancer like on a visible level, but people
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have to understand that there are microscopic
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cell situations. And with triple negative breast
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cancer, that's why surgery is typically scheduled
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exactly three or four weeks after your last chemo
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because you... Your body is, like, expecting
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the chemo to keep coming. So we got to, like,
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cut off the source here. Right, right, right.
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So now, like, cut it off. And then, yes. But
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anyway, so it was, chemo itself was fairly uneventful.
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Other than, I will tell this really embarrassing
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story. I'm really going to embarrass myself here.
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Let's hear it. We've had this, like, nausea.
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I feel like it's nausea gate 2026. Oh, my God.
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I've never seen you so nauseous. And I think
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the most frustrating thing for you is that nothing
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is working. Well, I should say, nothing had worked
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the last two times. Halfway through my AC chemotherapy,
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they decided to discontinue my IV nausea medicine.
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That was kind of working -ish. It was working.
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They discontinued it for several reasons, but...
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In my case, none of those things would have happened
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because of my Port and all this. So I wish
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they would have made it like a case -by -case
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basis instead of the University of Rochester
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like banning Phenergan altogether. But we've
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struggled significantly to get my nausea under
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control since then. So I have tried every medicine
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under the sun. Nothing worked. So they finally
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were like, well, if Phenergan works for you,
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we're going to give you some suppositories. So
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I'm thinking I have to take it before chemo.
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So put the suppository in, go to sit down on
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the couch, forgetting I hadn't gone to the bathroom
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in a week. And I'm like, oh, my God. Stirred
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it up. Ran into the bathroom. I'm on the toilet
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dying, screaming to Anthony. I'm like, make me
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a sandwich. Pack my lunch bag. I was like, we
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might be late. Like, we were literally. It was,
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like, five minutes before we had to go to the
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doctor. And you were just pooping your life away.
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Like, it caused so much, like, cramping and discomfort.
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So I didn't have any relief. Right. You know
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what I mean? You had no nausea relief. And then
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you just stirred up your whole bowel situation.
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Exactly. Right before you left. So that was rough.
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And, of course, I tell my doctor. She has an
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Irish accent, so it sounded funny, but she basically
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was like, oh, well, when we put things up our
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bum, they want to come out. Something along those
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lines. Okay, yes, you prescribed this, but okay.
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Okay, sure, yeah. The appointment was fine. There
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was a new doctor in the room. They did ask me
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to strip down, and they were both feeling me
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up at the same time in front of Anthony and my
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mom, which is, you know, that's where we're at.
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All modesties out the window. Yeah, all modesties
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out the window. And then chemo. We did it. We
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laughed through it. The part that got really
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hectic was, like, they kept reducing the time.
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She's like... I think you'll be done at 3. And
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then she's like, no, I think more like 2 .30.
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And then she's like, actually, I think it'll
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be 2. So we're like texting everybody. I have
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people coming from like 40 minutes away. Right,
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right. So we're like frantically trying to tell
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everybody the right time. Luckily, everyone made
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it. We all made it. Except for Tammy. Tammy,
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I love you. You still came. Yes. You still showed
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up in full Tammy fashion. But it was just like
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walking out. I don't have the words to describe.
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When I walked out and I saw all of you guys standing
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there, that was one of the most powerful moments
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of my entire life. I will never get that visual
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out of my head. And like, I don't know, I don't
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even have words for it. Like reading that poem
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and ringing that bell, it sounds so stupid, but
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like ringing that bell was just like... I did
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it. Like it was what I needed to feel. Right.
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That, that closure, that end, right? Like that,
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that end cap on it all, but surrounded by so
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much love, right? And so many people. So much
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love. That was like such a special, and everybody
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drove like 40 minutes to be there for me for
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like 10. Our friend Michelle had surgery the
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day prior and she was still there for me. I just
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feel so loved and so lucky to have so many people
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in my life who love me this much. And to just
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see you like stand there and ring it and do it
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like emotional, but also like, yes, like you
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are, we're on, we're ending this chapter and
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you are moving on to this next chapter of surgery.
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And it's just so empowering and inspiring to
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watch. Like, I mean it so much, Room, when I
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say you were like everything you've been doing.
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It's just such an inspiration to others. It is.
