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Related: About this forumFlorida news reporter reveals cancer diagnosis after viewer spots lump on her neck
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Florida news reporter reveals cancer diagnosis after viewer spots lump on her neck
"Had I never received that email, I never would have called my doctor," WFLA reporter Victoria Price wrote. "It's a scary and humbling thought."
July 24, 2020, 9:51 AM EDT
By Minyvonne Burke
A Florida news reporter said she found out she had cancer after a viewer sent her an email expressing concern about a lump on her neck.
Victoria Price, a reporter with NBC affiliate WFLA-TV in Tampa, said the viewer emailed her last month and encouraged Price to see her doctor.
"As a journalist, it's been full throttle since the pandemic began. Never-ending shifts in a never-ending news cycle. Adjusting to remote workflows and in my case, taking on a new investigative role," Price wrote on her social media pages Thursday. "We were covering the most important health story in a century, but my own health was the farthest thing from my mind."
The reporter shared the email she received from the viewer.
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"Had I never received that email, I never would have called my doctor," WFLA reporter Victoria Price wrote. "It's a scary and humbling thought."
July 24, 2020, 9:51 AM EDT
By Minyvonne Burke
A Florida news reporter said she found out she had cancer after a viewer sent her an email expressing concern about a lump on her neck.
Victoria Price, a reporter with NBC affiliate WFLA-TV in Tampa, said the viewer emailed her last month and encouraged Price to see her doctor.
"As a journalist, it's been full throttle since the pandemic began. Never-ending shifts in a never-ending news cycle. Adjusting to remote workflows and in my case, taking on a new investigative role," Price wrote on her social media pages Thursday. "We were covering the most important health story in a century, but my own health was the farthest thing from my mind."
The reporter shared the email she received from the viewer.
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Florida news reporter reveals cancer diagnosis after viewer spots lump on her neck (Original Post)
sl8
Jul 2020
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Life imitates art. There was an episode of "House" in which that was the theme.
mahatmakanejeeves
Jul 2020
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mahatmakanejeeves
(60,293 posts)1. Life imitates art. There was an episode of "House" in which that was the theme.
Living the Dream (House)
"Living the Dream" is the fourteenth episode of the fourth season of House, and aired on May 5, 2008.
Plot
House (Hugh Laurie) is convinced that one of the actors on his favorite soap opera "Prescription: Passion" (guest star Jason Lewis) has a serious medical condition after observing his symptoms on television. House decides to intervene, kidnaps the actor and convinces him to run a test, but both the actor and Houses own team dismiss Houses assessment and do not believe there is anything wrong with him. However, the actor develops more symptoms: His leg goes numb preventing him from leaving the hospital, and after subsequent tests and more symptoms he eventually goes into a coma. The team gives him antibiotics for a possible infection, but when this has no effect House has an epiphany and administers steroids for a floral allergy. The steroids work but the floral allergy test comes back negative. Not until after the actor has been discharged does House realize that he is allergic to quinine from the tonic water in the fake gin and tonics that he has to drink on set.
"Living the Dream" is the fourteenth episode of the fourth season of House, and aired on May 5, 2008.
Plot
House (Hugh Laurie) is convinced that one of the actors on his favorite soap opera "Prescription: Passion" (guest star Jason Lewis) has a serious medical condition after observing his symptoms on television. House decides to intervene, kidnaps the actor and convinces him to run a test, but both the actor and Houses own team dismiss Houses assessment and do not believe there is anything wrong with him. However, the actor develops more symptoms: His leg goes numb preventing him from leaving the hospital, and after subsequent tests and more symptoms he eventually goes into a coma. The team gives him antibiotics for a possible infection, but when this has no effect House has an epiphany and administers steroids for a floral allergy. The steroids work but the floral allergy test comes back negative. Not until after the actor has been discharged does House realize that he is allergic to quinine from the tonic water in the fake gin and tonics that he has to drink on set.
Croney
(4,854 posts)2. House is who we needed months ago, pitted against Covid.
Instead we have a madman who wants us to drink bleach.
GreenPartyVoter
(72,978 posts)3. Yes, we need House. Would love to see Trump try to bulldoze him.