Dr. Elizabeth Comen
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first heard Apr 2025
last heard 13 Jan
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Erstens bin ich einfach so entschuldigt, dass sie diese beschädigende Angst hat. Es ist extrem, extrem normal. Brustkanzer ist ein riesiges Trauma und es geht nicht nur um die Diagnose. Was wir oft mit Patienten sehen, ist, dass sie getestet werden und dann kommen sie in diesen Warrior-Soldat-Modus, den ich nicht mag. Sie kämpft um Brustkanzer. Okay, jeder will, dass sie den Kampf gewinnen.
No one who loses that battle wanted to lose it. So let's not use the war stuff. But there is this mentality, okay, I'm going to get to the next treatment. I know that on January 1st I'm getting this, and on the 15th I'm getting that. And there's this structure. And then what happens, the treatment is over for some women. And then they've got to wrestle with, oh my God, what did I just go through?
And even the smells, the picture of a hospital, the hospital gown, anything can be re-triggering. I always say that for women who are diagnosed particularly with that type of anxiety, that they talk to a mental health professional first. während und nach der Behandlung, damit sie es real-time prüfen können, aber auch in den folgenden Monaten und Jahren.
Denn ein Trauma ist ein Trauma und wir alle brauchen Hilfe damit.
I think in a lot of spaces I was advised to kind of behave and play small. And I can have a big personality and I can have opinions, but I definitely kind of fit that typical, you know, not to sound arrogant, but I went to like Harvard and Harvard Med School. And, you know, I was like a dancer, but I'm a little out of the box. And I think we're all out of the box.
And I think that's the thing, which is that especially for women, it's kind of like How do you have an opinion? How do you advocate for yourself? When to be loud? When to be quiet? And I think I spent a lot of my life people pleasing and worrying about what everybody else thought as opposed to just being myself.
And so I have two boys and a little girl and I just hope that I give them the opportunity to feel good in themselves. Being whoever they wish to be and worrying less about what the rest of the world is going to say about them. Because at the end of the day, it doesn't really matter. But I spent a lot of my life worrying about that.
Are you right? Are you right? I mean, I have friends that would joke to be like, how many times you say, are you okay? Are you okay? Are you okay? So, I mean, there's a little bit of self-sabotage in that.
I have been privileged to know some incredible people in my life. So I don't know that there is one woman and one statement. But there is a beautiful poem by Mary Oliver called Summer Day. Und es endet mit, was sollst du tun oder was wirst du tun mit deiner einen wilden und wertvollen Leben?
Und ich denke, im Hinblick auf mein Werk, im Hinblick darauf, wie viel ich gesehen habe, wo wir uns alle befinden, was ist Tod? Was wollen wir mit unserer einen wertvollen und wilden Leben tun? Also danke ich ihr für ihre Poesie. Es hat mich wirklich inspiriert.
Reaktion to your book. What kind of response and reaction did you get? Because I feel like
Vielen Dank, dass du das sagst. Weißt du, als ich darüber nachgedacht habe, den Buch zu schreiben, um die Geschichte der Frauen-Healthcare und diese schmerzhaften Geschichten aus der Vergangenheit und der Vergangenheit zu betrachten, I really had no idea if anybody would care.
I was at a place in my professional world where it really wasn't cared about that much, particularly by people in positions of power to really affect my career and change it. I had to kind of go out on a limb and say, I really care about this. I know my patients care about it. And my friends seem and my family seem to think it's important.
But I don't know, is anyone going to buy it or care about it or read it? I really didn't know. I think sometimes in life we have to bet on ourselves and bet on our passion. And bet that if you really believe in something that you've seen and lived and absorbed with every ounce of your soul, that there is a place for it. And maybe you can do good by sharing that.
I really, really, really appreciate that. It's been a volcanic year of change for me where I didn't know if there would be a place for it. I'm just grateful that I hope it's helped women feel a little bit more empowered about themselves and their lives. I'm glad you bet on yourself, Dr. Komen. Thank you.
I practice medicine at NYU. I'm also on social media, Dr. Elizabeth Komen, and otherwise out there, out and about.
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