Thyroid Cancer Survivor, Breast Cancer Thriver: Diandra Fields' Story of Hope
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
Physicians Committee
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🗓️ 4 October 2022
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Ten years after being diagnosed with thyroid cancer, Diandra Fields was dealt a second blow. Doctors again told her that she had cancer, this time in her breast.
While she is still in the fight, it is one she says she is winning, and she credits her devotion to eating a plant-based diet for helping her in this battle.
Why a plant-based diet? As someone with a master's degree in molecular biology, for Diandra, it all comes down to evidence-based science. And she knew the challenges she would face and is helping to teach the team of doctors who are overseeing her care.
She joins "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll to share her journey for the first time with the hope that she can help others who are in the trenches with her. Her optimism, enthusiasm, and smarts will certainly be that beacon of hope.
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| 0:00.0 | It wasn't until I got actually diagnosed and I heard that, that I kind of had a sense |
| 0:05.5 | of relief. |
| 0:06.5 | I kind of, you know, of course, was upset, but at the same time it was like, we just handle |
| 0:12.5 | it now. |
| 0:13.8 | And it's like all my life I'd been preparing for that moment. |
| 0:21.9 | Welcome to the Exam Room Podcast brought to you by the Physicians Committee. |
| 0:25.9 | Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion, Chuck Carroll. |
| 0:29.0 | Thank you so very much for raising your Health IQ with us coast to coast in the US and in |
| 0:33.3 | more than 150 countries. |
| 0:35.7 | Hi to everyone listening in State College, Pennsylvania, La Fiat, Louisiana, and Yerevan, |
| 0:42.1 | Armenia. |
| 0:43.3 | We appreciate you all helping to make the world a healthier place. |
| 0:48.0 | This is episode 75 of season 5, number 374 overall. |
| 0:58.2 | She was diagnosed with thyroid cancer at 23 and at 33, a second bomb shell. |
| 1:06.5 | This time, breast cancer. |
| 1:10.0 | It's easy to think that life had dealt Deontra Fields a raw hand, but she doesn't have |
| 1:16.0 | time for pity because Deontra is in a fight. |
| 1:21.1 | But it is a fight that she says she is winning and she says that eating a plant-based diet |
| 1:27.5 | is a big part of the reason why. |
| 1:30.6 | It's kind of like her not-so-secret weapon. |
| 1:34.6 | And Deontra is here to share her incredible story with us publicly for the very first |
| 1:39.3 | time. |
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