Susie Wiles
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“For me, my family, my faith, and continuing to work and serve the president and the country gave me purpose,”
Susie Wiles · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-18
Wiles said her family, faith, and continuing to work and serve the president and country gave her purpose during treatment.
“We all have reasons to put things off … but you cannot be too busy to take care of your health. I learned that in a very personal way.”
Susie Wiles · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-18
Wiles said people cannot be too busy to take care of their health, a lesson she learned personally.
“I was surrounded by people who loved me, prayed for me and supported me. And I had faith that whatever happened, God was with me.”
Susie Wiles · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-18
Wiles said she was surrounded by people who loved, prayed for and supported her, and that her faith sustained her.
“Those were the things that reminded me there was so much in my life beyond cancer.”
Susie Wiles · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-18
Wiles said those things reminded her there was so much in her life beyond cancer.
“Between reading everything I can get my hands on, hearing often from Secretary Kennedy about healthy living and following my doctors’ recommendations, I have recommitted myself to doing the things we know are good for us and that will put me in the best possible position to avoid a recurrence.”
Susie Wiles · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-18
Wiles said she has recommitted herself to healthy habits, including hearing from Secretary Kennedy about healthy living and following her doctors' recommendations.
“I told him I wasn’t due for another few months and I’d come back.”
Susie Wiles · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-18
Wiles initially told her doctor she was not due for her mammogram for another few months and would come back later.
“I had faith that whatever happened, God was with me.”
Susie Wiles · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-18
Wiles said her faith sustained her through her cancer diagnosis.
“I am far more conscious of the need for a clean and healthy diet, how important sleep is to your body, and the importance of exercise — even something as simple as getting up, moving and walking outside,”
Susie Wiles · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-18
Now cancer-free, Wiles said she places a higher priority on healthy habits including diet, sleep and exercise.
“And for me, most importantly, trust God.”
Susie Wiles · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-18
Wiles said that most importantly for her, she trusts God.
“My doctor asked if I wanted to get it out of the way,”
Susie Wiles · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-18
Wiles recounted that during her annual checkup, her doctor asked if she wanted to get her mammogram out of the way early.
“We take care of our families, our jobs and everyone who depends on us, and we convince ourselves that our own appointment can wait another week or another month.”
Susie Wiles · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-18
Wiles said people take care of families, jobs and others who depend on them, convincing themselves their own appointment can wait.
“We would be having a very different conversation in that case. Four months may not sound like a long time, but with cancer, early detection matters. I will always be grateful to my doctor for knowing me well enough to insist.”
Susie Wiles · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-18
Wiles emphasized that with cancer, early detection matters and expressed gratitude to her doctor for insisting on the scan.
“I felt fine. I was working every day in one of the most demanding jobs imaginable. There was nothing telling me that I had cancer,”
Susie Wiles · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-18
Wiles said her cancer diagnosis came as a complete surprise because she had no symptoms or indications anything was wrong.
“I understand how easy it is to put yourself last. We do it all the time,”
Susie Wiles · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-18
Wiles acknowledged how easy it is for people to put themselves last.
“One of the things I have shared is how cancer can consume both your conscious and subconscious mind,”
Susie Wiles · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-18
Wiles noted that cancer can consume both a person's conscious and subconscious mind.
“Work gave me somewhere else to put my mind,”
Susie Wiles · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-18
Wiles said she was surprised by how much continuing to work during treatment helped her.
“It reminded me that I was still myself and that cancer was something I was going through, not the entirety of who I was.”
Susie Wiles · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-18
Wiles said work reminded her she was still herself and that cancer was something she was going through, not the entirety of who she was.
“You wake up thinking about it. Sometimes you go to sleep thinking about it. There is always another appointment or test result somewhere on the horizon.”
Susie Wiles · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-18
Wiles described how cancer is constantly on one's mind, with always another appointment or test result ahead.
“Even when you’re doing something else, it’s there — treatment, side effects, test results.”
Susie Wiles · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-18
Wiles said that even when doing something else, thoughts of treatment, side effects and test results persist.
“Had he not encouraged me to do it that day, I would have gone back to work and probably not thought about it again until July,”
Susie Wiles · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-18
Wiles said that without her doctor's encouragement, she likely would not have thought about the mammogram again until July.
“Having people around you who can carry some of that weight matters enormously.”
Susie Wiles · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-18
Wiles said having people around who can carry some of the weight of cancer matters enormously.
“He said, essentially, ‘You’re here. The machine is available. Let’s do it now.’ Thank God he insisted.”
Susie Wiles · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-18
Wiles recalled her doctor insisting she proceed with the mammogram that day because the machine was available.
“There were hard days. I don’t want to minimize that or make cancer sound anything less than it is — brutal and unrelenting,”
Susie Wiles · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-18
Wiles acknowledged the hard days of cancer treatment, calling cancer brutal and unrelenting.
“please make the appointment.”
Susie Wiles · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-18
Wiles urged others to stay on top of routine medical appointments and screenings, saying 'please make the appointment.'
“My advice would be to let them. Accept the help. Lean on the people you love. Trust your doctors,”
Susie Wiles · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-18
Wiles advised others in the midst of a cancer journey to accept help, lean on loved ones, and trust their doctors.
“For the American public to see a person who was such a fighter as he was that day, I think, as awful and tragic as it might have been, it turned out to be something that showed people his character. And that’s helpful,”
Susie Wiles · said date not stated · reported 2025-07-12
Susie Wiles commented on how the attack affected the public's perception of Donald Trump's character.
“are perfunctory — every president says ‘God bless America’ — well, it’s more profound with him now, and it’s more personal.”
Susie Wiles · said date not stated · reported 2025-07-12
Susie Wiles discussed how Donald Trump's rhetoric has become more personal and profound.
“was always the last chart in the rotation. And it was always on the other side. So to have him ask for that chart eight minutes in, and to have it come on the side that is opposite, caused him to look in a different direction and lift his head just a little because it was higher. And that just doesn’t happen because it happened. It happened because, I believe, God wanted him to live.”
Susie Wiles · said date not stated · reported 2025-07-12
Susie Wiles explained why she believes divine intervention saved Donald Trump's life during the rally.
“I would say I think he believes that he was saved. I do. And he would never — even if he thought it before, I don’t think he would have admitted it. And he will now,”
Susie Wiles · said date not stated · reported 2025-07-12
Susie Wiles spoke on a podcast about Donald Trump's belief that he was divinely spared.