S6 Ep13: Kelly on acceptance and taking on challenges

Breast Cancer Now

Kelly Crump is a model and influencer who lives with secondary breast cancer. On the Breast Cancer Now podcast she talks to Laura about finding out at the age of 40 that her cancer had spread, and how she feared she wouldn’t be able to continue doing the things she loves, like hiking and running.
But Kelly also shares how exercise, positivity and talking openly and honestly all helped her to live life on her own terms, even while living with breast cancer. She speaks about her experience climbing Mount Kilimanjaro and how she was the first person to post with a mastectomy scar in Sports Illustrated Swimsuit magazine.
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Key Topics:
1:45 Kelly is first diagnosed with breast cancer
3:44 Kelly is diagnosed with secondary breast cancer
5:28 The impact of breast cancer treatment on fertility
9:02 Kelly's lines of treatment for secondary breast cancer
14:10 The experience of when a drug stops working
15:45 Sharing a breast cancer story on social media
17:17 Challenging the perceptions of what a person with cancer looks like
19:10 Breast cancer and body image
21:37 Kelly climbs Kilimanjaro, and other challenges
26:36 Kelly's tips for taking on physical challenges
34:09 Dealing with the physical challenges of a cancer diagnosis
38:08 Dealing with death in the secondary breast cancer community
40:42 Important to talk about experience, challenge media perceptions
40:59 Kelly has to give up her career in fashion after her diagnosis
43:47 Making plans living with secondary breast cancer
48:51 Kelly models her mastectomy scars in Sports Illustrated
52:48 Positive attitude to body image after breast cancer treatment
54:40 What it means to Kelly to "live well"