New Albany woman diagnosed with breast cancer at 28 to walk in Kentucky Oaks Survivor’s Parade
WAVE News -  Louisville, KY
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Kaylee Gayan'}, {'start': '23.199', 'end': '29.039', 'text': "certainly didn't, but she is this year."}, {'start': '26.720', 'end': '30.720', 'text': "Like this is really the first time I've"}, {'start': '29.039', 'end': '32.399', 'text': 'talked about it in a long time and'}, {'start': '30.720', 'end': '34.960', 'text': 'afterwards I really kind of shut down'}, {'start': '32.399', 'end': '37.520', 'text': "the whole thing because it's just so"}, {'start': '34.960', 'end': '40.719', 'text': 'painful and dark of an experience. An'}, {'start': '37.520', 'end': '44.239', 'text': 'experience Kaylee Gayan is talking about'}, {'start': '40.719', 'end': '47.680', 'text': 'now because she wants you to know cancer'}, {'start': '44.239', 'end': '50.559', 'text': "doesn't care how old you are. Kaylee was"}, {'start': '47.680', 'end': '52.640', 'text': 'just 28 years old when she found out she'}, {'start': '50.559', 'end': '57.280', 'text': 'had breast cancer. Triple negative'}, {'start': '52.640', 'end': '59.039', 'text': 'breast cancer is the most aggressive and'}, {'start': '57.280', 'end': '61.120', 'text': "it's the most difficult to treat because"}, {'start': '59.039', 'end': '65.280', 'text': "they normally can so it's negative for"}, {'start': '61.120', 'end': '67.439', 'text': 'all the hormones. Think about it just 28'}, {'start': '65.280', 'end': '69.360', 'text': 'at the time. Kaylee was a labor and'}, {'start': '67.439', 'end': '72.080', 'text': "delivery nurse at Norton Women's and"}, {'start': '69.360', 'end': '75.520', 'text': "Children's Hospital. She's a mom. Her"}, {'start': '72.080', 'end': '78.880', 'text': 'daughter Claire was just 5 years old. I'}, {'start': '75.520', 'end': '80.400', 'text': 'was scared to death that um her dad'}, {'start': '78.880', 'end': '81.600', 'text': "isn't involved in her life. I was scared"}, {'start': '80.400', 'end': '83.640', 'text': 'to death that I was going to leave her'}, {'start': '81.600', 'end': '86.799', 'text': 'alone.'}, {'start': '83.640', 'end': '89.200', 'text': "Um, so I mean it's terrifying. Kayle's"}, {'start': '86.799', 'end': '91.680', 'text': 'mom, Cheryl, knows a little about that'}, {'start': '89.200', 'end': '93.840', 'text': 'fear because of a family history with'}, {'start': '91.680', 'end': '96.640', 'text': 'breast cancer. My grandmother, my'}, {'start': '93.840', 'end': '98.560', 'text': 'mother, two sisters. 19 years ago,'}, {'start': '96.640', 'end': '101.200', 'text': 'Cheryl, found out that she tested'}, {'start': '98.560', 'end': '105.600', 'text': 'positive for the breast cancer gene'}, {'start': '101.200', 'end': '107.439', 'text': 'known more commonly as BRCA or BA gene,'}, {'start': '105.600', 'end': '110.640', 'text': 'meaning that she had an increased risk'}, {'start': '107.439', 'end': '112.960', 'text': 'of developing certain cancers. So as a'}, {'start': '110.640', 'end': '115.200', 'text': 'preventative measure, Cheryl took steps'}, {'start': '112.960', 'end': '117.439', 'text': "to make sure she wouldn't get it. I was"}, {'start': '115.200', 'end': '119.600', 'text': '40. I did the prophylactic bilateral'}, {'start': '117.439', 'end': '122.159', 'text': 'mistctomy and reconstruction'}, {'start': '119.600', 'end': '124.560', 'text': 'hysterctomy. Like the whole, you know,'}, {'start': '122.159', 'end': '126.960', 'text': "uh the risk is just 80%. You don't mess"}, {'start': '124.560', 'end': '130.399', 'text': 'with that. Because of a family history'}, {'start': '126.960', 'end': '133.360', 'text': "with breast cancer, Kayle's OBGYn, Dr."}, {'start': '130.399', 'end': '136.080', 'text': 'Maria Schwikler, strongly encouraged her'}, {'start': '133.360', 'end': '139.920', 'text': 'to get genetic testing done, too. is'}, {'start': '136.080', 'end': '142.680', 'text': 'very um I mean lucky she agreed to test.'