883: Marisa Peters: Mission-Driven Rectal Cancer Survivor

Shameless Leadership

Sara Dean

Education, Management, How To, Business, Self-improvement

4.7 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Marisa Peters is a rectal cancer survivor, women’s health thought leader, and founder of BE SEEN. Marisa was diagnosed with Stage 3 rectal cancer in 2021 when she was 39 years old despite being an otherwise healthy and active mother of three young boys. She is on a mission to help other people take their colorectal health very seriously because it is, well, very serious. This conversation was so informative and, dare I say, even fun! The timing could not have been more perfect as we recorded this right before I was scheduled for my second colonoscopy as someone who has a family history of colon cancer. This gave Marisa and me much content for fodder! Friends, listen to this episode, go sign the BE SEEN Pledge, and then get yourself scheduled for a colonoscopy. This is critical self-care. Listen in to hear Marisa share: Symptoms of colon cancer to be looking for: blood loss through poop, increased urine urge, stomach pain, extreme fatigue What you should be asking your doctor for if you have any concerns about color-tectal symptoms Her journey of being dismissed by doctors as she experienced symptoms over the course of 5.5 years before finally being diagnosed Your different options for your colonoscopy prep What to expect during your first colonoscopy How she talked to and continues to talk to her children about her cancer diagnosis and treatment What family support looked like and how they had to learn how to receive support as people who were used to being the givers of support in their community How to hold space for family and friends after they have gone through treatment - when they may be cancer free, but are still recovering physically and emotionally Why you and your family should take the BE SEEN Pledge to take steps toward maintaining colorectal health Links mentioned: Connect with Marisa and Be Seen: beseen.care Take the Be Seen Pledge: https://beseen.care/take-the-be-seen-pledge Marisa and Be Seen on IG Marisa and Be Seen on FB Marisa on LinkedIn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Shameless Mom Academy, episode 883 with Marissa Peters. Show notes for this episode,
0:08.5	including any links mentioned in the episode, can be found by going to shamelessmom.com and
0:12.6	clicking on episode 883.
0:18.8	Welcome to the Shameless Mom Academy. I'm your host, Sarah Dean. I'm here to give you and other
0:24.2	passionate, driven, unapologetic moms, stories, tools, resources, and a little bit of humor to help
0:30.5	you lead more powerful, positive, and purposeful lives every damn day. So let's dive in. Marissa Peters is a rectal cancer survivor,
0:44.4	women's health thought leader, and the founder of B-seen. Marissa was diagnosed with stage
0:49.7	three rectal cancer in 2021 when she was 39 years old, despite being an otherwise healthy and active mother
0:56.0	of three young boys. She is on a mission to help other people take their colorectal health
1:01.0	very seriously because it is, well, very serious. This conversation was so informative and, dare I say
1:08.8	even fun. The timing could not have been more perfect as we recorded
1:12.0	this right before I was scheduled to go in for my second colonoscopy as someone who has a family
1:16.1	history of colon cancer. So this gave Marissa and me much fodder for content as we talked through
1:22.5	her journey and my experience with colonoscopies and my family history. And we just dug into all the
1:28.4	good stuff. So I want you to listen to this episode and then I want you to go sign Marissa's
1:33.1	B-seen pledge. And then please, please, please get yourself scheduled for a colonoscopy. This is going
1:39.1	to involve you needing to ask your doctor for it. Your doctor's probably going to have to make a
1:42.5	referral. And then the referral people, they will call you and schedule it. It's going to be a multi-step thing. And it is also a
1:48.2	thing that absolutely saves lives because here's the thing. Most people don't know that they have
1:53.4	colon cancer until they've been symptomatic for a number of years, which was Marissa's situation.
1:59.0	And when symptoms begin inside of you, you don't know them,
2:03.6	you don't see them, you don't feel them, you don't know that it's happening unless you are
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