Keytruda is $99000 every 3 weeks.

Hey, @mdhumanservices.bsky.social What does a terminal Stage IV Metastatic Breast Cancer patient have to do around here to get SNAP benefits in Howard County?? Phone interview was randomly assigned to me for 9:30am today. No one called. BUT said online that I "missed my call." I did not. THEY did.

Most times, living with terminal cancer REALLY sucks. That's probably an understatement.

But sometimes, I reframe my mindset and use it for good:

• Participate in research
• Arrange to donate my body for cancer research
• Write a song focused on my legacy.

What do you do when you are handed 🍋?

Tiffany Go from @fredhutch.org talks about the importance of collecting #SOGI data to better serve #cancer patients. #SCHD26 "The more we know about you, the better we can provide for your care." #CanSky #MedSky

Primary Care: Abdul El Sayed & Medicare for All on the Campaign Trail YouTube video by Healthcare NOW

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Credit Bureaus Are Leaving More Mistakes on Frustrated Consumers’ Reports Under Trump’s CFPB The credit bureaus have started dismissing a larger share of consumer complaints without help since the Trump administration began dismantling the CFPB.

Since Trump took office in January 2025, more than 2.7 million credit reporting complaints submitted to the CFPB have gone without relief, a higher rate than in the past.

It’s left people at risk of being denied loans, housing or employment.

Fingerprint keychains (on left) are definitely the most commonly requested items that we gift to families as part of our @3wishesprogram.bsky.social. I can hardly believe it, but a generous donor/volunteer has now offered to create & donate engraved, personalized ones (on right). My heart is full.

Financial Decline Accelerates Brain Aging - Neuroscience News RResearchers have identified a direct link between worsening financial conditions and accelerated memory loss.

neurosciencenews.com/financial-de...

867-5309: number from 1980s hit song Jenny now routes callers to cancer support Music’s most famous number is being repurposed to offer resources and support for patients and caregivers

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Breaking news: Chicago’s City Council has voted unanimously to pass a resolution in support of Medicare for All 🎉

This makes Chicago the biggest city in the country to endorse Medicare for All, and sends a message to federal legislators that their constituents expect them to support single payer.

We are grateful that there are doctors like you who care for us when we leave this world. ~MaryCos

@3wishesprogram.bsky.social is about honoring the patient as a PERSON rather than their illness in their death.

Giving CAR T cells a portable pit crew Fred Hutch Cancer Center scientists have developed an experimental strategy to give genetically engineered CAR T cells help they'd normally find within lymph nodes -- but on the go, within the tumor. The new genetic tweaks rewired CAR T cells to respond...

Published today in Science Immunology: @sriv4000.bsky.social and team find a new way to give #CARTcells their own portable pit crew, allowing them to rejuvenate on the go and transforms them into a type of T cell that can support long-term immune responses against tumors. https://bit.ly/3NiSged

We had a request for a birthday party for a dying patient last week. Unfortunately, the patient died before that.

Live every day like it's your birthday.
@3wishesprogram.bsky.social

U.S. Forest Service Stops Issuing Firefighter Pants That Contain PFAS, Following ProPublica’s Reporting Officials at the agency knew about the use of potentially dangerous “forever chemicals” in protective gear years before publicly acknowledging the issue, according to emails obtained by ProPublica.

Forest Service officials knew about the use of potentially dangerous “forever chemicals” in protective gear years before publicly acknowledging the issue, according to emails obtained by ProPublica.

REHAB DISCHARGE EMERGENCY CARD If told your loved one must leave rehab: 1 Ask for the Notice of Medicare Non-Coverage (NOMNC). 2 Call the number on it & request a FAST APPEAL (Deadline: Noon next day). 3 "I cannot safely accept this patient at home. This is an unsafe discharge." 4 Call your state Long-Term Care Ombudsman immediately. Remember: Insurance decisions do NOT determine medical safety.

REHAB DISCHARGE EMERGENCY CARD
If told your loved one must leave rehab:
Ask for Notice of Medicare Non-Coverage (NOMNC). Call number on it & request FAST APPEAL (Deadline:Noon next day)
"I cannot safely accept this patient at home.This is an unsafe discharge."
Call state Long-Term Care Ombudsman

Rare Cancers Patient & Caregivers Education Symposium

🦓 Calling all zebras! 🦓

RU a #rarecancer patient or caring for one? Trying to learn more about a #cancer no one's heard of? Check out @fredhutch.org's FREE Rare Cancer Symposium, Sat, March 14, in #Seattle. #CanSky

Learn more: rarecancerprogram.com
Register: www.fredhutch.org/en/events/ra...

I knew immediately! You look GREAT! 😜😉

The Lancet “The destruction that Kennedy has wrought in 1 year might take generations to repair, and there is little hope for US health and science while he remains at the helm.”

The cover says it all:

Psychologists say feeling valued is a core human need. Here's how to meet it Psychologists say that after the need for food and shelter, humans want to feel valued. But that need usually goes unmet.

Are you a Stage IV cancer patient looking for your place of belonging... and where you MATTER? Join us! www.npr.org/2026/02/15/n...

Yikes! Those are scary numbers. This is one of many reasons I wanted my mom to stay out of the hospital if at all possible.

Oh do I know this one

Washington Post headline: After WHO exit, Trump officials propose replacement that will cost U.S. about three times as much.

Stop the insanity... and spending.

Breast Cancer Patients Living Longer Post-Medicaid Expansion Patients with breast cancer living in states with expanded Medicaid eligibility, have seen survival gains, raising more concerns about the impact of recent changes to the program.

www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

There are so many reasons to get a COVID-19 vaccine.

In a statement, the WHO said it “has significant concerns regarding the study’s scientific justification, ethical safeguards, and overall alignment with established principles for research involving human participants.”

I will never forget what it was like working as an ICU physician during the pandemic. There were many days that I went back to my hotel crying because of the patients we lost.

I hate this so much.

I remember when my mom, who’s in her 70s, and I heard Kamala Harris announce her care-at-home plan. We were so excited. She even explained it was cheaper than hospital care. To us, it felt like someone was actually planning to make healthcare better.

Now look where we are.
#TrumpFumbled

That’s what everyone with measles does. They go to the ER. Unfortunately, hospitals are full of newborns too young to be vaccinated; frail, older adults; and people who are immunocompromised. All can get incredibly sick or die from measles

BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors