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Hi @ASTRO_org pals and #MHNCS26 attendees. I know a number of my pals had to scoot before I spoke, so just sharing it here. @spohnc_1 @hncalliance
Thank you for all you do for H&N cancer patients like me!!
Jeff White
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Jeff White
@PRJeffWhite
PR & Comms @ASTRO_org: American Society for Radiation Oncology 🏳️🌈 Opinions mine. #DEIinRO H&N cancer patient. @RTAnswers_org
- When the cancer communicator becomes the cancer patient. A quick🧵 1/8
- Day 1 done. Long day. Labs. Needle. Chemo line. Reality this is happening: Maybe a 💧or 2 Saline. Anti-nausea. Steroid. Cisplatin. Now it’s REAL. 😨 Late to 1st RT. Sorry! Mask is TIGHT!! Wow. Not claustrophobic but CLOSE. 🌺 fr Liz & Allie. ❤️ Feel “weird” but OK Food/🛌
- This is the (nervous) face of a man going for his 3 month post-treatment PET. Scanxiety is real!! ✅ scared. ✅✅ hopeful. ✅ Xanax (let’s be real) ✅✅feeling the ❤️
- Today was my RT Sim day. Wasn’t too bad. I am thankful I am not claustrophobic and can def “chill” w/my eyes closed while still thinking “Is this really happening to me??” Techs were so kind. And then home to tasty, on-message cookies from my neighbor.
- Replying to @KnowaDeBarasoKeep up posted @KnowaWasTaken! We want to see you on camera tonight. You are amazing!! 👏👏👏👏
- Replying to @PRJeffWhite
- Did you miss me @ASTRO_org & @ARRO_org pals? I missed u! Feels good to be back after my RT & chemo treatments. Hope to make 2024 better than 2023. Hope everyone is well. Here we go!!
- Aug 15 is a big day for me. In 2023 it was a 7.5 hour double surgery. A year later post-RT/Chemo, I feel good & am still committed to educating others w/ #cancer. My RT patient story is now live on @RTAnswers_org @hncalliance @spohnc_1 rtanswers.org/survivorship/p…
- Here we go again. Another PET. It’s hard to make yourself vulnerable again to what the machine finds. I’m thankful they exist, but it’s a lot. Strength to other #cancer pts Update: Dr. 📞 to say all looks good. 🤲🤲@CancerAdvocacy @spohnc_1@hncalliance
- So I feel like I’ve been quiet post-PET. it’s because it wasn’t quite clean as there was a mass on my pelvis. Docs felt it wasn’t cancer, but it was something. MRI suggested.This is the (nervous) face of a man going for his 3 month post-treatment PET. Scanxiety is real!! ✅ scared. ✅✅ hopeful. ✅ Xanax (let’s be real) ✅✅feeling the ❤️