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SARA: IN YOUR NEW BOOK "CHANGING NORMAL" YOU WROTE IT WITH YOUR
HUSBAND MICHAEL.
YOU WERE FRIENDS IN COLLEGE AND THEN LATER FELL IN LOVE.
AND THEN HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH BLADDER CANCER --
MARILU: AND THEN LUNG CANCER.
SARA: YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT THE FIRST DOCTOR SAID.
MARY: I HAD BEEN A HEALTH ADVOCATE.
I WORKED WITH A LOT OF DOCTORS.
WE WENT TO SEE A DOCTOR WHO SAID THIS IS YOUR LUCKY DAY.
I HAVE A CANCELLATION ON WEDNESDAY.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE OUT THE BLADDER, TAKE OUT THE PROSTATE.
PULL DOWN YOUR INTESTINES AND THAT WHAT OUR EXPRESSION LOOKS
LIKE.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT IF YOU WANT TO HAVE SEX.
WE'LL PUT A PUMP ON THE *** AND YOU JUST PUMP IT SIX TIMES.
I SAID CAN WE HAVE SEVEN PUMPS.
WE'RE GOING TO DO CHEMO, RADIATION.
IN THE PARKING LOT, MICHAEL SAID I'M NOT LOSING MY ORGANS LIKE
THAT.
I SAID YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'RE GOING TO FIND BETTER WAY.
SO I TOOK HIM TO THE DOCTORS.
THEY DISCOVERED THE LUCK CANCER WE KEPT DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE
DID.
NO CHEMO, NO RADIATION.
DID NOT HAVE TO LOSE HIS BLADDER, HIS PROSTATE.
HAVE A NEO BLADDER NOT.
PUMP NECESSARY.
>> DID YOU AT LEAST KEEP THE PUMP?
>> BUT HERE'S THE THING, HE'S BEEN IN REMISSION FOR 12 1/2
YEARS.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] JULIE: MY GOODNESS.
YOU LOOK INCREDIBLE.
WHAT DID YOU DO INSTEAD?
YOU CHANGED YOUR DIET AMONG OTHER THINGS?
MICHAEL: CHANGED MY DIET AND DID A THERAPY WHICH ISN'T
CONVENTIONAL TREATMENT.
I DID SURGERY ON MY LUNG LATER.
JULIE: WOW, CANCER-FREE 12 1/2 YEARS.
[APPLAUSE] YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT SETTING
THIS PROGRAM FOR YOURSELF AND ALL THE THINGS YOU DO.
THAT'S ALL KIND OF LAID OUT IN THE BOOK.
BUT WHAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT LESSONS YOU'D LIKE FEMALE TAKE
AWAY -- >> FIRST OF ALL, BECOME YOUR OWN
HEALTH ADVOCATE.
KNOW YOUR BODY.
AND GET A SECOND OPINION.
READ A LOT.
GO ON THE INTERNET.
BUT DON'T JUST READ THE FIRST TWO PAGES BECAUSE THEY PAY TO BE
THERE.
IN OUR BOOK, WE OUTLINE EVERYTHING THAT MICHAEL DID.
I'M NOT SAYING I'M AGAINST CHEMO BUT STRENGTHEN YOUR IMMUNE
SYSTEM.
IMMUNOTHERAPY JUST A FEW PEOPLE WERE DOING THAT BACK THEN.
BUT THAT WAS YEARS AGO. EDUCATE YOURSELF.
AND CHANGE YOUR NORMAL IF IT'S NOT SERVING YOURSELF.
LEARN TO LOVE THE FOOD THAT LOVES YOU.
[APPLAUSE] JULIE: THANK YOU, MARILU.