Wife, mom, retired SPED IA ๐
Living w/
#cancer
Cure
#cysticfibrosis
for my son & others.
Affordable & Accessible healthcare for all ๐ฅ
#Demcast
๐
My
#Cancer
Journey continues. ๐
I was diagnosed with stage 4 melanoma 3 years ago.
I'm alive today because of the incredible care I receive at
@InovaSchar
Cancer Institute. ๐ฅ
My care team ~ Oncologist Sekwon Jang, MD
Nurse Practitioner Chelsea
Happy to report I received word from my oncologist today.
@UHC
after reviewing my doctor's appeal again.
They have APPROVED my new treatment for stage 4 melanoma.
I appreciate everyone of you, for your shared stories and words of encouragement.
"continue"
My brother lost his battle with pancreatic cancer yesterday.
Today I spent two hours at the funeral home with my sister-in-law and her four adult children.
Cancer sucks !
I just called the office of
@LindseyGrahamSC
I pressed 1 to leave a message .โ๏ธ
I voiced my CONCERN about the statement he made on Saturday.
I encourage you all tho do the same. โ๏ธ
United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121
Never thought I would see this day.
I'm Trending on Twitter.
All because
@UHC
denied a treatment my oncologist wants for me.
A treatment that could stop my stage 4 melanoma from spreading more. It could also stop my gut from bleeding.
A trip to the Tractor Supply Store today...lol !
I was getting out of my car when a white van pulled in next to me.
The van was covered with Let's Go Brandon posters. It had four American flags on top, all flying upside-down
A man with a heavy beard got out, "you looking at
@UHC
denied my doctor's appeal for my
#Cancer
treatment.
Having melanoma stg 4 spread to my small intestines. Losing blood and having two transfusions is not a good enough reason for them.
My husband worked 43 yrs for
@USPS
. After retiring we have paid high premiums for
@UHC
I'm a healthcare voter , I care about healthcare. โ๏ธ
I have a son 37 who suffers from
#CysticFibrosis
and I have stage 4
#Cancer
.
#TrumpsProject2025
would up end Medicare as we know it ! It would push seniors onto privately run Medicare Advantage plans instead of traditional
I received my biopsy results a few days ago.
My cancer stage four melanoma has returned and is located on my left adrenal gland.
The plan is to hit it with another type of immunotherapy I will start it on Feb 9th.
I've been cleaning like crazy and getting ready to get
This is my second day Trending on Twitter.
Why
@UHC
?
Could it be because you are denying the cancer care my oncologist wants for me?
Could it be there are so many stories like mine ?
I'm not the type who enjoys the spotlight, but if thats what it takes to live.
Here I am!
My condition is life threatening, time of the essence
I will have to take this to
@USOPM
.
This process could take weeks /cancer spreading.
I will not die fighting for the treatment I need and my oncologist wants for me.
If I do die, it would truly be a win for
@UHC
@askUHC
I'm sorry Francis, seems a little late for this .
All of the above has been done.
Hours on the phone.
My doctors office has also spent hours appealing this.
@Cabal_Educator
Food insecurity affects concentration, memory, mood, and motor skills, all of which a child needs to be able to be successful in school.
VOTE OUT ALL GOP !
Today is infusion day .
Yes, cancer is a preexisting condition protected by the ACA.
We need to fight to keep
#MAGAOffOurHealthcare
Fight like our lives depend on it , because they do !
@DougJones
#WhoFundsNoLabels
?
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@JoeManchinWV
already took the bait ๐ฆ
The wealthy don't want to pay taxes on their wealth ๐ฒ.
When greed is the bait, Joe Manchin is biting .๐ช
I was told by my first oncologist, I might only have a year to live, that was 3 years ago.
I fired him and got a new oncologist,
#Cancer
was not going to win.
I have my life, family and friends to be thankful for this Thanksgiving .๐ฆ
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Calling women over 50 crazy, not very smart in
#Ohio
or anywhere.
I'm 64 and I will fight like hell to keep my daughter's reproductive rights ! ๐
Misogynistic men like Bernie Moreno , take notes. ๐
Women are voting to protect their healthcare.โ๏ธ
#KamalaHarris
because I'm a
Keep talking, Republicans!!! See what happens to you in November. Hell of a closing argument yaโll are making:
"Itโs a little crazy by the way, but โ especially for women that are like past 50 โ Iโm thinking to myself, โI donโt think thatโs an issue for you.'โ ~
@berniemoreno
@DougJones
Sen Tommy Tuberville is pathetic for sure.
Holding military promotions is dangerous for OUR national security as well.
Oh...and for women in the military.
We hear you !
WE WILL NOT GO BACK ! ๐
It was a huge help to get me through this process.
My life lesson from this is, believe in the people who believe in you. The kind of people who believe in something good and will go after it, not just for themselves but for others.
My people are the kind of people who can generate change for the good of all. Social media can be a weapon or a tool ,it can seem empty at times. Hearing from all of you, knowing I'm not alone in this is a very good tool to have. I've been reminded why I'm fighting hard to live.