}, {'start': '139.920', 'end': '145.920', 'text': 'We got her set up for her just screening'}, {'start': '142.680', 'end': '148.319', 'text': 'MRI and um one thing I will say about'}, {'start': '145.920', 'end': '151.040', 'text': "Norton's their um breast health center"}, {'start': '148.319', 'end': '153.040', 'text': 'is amazing because when she went in for'}, {'start': '151.040', 'end': '154.959', 'text': 'her MRI when the radiologist read the'}, {'start': '153.040', 'end': '156.879', 'text': 'report he called her right back in and'}, {'start': '154.959', 'end': '159.200', 'text': 'he did the biopsy that day he was so'}, {'start': '156.879', 'end': '161.120', 'text': 'concerned about what he saw on MRI and'}, {'start': '159.200', 'end': '163.519', 'text': 'then it was found. These tests were'}, {'start': '161.120', 'end': '167.000', 'text': "critical because Kaye didn't have any"}, {'start': '163.519', 'end': '169.280', 'text': 'symptoms, but the cancer was there and'}, {'start': '167.000', 'end': '172.239', 'text': 'aggressive, so things had to move'}, {'start': '169.280', 'end': '174.720', 'text': 'quickly. Kaye took steps to preserve her'}, {'start': '172.239', 'end': '176.879', 'text': 'fertility since she was so young. She'}, {'start': '174.720', 'end': '179.280', 'text': 'also started chemo, had a double'}, {'start': '176.879', 'end': '182.560', 'text': 'mastctomy, including reconstruction,'}, {'start': '179.280', 'end': '185.360', 'text': 'lymph node removal, and 25 rounds of'}, {'start': '182.560', 'end': '188.080', 'text': 'radiation. I numbed myself through that'}, {'start': '185.360', 'end': '189.840', 'text': 'process and I truly did day by day. Did'}, {'start': '188.080', 'end': '193.200', 'text': 'whatever I had to do just to make sure I'}, {'start': '189.840', 'end': '195.440', 'text': 'kept living. The journey took 13 months.'}, {'start': '193.200', 'end': '198.400', 'text': 'One of the many hard parts was losing'}, {'start': '195.440', 'end': '201.840', 'text': "her hair. Kayle's family got her through"}, {'start': '198.400', 'end': '204.959', 'text': 'it, especially her daughter. She would'}, {'start': '201.840', 'end': '207.680', 'text': 'make me happy, like try and make me'}, {'start': '204.959', 'end': '211.120', 'text': 'happy on days on my bad days. The bad'}, {'start': '207.680', 'end': '215.239', 'text': 'days are thankfully over. Three years'}, {'start': '211.120', 'end': '218.159', 'text': "later, she's cancer free. Now I"}, {'start': '215.239', 'end': '220.400', 'text': 'am living each day to be a healthier'}, {'start': '218.159', 'end': '224.239', 'text': 'version of myself. Gaylee is honored to'}, {'start': '220.400', 'end': '226.400', 'text': 'be among the 150 survivors and fighters'}, {'start': '224.239', 'end': '229.120', 'text': "in this year's survivors parade. Her"}, {'start': '226.400', 'end': '230.959', 'text': 'mother will be walking along her side.'}, {'start': '229.120', 'end': '232.400', 'text': "And I think it's going to be"}, {'start': '230.959', 'end': '235.440', 'text': 'celebration. Yeah, a very good'}, {'start': '232.400', 'end': '237.680', 'text': 'celebration moment. The real win on Oaks'}, {'start': '235.440', 'end': '240.239', 'text': "Day isn't about the money. It's about"}, {'start': '237.680', 'end': '242.080', 'text': 'the fight and life. like whenever you'}, {'start': '240.239', 'end': '244.159', 'text': "see somebody around you, it's like"}, {'start': '242.080', 'end': '247.200', 'text': "you're in a trauma bond together, you"}, {'start': '244.159', 'end': '248.799', 'text': "know. So, um you know what they've"}, {'start': '247.200', 'end': '251.120', 'text': 'experienced, you know what it feels like'}, {'start': '248.799', 'end': '253.120', 'text': "and you're just on a different whole"}, {'start': '251.120', 'end': '256.560', 'text': 'different page and level with with other'}, {'start': '253.120', 'end': '258.479', 'text': 'women that have experienced this.'}, {'start': '256.560', 'end': '260.639', 'text': 'And Kaylee still sees an oncologist'}, {'start': '258.479', 'end': '262.720', 'text': 'every six months. Her message to other'}, {'start': '260.639', 'end': '264.639', 'text': 'women, no matter what your age is, if'}, {'start': '262.720', 'end': '267.120', 'text': 'you have family history, consider'}, {'start': '264.639', 'end': '269.600', 'text': "genetic testing. That's what saved her."}, {'start': '267.120', 'end': '272.240', 'text': 'Get annual screenings and advocate for'}, {'start': '269.600', 'end': '273.680', 'text': 'yourself. Vote and know what the leaders'}, {'start': '272.240', 'end': '275.600', 'text': 'around you support when it comes to'}, {'start': '273.680', 'end': '277.840', 'text': "women's health. You can watch our"}, {'start': '275.600', 'end': '281.120', 'text': 'coverage of the survivors parade Friday'}, {'start': '277.840', 'end': '281.120', 'text': 'afternoon during Oaks.'}]