John Bolton - May 25, 2019


Sheila Bolton talks about having breast cancer

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Length

4 minutes

Words per minute

184.21

Word count

861

Sentence count

58

People

Also mentioned:
Sheila Ardeth John

Harmful content

Misogyny

4

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Summary

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My wife Sheila was recently diagnosed with breast cancer, and we have a long way to go to beat this thing. On August 17th and 18th, I ll be riding in the Ride to Conquer Cancer in Calgary, and I ll tell you how you can help support Sheila and help fight cancer in just a moment.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 Hello, it's John, and I'm doing right now what I'd normally be doing when I have some time off.
00:00:05.620 I'm riding my bike. Very often people ask me why I ride, and I tell them it's because it's good for
00:00:11.620 my mental and physical health, and it's fun. But this year I'm riding my bike for another reason.
00:00:17.460 I'm riding to fight cancer. My wife Sheila was recently diagnosed with breast cancer,
00:00:22.960 and she, we, have a long way to go to beat this thing. On August 17th and 18th,
00:00:29.240 I'll be riding in the Ride to Conquer Cancer here in Calgary, and I'll tell you how you can help
00:00:33.960 support Sheila and help fight cancer in just a moment. But first, I'd like you to take a couple
00:00:39.040 of minutes to hear Sheila's story. I found out I had breast cancer at the end of March this year. 0.98
00:00:45.380 I was in the shower, noticed that my nipple wasn't really reacting the same way as the other one was,
00:00:52.360 so I started doing a lump check. I was actually afraid to tell my husband that I'd found a lump.
00:00:58.820 I'd actually gone back to work, which I was working up north at the time, and called my doctor, made an
00:01:04.540 appointment, and then called my husband to let him know why we were going to see the doctor.
00:01:08.460 It was very scary for me at that time. Well, after we talked to the doctor, I had a biopsy done,
00:01:15.220 mammogram, ultrasound. I think the most worrisome part was when they came in and they told us that
00:01:21.540 there was a worrisome lump in my ultrasound pictures. So we went and had the biopsy done.
00:01:27.760 That was, I won't say painless, but it was a procedure that was very difficult. We waited for
00:01:38.660 our 10 days for our results to come in, and I was told I had cancer. Given I had 10 days to
00:01:45.000 listen to my brain in regards to what was going to happen, I figured with family history, I was ready
00:01:51.820 for double mastectomy. I was ready to have them both gone. I thought of cancer as a parasite. I
00:01:57.440 wanted it out of my body, and I didn't want it to have any opportunity to come back. So family history,
00:02:03.220 all of my aunts on my mom's side of the family have had breast cancer. In fact, they've had breast 1.00
00:02:07.780 cancer more than once, most of them. My aunt Ardeth passed away from breast cancer. It had gone
00:02:13.720 elsewhere in her body. I don't know that I can say that I've always checked for breast cancer,
00:02:18.920 because I don't, and I don't think any woman can tell you she does her monthly check like she should.
00:02:24.040 I think I was more surprised that I noticed a change and that I realized I was actually looking
00:02:29.180 for changes in my breasts than actually checking for lumps on a regular basis. So we went in and saw
00:02:36.660 our oncologist surgeon. There are more than one type of oncologist, one thing I've learned since I've
00:02:42.940 had cancer. The oncologist surgeon advised that we didn't need to do a double mastectomy. We didn't
00:02:50.240 even need to do a single mastectomy. He advised, because of the research over the last five years,
00:02:56.200 with this type of breast cancer, I could have a lumpectomy and a lymphectomy, and that should 0.87
00:03:03.720 provide us with all of the information we needed to proceed with cancer treatment.
00:03:07.700 We received the pathology reports, and I have been cleared for the breast cancer. The breast cancer
00:03:15.080 lump and all of its surrounding tissue has been removed. However, there were cancer cells found
00:03:21.320 in my lymph nodes. That doesn't mean I have cancer in my lymph nodes. It means there are cancer cells
00:03:26.300 that have gotten out of the breast and are in the body. First place that they would be seen would be in
00:03:31.140 the lymph node. So next step is I'm going to have chemotherapy. After chemotherapy, I'll have
00:03:38.180 radiation. At the same time as radiation, I will have drug therapy because my cancer is fed by hormones,
00:03:45.680 which is another thing that they found with this specific cancer with the research they've been able
00:03:51.060 to do. My advice to women is get checked. Get checked regularly. Do the tests you're supposed to do. 1.00
00:03:56.540 Do your mammograms. I found a cyst. I didn't find the cancer. They found the cancer by the mammogram
00:04:03.160 because I found a cyst. Make sure you're getting your tests done. You know, I had wonderful treatment
00:04:09.620 so far. I would love to have other people have that type of treatment. Please help us help them.
00:04:17.700 Chances are you know somebody, or sadly, somebody you know has passed away because of cancer.
00:04:23.040 But luckily, because of donations by people like you, more people are surviving this terrible disease.
00:04:28.900 By clicking the link below, you can help people like Sheila and others who are trying to survive cancer.
00:04:34.260 You know, I love every bike ride I go on, but this year I'm going to be riding for the woman I love.
00:04:39.820 Thank you.