Today my son and I headed for the Hill to advocate for health care.
My son has cystic fibrosis with 24 % lung function.
Thank you
@morethanmySLE
@AnnaKrukCorbin
for all the advice and support.
It was a wow day! ๐ฅ๐ท๐ฅ Please follow short thread.
My insurance company denied my doctor's appeal for a
#Cancer
treatment.
Having melanoma stage 4 that has spread to my small intestines. Losing blood and already having two transfusions is not a good enough reason for them
You would think USPS Health insurance would be good๐
@SenTuberville
You are the embarrassment !
๐You and you alone are holding up military promotions.๐ช๐๏ธ
๐ You and you alone are making us look weak and dysfunctional by holding up those positions๐คก
๐You and you alone are hurting our military families.๐ช
๐You received a phone call from
@BeauWillimon
@RepStephenMeeks
Thank you Beau for taking up for the poor.
Having a son with cystic fibrosis has drained us financially.
The hour drives back and forth to the hospital, now have us down to 1 car.
His views are callous and dangerous.
THANK YOU !
@DougJones
@DougJones
Sir , I received my new cancer treatment today !
My oncologist entered the room and said, "wow, you made magic !"
My response, "it was the magic of people helping people. Shining a light on something that needed to be lit." ๐ฆ ๐ฅ
Rejoicing, faith humanityโค๏ธ
"I want to offer my full support & endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year"-
@JoeBiden
๐บ๐ธ
Vote for the candidate who will both honor & further his legacy:
@KamalaHarris
#HamillHeartsHarris
๐ซถ
@karynbaum
@DavidYankovich
@UHC
It is good to know the message is getting out.
It hopefully will benefit others way after I'm gone.
It is also very sad as well.
#TrumpsProject2025
should be a wake up call for all Americans !
My son with cystic fibrosis was on SSDI waiting for a lung transplant. He was covered under Medicare.
Project 2025 will make major cuts to Medicare and eliminate the ACA.
My son below advocating for the ACA in
@cwebbonline
#WhoFundsNoLabels
NOT YOU , NOT ME !
No labels is an organization funded by billionaires and big corporations. ๐ข๏ธ๐ข๐ซ๐ช๐ฐ
The same ones who don't want to pay taxes on all their wealth. ๐ฒ
Wow!
Senator My Boo went all the way in on DeJoy
When he started off with his, โDid you get my letter?,โ line of questioning I knew, and DeJoy knew, it was going to be fire and flames ๐ฅ
@ASlavitt
@LauraLpelg
Senator John McCain will always be hero in our house.
During the vote to Repeal & Replace, he stood for the people. ๐๐ผ
My son w/cystic fibrosis 24 % lung function, wrote him this letter from his hospital bed.
After he got out of the hospital we delivered it to his office.
@NickKnudsenUS
@Daryl_Elliott
#MAGAIsWatchingYou
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
Why donโt old white men and MAGA care about the trauma inflicted on a child who was already sexually violated and then forced to give birth?
How do they think she will ever have a normal, happy, healthy life ?
Let's face it they don't give
When first diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. I told my husband I need to see the ocean.
Well, COVID came, along with surgery, tests, scans and more cancer.
Finally three years later squeezed it in before next treatment..YES!
Tomorrow is infusion day for me,
#Cancer
stage 4.
I plan on taking dinner to my brother and his wife.
My brother has been battling pancreatic cancer.
The doctors say his body is not responding to any chemo, so far. He has a very aggressive cancer and he is losing the fight.
#FreeRedTRaccoon
We can not allow this to be normal, Red has done nothing but good for people. He has been a support to me and my family as my son battles to breathe with cystic fibrosis. There have been times it has come as a message not to give up.
@Twitter
PLEASE!
@morethanmySLE
I've seen nurses run to get to a patients room.
My son has been in and out of the hospital all his life.
Nurses work long hours and don't get the credit they deserve.
Maybe Senator Maureen Walsh has time to play cards.
I can assure you the nurses that take care of my son don't !
One of the four โDoomsdayโ Boeing 747s the United States maintains for US military leaders in case of nuclear war has been flown overseas, and is standing by in England, while President Biden is in Brussels.
No health insurance company should be able to summarily decide patientsโ fates, and itโs time for insurers to be held accountable โ by lawmakers, by patients and certainly by the companies who offer their plans to employees.
My son is 30 with Cystic Fibrosis
Cystic Fibrosis looking at him, youโd probably never guess that he has 24% lung function or that he is teetering on the brink of lung transplant evaluation.
I fight for health care for my son & people like him, heath care is a human right.
Twitter friends,
My neighbor flipped his ATV on Saturday and he is in a coma. He is 37 years old, big ,big guy, who works as a linesman to keep our power on everyday.
I'm helping his fiancee and her daughter ,who is only 9, through this difficult time.
I'm also helping his
I'm a healthcare voter , I care about healthcare. โ๏ธ
Project 2025 would up end Medicare as we know it !
