Out in the woods and get the next gig and get paid. And youre talking about survival, youre talking about surviving death. Yes. Thats what were going to talk in the first segment. Because obviously, janice, when you got the news that you were diagnosed with Breast Cancer, you cant help but think about death, but in survivor, you learn how to live, learn how it fight, and learn what is important, ask what matters in life. The things that you used to its more on what you can talk about in an interview. You can write a book about it. What were going to try to condense the book today, and talk approximate how is it that you face death and how is it that you have learned that death is not as bad as people think it is, if you know how to beat it and live . How do you learn to live in the face of death . Guest wow, first of all you long as you have that faith, it will take you a long way, no matter what the doctors say, no matter what goes on. As long as you hold on to your faith, and stay strong, and just try to fight it. Everybody doesnt survive, but hold on and just pray. He will get you there it. Armstrong so when you say get through it, what is it that you have to get through . Guest at the beginning you dont know what youre facing. Youre so much information to learn. Armstrong its like going back to school. Yes, exactly. Armstrong but your life depends on it. Guest youre looking and researching everything that you can find out. And Breast Cancer having so many different stages, you dont know where to begin. I try to take it all in. Armstrong when did you stabilize, and what brought about the stabilization. I think i stabilized when i Cancer Treatment center. That is when i was focused on what i was egg about to go through. Armstrong somebody had to reaffirm with you. Guest i didnt believe it, because i never thought going in that that is what it was. Armstrong teamia, continue the story. So for me it was unexpected. I was a fulltime entrepreneur only 27 years old at the time, and i had no Family History at all. So to find out that you cancer, on was on my way to be a Marketing Coordinator for an event, and i said this cannot be my reality right now. And so as tears were running down my face, all i could think is i have an option right now. I can choose to live or i can choose to allow this to overtake me. Im not one to pity my pit. I didnt want those who were looking up to me or facing situations like that to feel as if they have to give up. You van option, and i chose that, i was going to fight at that moment. Your youre an mother. Guest i had Breast Cancer. Armstrong Breast Cancer, and especially with children in play, youre young, youre in the prime of your life, what is it that you had beyond what the doctor was telling you, because you know, the doctor doesnt always have the all the answers. Guest yes. Armstrong how is it that you survive. Talk about the thing that the doctor could not tell me . Guest as for me my doctor, actually when i first got diagnosed, he kept telling me that everything was okay, that i was fine, that nothing was there so i had to go to a whole another doctor. For me i had to use my faith that i had. At the time i had faith, but cancer. I sort of lost the faith and i was like im about to die. I started to give up. It was my 8yearold son that put everything together for me like you have something to live for and you need to continue to fight for what you need. Armstrong so maya, i can tell you are a force. Youre tough. [ laughter ] you face challenges in your life. This is just one of though challenges. Was this significantly different . Cancer survivor, my third recurrence, my second recurrence ended in a terminal diagnosis. In 2013 i was being terminal. So i had to find a way to live. For me, it was just determination, and finding another source. Even though my doctor said there was nothing else that they could do. They were ready to send you off to hospice. Everything. I was determined to live. I had a daughter first year in college, first year in high school and i just could not what did you do . What i did i tried to find other resources and in turn i found a Clinical Trial for a drug called avaxan which eventually saved my life. So you were like a guinea pig. I was. You were willing to do that . Yes. Why did it i would like to believe that it worked paws of my great because of my great faith in god. I believe he provided this drug that was a miracle for me. It may not have been a miracle for others. What did the labs show for this drug. What did the labs show when they tested this drug on others. Avasta was fda approved for colon condition cancer and not for ovarian cancer. More favorable than it was for colon cancer. So even though the side effects were really scary, you are talking about organ damage, and death. With Clinical Trials theres no guarantee. Armstrong theres a price is what youre saying . Yes. How long have you been on the drug . I was on the drug for nine months. Guest nine months . 9013. Armstrong so about three years. From a death sentence to guest yes. Armstrong theres a story. This is what survival is about. They are survivors, but they never stop being survivors, thats the funny thing about this conversationful we will come pack with much more indepth to learn about their stories. You learn about their stories. You learn about others who are facing the same, and others this will soon face the same death disease. Im armstrong williams. Its about how you fight it. You know we have these shows and people see it as entertainment, its just another show, about the you know what, this is more than a show. This is life. And you know, its a challenge. You know when the bible tells us that man is born to a woman but with a few days on the earth, filled with trials and tribulations. Yes. Thats jury everyday is a trial, and then there are contribute lations, but the days are not the same the way the sun comes up, the way you see yourself. How has this changed . A positive change for me, i just appreciate things a whole lot more. Im more thankful, even when i rise up, i thank god for allowing me another day, because theres people that are dying everyday especially from this cancer period. They are sad stories, he allowed toe moo to get up and keep on going to have i survived. That is what im thankful for. How do you get to the point where youre ultimate freedom, you dont care about dying. That takes care of itself. You take care of what you got to do, and dying takes care of itself. Guest when do you get to that point. Have you gotten to that point. I think i have gotten to that point in helping others. When yo organization where we financially, physically, and spiritually assist Cancer Patients, survivors, and their caregivers. A lot of people in the fight, people focus on Cancer Patients, not understanding that theres somebody taking that person to treatments and things like that. Theres someone that is helping to take care of children or spouse or do household things as well as family affected by because there was somebody else out there that needed me. A lot of times we hear these heroic stories of survivors, but there are a lot of Cancer Patients right now that are enduring Cancer Treatments alone. They dont have someone, you know with them at treatments. They dont have a large army of people, we are supporting you. There are single mothers who are going to chemotherapy every day. And then going ho care of their kids. There are parents that their children are doing nosed with cancer diagnosed with parents. And one parent has to foregoing to work, causing them to be financially handicap to to make sure that their child is okay. That driving force to continue to live is that other people will never, ever have to endure what i did. Meaning receiving a terminal diagnosis and give up. It doesnt matter what they say, you still have to fight. Even if you die, its not at waft thing. Correct me if my premises off. Especially around 30. Its one thing if somebody is 60, 70s, and much of their life is behind them. On the 30 years old, you learn it about do is cry. I dont understand, because if they dont give mammograms to where they can catch it sooner. For me, i was stage 3, going into stage 4. For me it was dividing and getting ready to go through my body. I feel like they should start the mammograms early and they dont have to go through what ive gone through. Talking about, everybody body change, something can happen, you feel one way. Talk about the thing that you sense that can tell you that something is wrong, and you need to go see your physician. For me it was extreme fatigue. When i say i was exhausted. It was beyond the type of tired that you feel when you are running from place to place. I feel with my body feeling weak, i would literally wakeup feeling like i of going to this cannot be a normal type of exhaustion. That is what prompted me to say, something isnt right with my body. Beside feeling my lump, i just knew from my daytoday, im weaker than normal. It takes me a longer time to walk to finish tasks, im running out of breath. Im having shortness of breath. I had never had any surgeries and issues at all. When you feel like your body is off. Women we know our bodies and you know when something is not aligned, when something is incorrect. When you begin to feel that something is wrong, i would prompt you, it doesnt matter what age you are to go get it checked out. So janice what about the medicine . The di how do you adjust to that, and when do you finally learn, what it is you should take, and what it is that you do not need to take. Paws medicine and going because medicine and going to the doctor becomes such a big part of your life. The medicine can do but to remind that youre not no longer janice, and youre no longer maya. It remind you, as much as you want to forget. How do you deal with the they give you a lot of medicine, and you take it, but you have to find out, just like the chemo. They dont know for sure if the chemo is going to for you or onto. Its like a trial. They give it to you, and if doesnt work for you, they will give you Something Else to take. Im taking tomoxocin because i have neuropathy on my hand and feet. Its a constant test of the medicine. Every day you are like a human guinea pig. Yes. Because the body can reject it and it takes time. It does. Sometimes with a chemotherapy, not only is it attacking the cancer cells, but sometimes its attacking the good cells. It causes other issues. Like in my instance even though i have been cancer free almost three years. I had another battle post cancer called secondary in. Ds. Radiation that i have been doing my lifetime. With Cancer Patients and survivors, not only are you dealing with treatment effects now, you deal with longterm effects of the sometimes that are a lifetime effects. We