Aug 8, 2024
In this special throwback episode, Shikha Jain,
MD, talks with Olympic champion Kikkan
“Kikkanimal” Randall, about how her positive attitude and
athlete mentality have helped her navigate a breast cancer
diagnosis and treatment, valuable advice for both oncologists and
patients and more.
• Intro 1:44
• About Randall 1:58
• The interview 3:22
• 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?
3:51
• How were you diagnosed?
6:12
• How old were you when you first realized that you
had this pebble in your breast? 7:33
• 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? 9:20
• What was the best way for you to cope as you felt
this loss of control going through your treatment in certain times?
12:09
• What did you do to prepare for your clinic visits
when you were trying to advocate for yourself?
16:17
• Can you talk more about the video blog you kept during
treatment? 17:55
• How did you navigate the disease with your son?
21:50
• How long do they recommend for you to wait to try
again (to conceive)? Did you have those conversations?
26:17
• Do you feel like you are mentally approaching this
period of your post-cancer care or your post-treatment time?
29:58
• Randall running a marathon following the completion
of her treatment 32:07
• How did you get involved with Healthy Futures and Fast and Female, and what exactly
do they do? 38:08
• Did the way that you participate in advocacy change
after you were diagnosed with cancer?
42:46
• 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?
48:09
• How to find Randall
50:26
• Thanks for listening
51:58
Kikkan Randall is an Olympic champion, active mom,
cancer fighter and “Get-Activist.”
We’d love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to Dr.
Jain at oncologyoverdrive@healio.com.
Follow Healio on X and LinkedIn: @HemOncToday and https://www.linkedin.com/company/hemonctoday/.
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@ShikhaJainMD. Randall can be reached at kikkan.com.
Disclosures: Jain reports no relevant financial
disclosures.