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And that was just like such a moment. And that
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was a big bell too. It was like a big bell. And
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it's like. Yes. Well, my nurse gave me the DL.
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Okay. I was going to say, did they prep you before
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we did this? Because I was like. She said it
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was hard. It's hard to ring. She gave me the
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exact like wrist motion to use. I was thinking
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that. I'm like, oh my gosh, give it a strong
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one. Get it done. Yeah. She's like, if you're
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stiff, it's not going to make a noise. And that's
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awkward. I was like, okay. But we did that and
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then, you know, came home and rested. It's been
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a really rough few days since chemo. I've been
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the sickest I've been. Yeah. A lot of throwing
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up, a lot of nausea. In like the last four days,
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I've eaten half a can of soup, a couple bites
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of rice, half a sandwich, half a quesadilla in
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four days. That's all I've eaten. You just can't
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get it in. And thank God you're going for that
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IV hydration because that's like I feel like
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what's keeping you. Yeah, so now chemo's done
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and now I have to just like rest, let my body
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heal and next stop, surgery. Yes, surgery. Here
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we go. September 18th, right? September 18th.
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Here we go. Room. We're getting there. It just
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feels like what a whirlwind, what a chapter,
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right? I'm definitely starting to feel the big
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feelings surrounding surgery. Like I was sat
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in the shower yesterday and just like looked
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at my breasts and I was like, I just was like,
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I am not, you are going to be gone. I've had
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them since I was in eighth grade, seventh grade
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maybe. Eighth, seventh, eighth grade. Like that's
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a long time. That's a long time for something
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to be a part of you. And it just, I think it's
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just a part of you. you that just makes you who
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you are. It's part of our femininity. Yes, exactly.
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So it's to think about it going. I actually told
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our therapist the other day, like seeing women
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sexualized on TV because of their breasts or
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on social media is actually really hard for me
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because I feel like I'm never going to have that
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again. Right. And that's hard as a woman. You
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know what I mean? Right. And I feel like you're,
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so you're like anticipating the surgery after
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closing this chapter and now you're feeling these
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feelings, right? It's just so much change. So
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much change. Yeah. It's been, I'm very emotional
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about it. You never know what you're going to
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get out of me because I don't, I go through so
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many emotions each day. I don't even know how
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to like, you know. Right, because you've been,
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this is not, it's just, it's been so long, I
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feel like, even though it hasn't, right? It's
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only been since March, but it's been since March.
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That's a long time. Six months, it's half a year.
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Right, half a year. That's a long time. That's
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a really long time. That's a long time and a
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lot is going to change and you're losing a part
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of who you are, but at the same point, you are
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ridding your body of this crazy cancer. I said
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to Anthony today, there's always going to be.
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Before March 12th, 2026 and after March 12th,
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2026. I know. I know. We just, you know, thinking
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about that day, like we just, I just ordered
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sushi from the sushi place that you and I went
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to right after. After my biopsy, yeah. And we
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just went thinking. It was nothing. Everything's
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going to be fine. Like, come on. Like, you know,
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the mammogram's going to be fine. Yeah. Let's
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have it. I had a great tequila sunrise. We were
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just like, it was just so normal. I know. That's
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the thing. Like, you're just going through. every
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day because it's just a normal day and you just
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don't know. what could happen to change and alter
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everything, you know? Oh, man. So crazy. Thank
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God we've closed the chemo chapter. Now we just
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have to get through this next really scary chapter.
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Yes, yes. But I do feel like you are very experienced
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in the surgery department where you were not
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experienced with this chemo shit. So I feel like
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this is your strength. Like, you know the ins
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and outs of other surgeries and you've been through
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so much before where I feel like a lot of women
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may be walking into... Yeah, Jaimee, our friend
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Jaimee. me yeah never had surgery before until
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she had a double mastectomy that's like right
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so you are just armed with so much knowledge
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and I think that's going to be on your side too
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so yes Well, that's what I've been up to in the
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room. What have you been up to in the last two
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weeks? Well, you know, Connor and I have been
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just two little ninjas over here. You guys. You
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crack me up. My little summer buddy. I mean,
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it's just, I have to tell you, I mean, Connor
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and I really do just have the best time together.
