Kate Zickel

How do I identify myself on the show? I'm from Alexandria, Virginia. I run a digital marketing agency out of my home. Married, which is awesome.

How do I identify myself on the show? I'm from Alexandria, Virginia. I run a digital marketing agency out of my home. Married, which is awesome.

How do I identify myself on the show? I'm from Alexandria, Virginia. I run a digital marketing agency out of my home. Married, which is awesome.

Let me put it this way. Were it not for the advances in medical technology that have happened just in the last five to ten years, I may not be here.

Let me put it this way. Were it not for the advances in medical technology that have happened just in the last five to ten years, I may not be here.

Let me put it this way. Were it not for the advances in medical technology that have happened just in the last five to ten years, I may not be here.

Went through chemo, radiation, double mastectomy and reconstruction surgery. It took about a year from September of 2017 to September of 2018. And then after that, thought I was in remission. Took hormone suppressors for two years before being diagnosed with a recurrence at stage four metastatic disease after it had moved to my bones and my lungs.

Went through chemo, radiation, double mastectomy and reconstruction surgery. It took about a year from September of 2017 to September of 2018. And then after that, thought I was in remission. Took hormone suppressors for two years before being diagnosed with a recurrence at stage four metastatic disease after it had moved to my bones and my lungs.

Went through chemo, radiation, double mastectomy and reconstruction surgery. It took about a year from September of 2017 to September of 2018. And then after that, thought I was in remission. Took hormone suppressors for two years before being diagnosed with a recurrence at stage four metastatic disease after it had moved to my bones and my lungs.

Yeah. So I've had metastatic cancer for almost five years. And the thing about metastatic breast cancer now is that it's not always the immediate death sentence that it used to be. You can actually live a pretty long time with metastatic breast cancer depending on where it is in your body and how quickly it grows.

Yeah. So I've had metastatic cancer for almost five years. And the thing about metastatic breast cancer now is that it's not always the immediate death sentence that it used to be. You can actually live a pretty long time with metastatic breast cancer depending on where it is in your body and how quickly it grows.

Yeah. So I've had metastatic cancer for almost five years. And the thing about metastatic breast cancer now is that it's not always the immediate death sentence that it used to be. You can actually live a pretty long time with metastatic breast cancer depending on where it is in your body and how quickly it grows.

So I was originally diagnosed with breast cancer at 29 years old. No family history at all. No indications that that would be a thing in my life. And, you know, you just hear, you know, you hear all the ads and the awareness about self-checks that you should do. And we typically don't recommend mammograms until the age of 40 or actually 50, really.

So I was originally diagnosed with breast cancer at 29 years old. No family history at all. No indications that that would be a thing in my life. And, you know, you just hear, you know, you hear all the ads and the awareness about self-checks that you should do. And we typically don't recommend mammograms until the age of 40 or actually 50, really.

So I was originally diagnosed with breast cancer at 29 years old. No family history at all. No indications that that would be a thing in my life. And, you know, you just hear, you know, you hear all the ads and the awareness about self-checks that you should do. And we typically don't recommend mammograms until the age of 40 or actually 50, really.

But they're starting to change that now that we're seeing more and more young women diagnosed with breast cancer. So I was pretty young. I was 29 and then I was, I think, 37. three when my recurrence was diagnosed.

But they're starting to change that now that we're seeing more and more young women diagnosed with breast cancer. So I was pretty young. I was 29 and then I was, I think, 37. three when my recurrence was diagnosed.

But they're starting to change that now that we're seeing more and more young women diagnosed with breast cancer. So I was pretty young. I was 29 and then I was, I think, 37. three when my recurrence was diagnosed.

Yeah, people definitely still have the idea that a cancer patient looks wan and thin and pale. And people tend to have a very specific idea in mind when they think of cancer patients. And because cancer treatments have changed so drastically, even just in the last 10 years... It's actually very different now. I looked normal. You wouldn't know.

Yeah, people definitely still have the idea that a cancer patient looks wan and thin and pale. And people tend to have a very specific idea in mind when they think of cancer patients. And because cancer treatments have changed so drastically, even just in the last 10 years... It's actually very different now. I looked normal. You wouldn't know.