How do you make doctors see you when they keep saying “don’t worry” and you know something’s wrong?

Michelle Audoin asked her surgical team to show her what reconstruction looks like on a Black woman’s body. They had nothing. When she pushed for a CT scan, her “stage zero” diagnosis became stage four. Her invisibility in the medical system nearly cost her life.

In this conversation, Michelle shares the exact questions that force doctors to take you seriously: “Where’s the science behind that?” You’ll learn why dense breasts need supplemental screening—and why you can’t wait for the system to call you back. She explains how “I don’t know my family history” should qualify you for genetic testing, not disqualify you.

Eight years into thriving with metastatic breast cancer, Michelle created Uncovered—making visible what the system refused to show her.

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