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I don't know what I did before him in the summers
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without him. We sat in the pool and we mixed
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vodka into slushies from 7 -Eleven and ate Red
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Robin. Exactly. Poolside. Yes. And dipped our
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fries in mayo. And that was our life. And then
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Connor came. And we're just like two buddies.
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And I feel like we were just on the mission the
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week of your last chemo. Yeah, we were. Even
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the day of you were, you know, getting chemo,
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you know, Anthony organized a bunch of stuff.
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And I'm like, okay, he was with you. So I was
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going to pick up, you know, flowers and decorate.
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Connor just takes it all so seriously. It is
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the best. And he's like top secret. Even when
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we came and we were riding on your car, he's
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like, this is the best. I know. I love how like
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into everything he gets. Hardcore, hardcore.
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If you could have seen him when we were decorating
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your house. So let me just cast the vision for
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everybody here. So originally, like you said,
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the chemo went really fast, but we thought we
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had to three. Anthony texted me and was like,
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It's going to probably be a little bit sooner.
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So I feel like it was like 1 .15 we were here.
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I don't know. But I was just really struggling
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to hang the signs. And I was looking for your
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hammer and nails. And then I'm like, we're outside
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and we're hanging the balloons. And just, you
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know how I get when I'm decorating. We were just
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so into it. And Anthony's calling and calling.
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Oh, my God. I know. Being like, you guys got
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to leave. Like, she's done. I started to call.
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And we got it all done. Oh, I stalled just for
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you. Thank God. I go, you are not ringing this
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bell without me. The nurse knew too. I was like,
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I can't do this without my best friend. I'm coming.
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Sorry. I was really into trying to pick it up.
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I was like, I have to change my t -shirt. It's
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going to take me a minute. You should have been
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like, I got to take a long poop. Yeah, I should
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have said that. But it was just, it was, it was
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super fun decorating. And I feel like we put
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Connor just, I don't know, to see and have him
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be a part of this, right? To bring you joy. and
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do things to just uplift you during this time,
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I think is really special. So him and I have
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just felt we were doing that. And I feel like
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our days have just been... You guys are always
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an adventure. The other day you went on this
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like bracket. Barnes and Noble adventure. And
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I was jealous. Yes, yes. So at Barnes and Noble,
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they do, you get it in the beginning of summer
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and it's like a bracket and you read and you
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go and you pick which ones are your favorite
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and then they give you a sticker. So we finally
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finished the bracket. So we went and we did that.
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And we, yes, we're just. Went to the hockey place,
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like getting stuff that he needs, getting school
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stuff. So like every day we have a little adventure.
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I know he claims he doesn't like running errands,
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but he's actually like the best to run errands
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with. He really is. And he's like, we pick, we
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choose our music. So right now we are playing
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all 1990s hip hop for him. And he's trying to
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decide like what rappers he likes. All knowing
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that any of these words he hears, he's not allowed
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to repeat. He would never break the rule. No,
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he would never. So he's like, you know, but so
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then, you know, we're listening to music and
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doing our thing. And it's just been, it's been
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soaking up these last few days of us together.
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And I do feel like with him going into middle
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school, I feel like I'm holding on to just this
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time with him right now because he's like 11,
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you know. I don't know what it's going to be.
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On the cusp of puberty. I know. Dun, dun, dun.
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I don't know what next summer is going to hold,
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you know? So just soaking in these days together,
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which has been really fun. You know what else
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we have to tell people about? What do we have
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to tell them? We did a little vacation planning.
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Oh, we did. Not little, big. We did some big
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vacations. We did, yes. Okay, Room, I feel like
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this has been your baby. Summer 28. Summer 2028.
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Jamaica, here we come. And here's what's really
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funny. Every time we do Connor's birthday surprise,
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he asks me if we're going to Jamaica. Is it Jamaica?
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He'll read the poem that has nothing to do with
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anything that has to do with beaches or islands.
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And he's like, is it Jamaica? We're like, no,
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we're not taking you to Jamaica. Well, this kid
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manifested it because we're going to Jamaica
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in 2028 to celebrate. For his birthday that year,
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I'm honestly going to write a poem that's just
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going to say, it's Jamaica. That's perfect. Yeah,
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so planning that, which I feel like it's been
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so good to cast the vision. Yes. Something in
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the future that you're excited for. It's taken
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my mind off of things in a way I could never
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explain. And Anthony, the other night I was talking
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to Anthony about the restaurants. He's like,
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I can't do this right now. We're like... two
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years away from doing this. I'm like, oh, I have
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to do this. This is like all I have right now.