will be back. Im armstrong williams. Survivors, true survivors. Welcome back to the show, im armstrong williams. An interesting conversation during the break. Were talking about, you want to feel good about yourself. You want the old look. You want to be glamorous. You are talking about sometime reactions from the medicine and then sometimes people will feel pity for you and they will treat you different. And you do not want pity . No, not at all. For me i kept my process private. I was determined that i was going to be very intentional about how i speak over my life and a lot of times not only do people feel pityful, but they give you a prognosis before you even found out what is going on. Sometimes, its the craziest thing, and sometimes people dont realize sometimes theyre rooting for you to die. Thats the first thing they will say. Oh, my josh, you have stage 4 this. And my grandmas cousin died media. And i was modeling at the time. I allowed them to see when i lost my hair when i went through the medicine. I even wore a wig, pulled it off for them to know that were still beautiful at the end of the day of the it was very hard. All ive seen is my aunt died from this, i need to hear positive words now. What advice would you give to others. Stay positive. Tell people the good things, let them kn a survived this. For the person around, sometimes silence is golden. You dont have to Say Something. Sometimes a person just wants to vent. Or sometimes a person wants your physical presence there. You dont have to Say Something, because nine times out of 10, if its something that you havent experienced yourself, you may Say Something that incentive. You may not know that its insensitive. People will say, its just hair, a 100 milliondollar business. Clearly its more than just hair. So sometimes just be quiet. How do you adjust to making sure that you dont the reactions from the medicines . Thats always going to be a part of the equation . I dont think its something that you can actually do. Your body is doing it. Sometimes maybe clean eating. A lot of water, staying away from certain food. Alcohol. Yeah. Cigarettes. Sugar. Sugar is a tumor. Alcohol and sugar. Really. Especially Breast Cancer. Thats what people dont understand, one the triggers for Breast Cancer is indeed sugar and alcohol. I heard soy sauce, have you heard that . No. What about natural . Its good for you natural. Soap and natural deodorant. With deodorant on your arms and to use the natural ones. Have you heard that. They said it could feed your lymph nodes falling asleep with the deodorants. Anything you learned that you can pass on . Clean eating, working out. Keep praying. You need to find an exercise that is specific to you, and your needs. If youre going through ovarian Cancer Treatment youre not you are going through Breast Cancer treatment you are not going to be doing a lot of arm strengthening. You have to know your body. Everybody is different, what works for you may not work for you. Yes. We will be back, and pastor will have a minute of wisdom and we will have final thoughts from our guests with true survivors. This is not acting, this is no . . . The scripture your final call. My final thoughts is keep up with your health. Get checked up. If they tell you not to get a mammogram. Keep forcing it and let them know that even though youre young, it doesnt matter. I have known people who are 17yearold who still had cancer. Make sure to stayon health. My final thoughts is that even though youre a cancer survivor, sometimes there are post cancer issues that you deal with ongoing and i want people to get into the term of cancer survivor awareness, and so i started a campaign called fight after the fight where i survey over 100 cancer survivors to fine out how they were affected most cancer, mental, spiritually, and financially and some the statistics are survive coming to this Parent Organization for that campaign, and my goal is to help others survivors postcancer to transition into great back into their everyday lives. Yes, i was just telling the young ladies, if your body is not right. Go check, and support local event, any kind of cancer and fundraisers. If you are a cancer patient, directly affected by cancer, dont wait until you are about to by stricted. Reach out to we can survive. We are here to help youment we have an Amazing Campaign fight after the fight. We do a lot with Cancer Patients supporting their families and caregivers. Reach out to us, we are here fresno. Armstrong williams. Com. Remember when they survive, we all survive. Let us all survive together. Good morning. Im kendis gibson. And im diane macedo. Here are some of the top headlines here following for you on world news now. Fbi director james comey is facing mounting criticism as his agency gets the green light to comb through emails from Hillary Clintons longtime aide. Many are questioning timing as word of the review casts a shadow on clintons campaign. Much more on that coming up. Breaking news from oklahoma where a murder suspect on the run for more than a week has been killed in a shootout with law enforcement. Michael vance had been charged with killing two relatives and shooting two officers. Spirit Airlines Flight from Fort Lauderdale to dallas was delayed two hours by a possible bomb threat. Passengers were evacuated while the aircraft was checked. 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