One Scan Saved My Life (feat. Shira Boehler)
Unlocked with Savannah Chrisley
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4.4 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Savannah sits down with author and advocate Shira Boehler for one of her most eye-opening conversations yet. At 43 years old, Shira was healthy, active, a runner, and had never smoked a day in her life when a preventative scan revealed stage one lung cancer. What started as a routine appointment she almost canceled turned into the moment that saved her life.
Shira opens up about the shocking diagnosis, the doctors who initially told her not to worry, and the reality that lung cancer is increasingly affecting young, healthy women who don’t fit the stereotype people associate with the disease. She and Savannah talk about the importance of advocating for yourself, the failures within the healthcare system, and why so many women are being overlooked when it comes to early screening and prevention.
The conversation also gets deeply personal as Shira shares how cancer impacted her marriage, her children, and her faith, all while her husband was working on hostage negotiations overseas. From survivor’s guilt to purpose-driven advocacy, this episode is a powerful reminder that early detection matters and that your voice could save your life.
To learn more about Shira’s work, her book One Scan Saved My Life, and her foundation Cancer Doesn’t Care, visit https://www.cancerdoesntcare.com.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to this week's episode of Unlocked. |
| 0:03.2 | We have been talking about all things, health and wellness. |
| 0:06.7 | And today I have Shira Bowler on. |
| 0:10.1 | Welcome. |
| 0:10.8 | Thank you. |
| 0:11.4 | I'm excited to be here. |
| 0:12.7 | Okay. |
| 0:13.3 | So before we jump in, I want to talk about how I actually asked her to come on this podcast. |
| 0:19.9 | I was on a Southwest flight. |
| 0:21.6 | I was heading to, I don't even know where I was. |
| 0:24.6 | Austin. |
| 0:25.6 | Austin, yes. |
| 0:26.6 | For the- Yes. |
| 0:27.6 | For America 250. |
| 0:29.6 | And so I was headed to Austin and a friend of yours was on the flight and I were sitting |
| 0:35.6 | next to each other and I go to put my bag up top and it was a nice |
| 0:40.6 | handbag and she a guy like comes by and like shoves his bag on top of mine and she goes oh no not |
| 0:47.9 | the burkin and the moment she said that I was like I love you I'm savanna nice to meet you |
| 0:53.4 | yeah and then we started talking |
| 0:56.2 | and just about my business, female focused, health and wellness. And that's when you came up in your |
| 1:01.6 | story. And I was just, I mean, I was shocked. You are the author of One Scan, Saved My Life. |
| 1:09.0 | And we're going to go more into that because at 43 years old, |
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