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Oct 14, 2026
Invisible No More: Latinas, Breast Cancer & the Fight to Be Heard with Venus Gines
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5:56Venus GinesGUEST
... you know, in the fif- the late '50s, and I remember growing up that, you know, don't trust the doctors here.
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6:03Venus GinesGUEST
And for that reason I said, um, you know, he gave me the prescription to get a mammogram, and he says, "You need to get that looked at.
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6:10Venus GinesGUEST
In the meantime, you know, let's look- look at what's going on with your- your knee and your ankle and everything, the whole accident." So I said, "Sure." As I walked away, I thought, "Well, you know, I need to let him know before anything that what's going on because if it's breast cancer, I think that I need to let him know everything that's going on in my life." So I turned around and I said, "You know, there's something else I want to tell you.
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6:31Venus GinesGUEST
Um, I am very fatigue all the time, and when I'm under any kind of light or in the sun, I want to faint.
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6:37Venus GinesGUEST
And I've been realizing that, you know, I get these things on my face, and as a flight attendant, I have to put extra makeup because I don't want to have these blotches." And he said...
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25:52Melissa CarterHOST
But to your point, I mean, it's like a struggle because it's hard for some people and personalities to be able to combat that, don't you think?