She is always empathetic and compassionate. Here day and night as your sounding board, guide and confidante. And she is private and free for all who need her.
“You Have Breast Cancer.”
The devastating words that 1/8 women will hear in their lifetime, just like Ellyn Winters-Robinson did. Although she couldn’t change her diagnosis, she I could change what came next and turned fear into information, and information into compassion.
@flatplease@askellyn
That is how AskEllyn.ai was born. A conversational AI companion built with empathy, lived experience, and real human voice. AskEllyn is a guide, a hand to hold at 2 AM, and a trusted source of clarity when the path feels uncertain.
Self-advocacy in healthcare is essential for survival. Know your normal, perform self-exams, and utilise every screening available. The earlier a cancer is caught, the better the outcome. We must band together and consciously push through the paternalism and gaslighting that regrettably still exists in the medical world. Your health matters, and advocating for it is the first step.
#BreastCancerAwareness #AskEllyn #WECAN #rolemodels #AI
What happens when AI meets empathy?
Putting people first might be the most radical thing you can do with technology.
Patrick Belliveau of @gambitco shares his journey from launching @askellyn (our role model, Ellyn Winters-Robinson’s App, created to support people affected by breast cancer) to scaling up AI personalities that address real, everyday human needs—not hype.
You can marry profit and purpose & what if your creation moved someone to tears?
That’s the ultimate benchmark for purpose-driven building. 🤯
AI personalities, trusted in fields like healthcare, can be leveraged for social good and supporting people through challenging life experiences.
#AIPower #PatrickBelliveau #wecan #rolemodels
Still in pinch me mode but we are embarking on a national clinical study of @askellyn and #conversationalcare led by @brockuniversity and funded by the @cancersociety and supported by my partners at @gambitco #patientexperience #AI #generativeai #empiricalevidence #agenticai
📱 There’s a lot of misinformation about breast cancer and breast screening out there—Follow @askellyn@flatplease and @densebreastscanada for science-backed, trustworthy info that actually matters.
🔎 Follow @flatplease and @askellyn and you'll get real time advice after a breast cancer diagnosis. AskEllyn is an AI companion built on the lived experience of Ellyn Winters-Robinson, who was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 57. The AI is trained on her book Flat Please, her personal journey, expert resources, and hundreds of real patient questions. It uses natural language processing to provide emotionally intelligent, evidence-based, peer-informed answers to any question a breast cancer patient or caregiver might ask. From practical concerns like “When can I shower after surgery?” to existential fears like “What if my cancer comes back?” AskEllyn answers with warmth, accuracy, and empathy.
🔎 Follow @densebreastscanada to learn about dense breasts, breast screening practices in your province, and how to advocate for the screening that meets your needs.
“It was never going to happen to me.” 1 in 8 women is diagnosed with breast cancer.
Ellyn stresses the importance of being body-aware, doing self-exams, and getting screened. She touches on Posttraumatic growth and remarkable people who go on to do extraordinary things, she is without a doubt one of those remarkable people.
Are you an AI skeptic? Well, perhaps AskEllyn.ai will change your mind. AskEllyn was inspired during a chance encounter between Ellyn and tech entrepreneur Pat Belliveau. After hearing Ellyn tell her breast cancer story, Pat asked to read the manuscript of her book Flat Please, a girlfriend’s companion guide written to offer wisdom and knowledge to others on the breast cancer journey. He saw the opportunity to transform the content of the book into a powerful conversational AI that could be a shining example of AI for Good.
@flatplease
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A little about me. I am a wife, mom, grandmother! I am also a #breastcancer survivor #bestsellingauthor and the co-creator of AskEllyn.ai the world’s first conversational AI for those on the breast cancer journey. You can also follow me @flatplease . Here we’ll share the progress we are making in bringing AskEllyn to the world. She’s pretty cool. Have you tried chatting with her yet?
