Dr. Elizabeth Comen

And that has always drawn me to medicine and getting to know women, getting to know their stories, what their passions are.

Because when people get diagnosed with cancer or they're living with cancer, they're afraid cancer is going to come back.

It really brings up, what are you living for?

And I am drawn to those conversations.

I think when I was younger, I never imagined what it would be like to take care of that young mother dying of disease or that older woman that has so much to live for.

And there is a lot of death and dying and sadness.

And I don't think I was fully prepared for that.

On the other hand, someone in medical school once asked me, and I had an interest in sports medicine as well.

If you were diagnosed with something, who would you want?

If you were going to be your doctor, what would you be diagnosed with?

And of course, I don't ever want to be diagnosed with breast cancer, but I thought I would not want me operating on me.

I would be like, looks good enough.

Like, move on.

Okay.

I thought I could be in the trenches when it really goes down.

I just don't think I imagined the burnout that comes from that, too.

I'm going to write this book.

The truth is, I'm so honored to be here because you are one of the people that has really been such a disruptor and bringing women's health and the issues that we haven't talked about for so long to the forefront, to starting this incredible groundswell of people actually caring about women's health.

When I wrote this book, I felt that I had to, but I had no...

inkling that anybody would care at all.