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Like it's keeping me going. Right, yes. And that's
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what you need, doing things that make you feel
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good. Like what do we always say, right? Like
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you have to literally step out of your situation
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and watch a funny show or read a good book or
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plan something that gets you excited, that gets
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you going and that brings your energy up. It's
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so good. So I'm like, if this is, I go, unfortunately,
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Sean, we're gonna have to go to Jamaica because
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unfortunately. We have to just take one for the
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team and go because we've got to uplift all of
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us. He has to celebrate as well. Yes, he does.
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He does. He beat a heart attack. He beat a heart
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attack. He did. There are 60 people invited on
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this trip. This is going to be a wild situation,
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and I cannot wait. I cannot wait. He cannot wait
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either. And I have to say, Connor and I, actually,
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I should. I should more say Connor. He's already
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been researching the things that kids can do.
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You can be like certified as like, I don't know,
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scuba diving or snorkeling or whatever. And they
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have all these great kid programs. So yeah, he's
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really, he's really into it. I already told him,
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I'm like, did you see the thing with the bike
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on the water? I was like, we're going to do that.
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Oh gosh. Well, it's going to be good. It's going
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to be good. So we have that to look forward to.
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Oh, and you know what else we did this week together?
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We went to dinner. Oh, we did. We went to dinner
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with our friend Taryn, who is an amazing photographer.
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You know, basically she's the I've Got Guts photographer.
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Sorry, Taryn, this is your official job. There
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you go. We should get her a sash. We should get
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her a sash. Official photographer of the IGG.
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I love it. I love it. So we went to dinner with
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her and we took her out to the Classic to thank
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her for... We'll tell you guys. A couple of weeks
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ago, we did a little teaser online about we were
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going somewhere. And guess where we were going?
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Well, we were going for our photo shoot. And
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we went to the most adorable bookstore for it.
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It's called The Siren and the Sea. It's a bookstore
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slash coffee shop. Yes. We went and Taryn captured
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as she always does. Our essence. Yes, exactly.
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And I have never in my life had a photographer
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like take pictures of me where I don't like hate
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them. I'm always making weird faces or doing
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weird things. She just makes me feel so relaxed.
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We were like, we love all of them. We love all
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of them. Like it's so hard to choose like our
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favorite because we love them all. Well, we'll
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see our favorite soon when we release our season
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three cover. Yes, yes, absolutely. Absolutely.
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Taryn, we love you and we appreciate you. Thank
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you. All right. Let's talk about books. What
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are you reading? The Seven Year Slip. It's cool.
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You're still in it. I'm still in it. I've been
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really tired at night, so I'm not getting in
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as much reading as I normally do, but it's so
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good. I'm like cherishing every second. Ooh,
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love it. But I'm also reading like a... a cancer
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book. I've got a couple of things going on. Oh
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my God. So do I. Oh yeah. What are you reading?
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I know you're really passionate about it. I am
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so passionate right now. I'm reading a book called
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The Five Resets and I'm going to butcher the
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author's name because it's so like, I don't know.
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It's hard to pronounce. I don't even know how
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to pronounce it, but I'm going to say it right
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now. Okay. It is Dr. Aditi. Aditi? Aditi. Aditi,
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did I say it right? That's what I'd say. Nirakara?
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Niraka? I don't know. I'm going to pass it to
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you, room. You're better at decoding than I am.
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It's a little tiny. It's my audible. Wow, yeah.
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Niraker? I think. She's just so amazing. Yeah,
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that's a hard one. Wow. This book, I can't even
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begin to tell you. You know when you find a book
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that is meant for you? And that has happened
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to me a couple of times, but it's never like
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really, really happened to me. I always think
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about Gabby Bernstein when she told the story
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about how like she went to a bookstore and literally
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this book fell off the shelf and she like picked
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it up and read a chapter and then put it back.
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She's like, oh, I'm not going to read this book.
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I forget which one it was. And then she went
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back and then took it off the shelf and read
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a couple of more. Anyway, it like literally fell
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off the shelf. That's what happened to me at
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Barnes & Noble. Well, it didn't fall off the
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shelf, but there were so many things leading
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up to me finding this book. And I found it and
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I opened it. And the first like chapter was about
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her talking about her friend who's a runner and
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wasn't able to keep, like wasn't finding the
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drive to continue to run. And this whole parallel.
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And I was like, oh my gosh, this is the perfect
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book for me. And so it's basically... about rewiring
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your brain and body for less stress and more
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resilience. Y 'all know that. And it's just,
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I think, the perfect book at the perfect time.
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So that is what I'm into right now. But I'm also
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reading, Amanda Francis has a new book out called
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Holy F Word. Holy F Word. Okay. I just don't
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want to say the word. In case there's any little
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ears listening. also so good so i'm like reading
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that and then i'm just you know wasn't there
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a fiction there is a fiction book the one that
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we got in my library okay but i didn't start
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it because like i read a little bit but then
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i just got all roped up into these other things
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i know i'm going to i challenge you to read at
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least four chapters before your birthday before
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my birthday that's next week Okay, I'll do it.
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I'll do it. You know I love a good challenge.
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That's all you have to do. Four chapters by September
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2nd, please. I can do it. I will do it. That's
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your homework assignment. That's my homework.
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Okay, I'm on it. All right, so I'm really reading
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three books right now. What are you watching?
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Okay, we... Ted Lasso. Oh, yes. We're watching
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that, too. And then Reacher. We're watching that,
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too. And then Lioness. Okay, you were just telling
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us about this show. We have not watched that
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one. Good one. It's a really good one. She's
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an amazing actress. Is she the actress again?
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Nicole Kidman is in it. Nicole Kidman is in it.
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She's not the main. Oh, my gosh. The main actress
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is phenomenal. Zoe. Zoe. Zeldaris. Okay. Yes.
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I know I have heard the name. I just don't. I'm
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saying it with hesitation because I'm not a hundred
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percent, but I think so. I feel like, I think
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so. She's so amazing. Yeah. She's so good. The
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whole show is great. Oh, and there's her husband.
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Yes. Zoe Zeldana. Yes. There we go. And who plays
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her husband in there. Oh my goodness. Who, what
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was he in? I think he was in. Oh, my mind's blanking.
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Was it a show or a movie? A show. I think he
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was in the show with, yes, Dave Annable. Yes.
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Oh, Dave Annable. What was he in? Dang. I'm not
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going to think of it either. You have chemo brain.
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I don't. I don't know why I can't retrieve right
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now. Oh, Lord. It was like a family. Yes. I can't
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remember. Neither can I. But anyway, so good.
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You guys should watch it. So good. We don't know
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the name. So good. We can't tell you. Lioness.
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Lioness. Yes. I think you should do it next.
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Oh, Room. This is crazy. We are closing out summer
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2026. Last IGG Extra. Next time we come to you
00:24:11.799 --> 00:24:15.539
guys, we are coming to you. Season three. Yeah.
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Which is so crazy, which is going to be in October.
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Beginning of October. Beginning of October. So
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stay tuned for that. We cannot wait for you to
00:24:22.980 --> 00:24:25.859
see these pictures and our new cover for season
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three. And we do want to just throw it out there
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that I know normally we come back in September,
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but because I'm having such a major surgery,
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we wanted to just give ourselves September to
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kind of get through that and get me settled a
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little bit. So that's why we're coming back.
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October. Beginning of October. Yes. And it is
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going to be a really good season. Season three.
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We got a lot up our sleeves for you guys. We
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have so much up our sleeves. I feel like we've
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been just brainstorming and we're like, oh, we're
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going to talk about this. Yeah. Oh, we got to
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talk about this. Yeah. We got to interview that
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person. We got a lot. Yeah. So we've got a lot
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coming for you. A lot in store. Get excited.
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Get excited. And it's been, it's been a summer.
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It's been a bummer. It's been a bummer. And we're
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ready to say see ya. All right. So we will see
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you guys in October. But in the meantime, catch
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us on social media. Of course. Where we always
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are. All right. Signing off. Bye.