Tackling Cancer with Olympic Gold-Medalist Kikkan Randall

Kikkan “Kikkanimal” Randall is an Olympic champion, active mom, cancer fighter and “Get-Activist.” In this episode, she shares how her positive attitude and athlete mentality have helped her navigate a breast cancer diagnosis and treatment, and she shares valuable advice for both oncologists and patients.

Intro :14 About Randall :17 The interview 1:56 Tell us a bit about you. Who are you? How did you get to where you are and how did you decide you wanted to be a part of the U.S. Olympic cross-country ski team? 2:18 How were you diagnosed? 4:44 How old were you when you first realized that you had this pebble in your breast? 6:00 What type of mentality is it that makes you such a phenomenal Olympic athlete that you were able to translate into this taking charge of your health and taking charge of your cancer as you move forward? 7:54 What was the best way for you to cope as you felt this loss of control going through your treatment in certain times? 10:40 What did you do to prepare for your clinic visits when you were trying to advocate for yourself? 14:53 How did you navigate the disease with your son? 20:10 How long do they recommend for you to wait to try again (to conceive)? Did you have those conversations? 23:40 Do you feel like you are mentally approaching this period of your post-cancer care or your post-treatment time? 27:22 Randall running a marathon following the completion of her treatment 31:40 How did you get involved with Healthy Futures and Fast and Female, and what exactly do they do? 35:15 Did the way that you participate in advocacy change after you were diagnosed with cancer? 40:02 One thing you wish oncologists knew when they are treating patients with any kind of cancer, and one thing patients should know if they’re newly diagnosed? 45:40 How to find Randall 47:39

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Kikkan Randall is an Olympic champion, active mom, cancer fighter and “Get-Activist.”

Disclosures: Jain reports she is a paid freelance writer for Lippincott.