It would push seniors onto privately run Medicare Advantage plans instead of traditional Medicare. ๐ฅ
Project 2025 would roll back reforms in the Inflation Reduction Act, no
Update: He is still in the hospital, carbon dioxide has built up in his blood. Doctors want to do a lung transplant , saying Jim will not survive another episode without it. Center wants us to raise money through COTA for transplant related costs. Anyone ever heard of COTA ?
@DougJones
#StillRidinWithBiden24
๐ณ๏ธ
I vote for truth, not lies .
I vote for a president, not a felon .
I vote for a family man , not an adulterer .
I vote for a man who shows empathy for others, not a bully.
I vote for a man who would never make fun of a handicap person.
I vote for a
@DougJones
I'm worried as well for the future voting rights . ๐ณ
I refuse to live my remaining years as an American in a state of worry.
If you are not fired up by the words of
@DougJones
, get lit ๐ฅ real fast !
Found a new oncologist, guess what ?
He told me I'm going to live !
It seems my old oncologist did not read my CT scan correctly .
The growth he said was cancer, turns out it was healthy bone growth.
I start Keytruda in two weeks.๐๐ซ
๐ขAll members of Congress wearing a pin
You need to witness the fear in the eyes of students, during a shooter in the building drill.
I'm talking kindergarten, let all you pin wearing cowards hide under the tables with 5yr olds.
Tell them why they have to hide at school ?
Yesterday, I felt like I had taken my dog to the vet to be put down.
As the day went on I realized
@JoeBiden
had made a decision he knew was best for our country.
I will honor his decision and the legacy he will leave behind .
Today, I woke up energized and pumped to support
Living with
#Cancer
is a journey.
Yesterday was my 4th infusion with new drug.
PET Scan results left more questions than answers.
CT Scan ordered to decide cancer or inflammation ?
Patience is needed for this journey, got it !
Remember when constituents kayaked to Joe Manchinโs yacht.๐ณ
"The rich are getting richer, buying yachts and airplanes, while working-class people like us barely get by."
Makes you wonder about his motives for a third party run.
He is a tool for the GOP and the rich, always has
Today was another day of test results,
spot on lung gone.๐๐ผ
Hemoglobin holding steady at 9.3
Today was my fourth infusion with Opdualag
I will take holding steady any day....YES ! ๐๐ซ
@cwebbonline
I say ๐๐ฉ !
This student survived her education without being gunned down in school.
Let them all wear what the hell they want to wear ! ๐
#SaveMississippi
the youth are our future, stop scarring them for life.
Enough of that has been done with all the lockdown drills.
Listen to this very important explanation by White House National Security Coordinator John Kirby on why the DOD policy on abortion healthcare is critical to military readiness.
Heโs talking to you
@SenTuberville
and the
@HouseGOP
culture war amendments.
@cwebbonline
๐จWE MUST keep creepy old white Republicans out of OUR bedrooms !
๐จWe MUST keep creepy old white Republicans out of OUR healthcare !
๐จ Other states, it could be you next
๐ฃ So pass it on.
ยท
๐ฃPeople, this should be a wake up call, a true come to Jesus moment for us all !
My son with cystic fibrosis was on SSDI waiting for a lung transplant.
I have stage 4 cancer and I'm on Medicare, Social Security . โ๏ธ
The same Social Security, I paid into out of every
Cancer Treatment That Helped Jimmy Carter Combat Cancer
I fight the same
#Cancer
President Carter helped lead the fight against cancer using immunotherapy and gave us HOPE !
Honor the man , DNC Convention in Atlanta
#GoodTrouble2024
๐๐
Trump, confused: Over the seas and over our land. And then they want us to have clean. I said wait, weโre gonna be clean but itโs all flying. Just remember that. Does that make sense? In other words, itโs all coming through the currents through the air, they can name it
I'm Ellen, age 72, trying to rebuild a life after the loss of my husband, and I'm supporting
#KamalaHarris2024
. And I will
#VoteBlueDownBallot
this election and every election after. I'm with you.
@RandPaul
@RobertKennedyJr
is a
#Spoiler4Trump
@RandPaul
you are about as evil as they come.๐ค
You don't probably remember that day when you refused to speak to, or take my son's letter on healthcare.
We stood inline with you at the diner in the lower halls of the Capitol . You sir,
@BrunoAmato_1
@realDonaldTrump
Health Insurance CEO's making great money.
2019 Health Insurance for average worker predicted to go up 34%.
Trump and his thugs Tax Scam Bill, stole from the poor to give to the rich.๐ท๐ฅ
๐จ NEW: 40 migrants bused from Texas, including โmanyโ children, who traveled more than 23 hours without food just arrived Los Angeles.
Maybe itโs time for a coalition of states & municipalities to launch a new lawsuit against Texasโ Gov Abbott and Floridaโs Gov DeSantis for
@DougJones
Don't you love farce?
My fault, I fear
I thought that you'd want what I want
Sorry, my dear!
But where are the clowns
Send in the clowns
Don't bother, they're here ๐คก๐คก๐คก๐คก๐คก๐ช
@MeghanMcCain
He was a great man and will be missed by more than you can imagine.
This is my son Jim 32 years old who suffer from cystic fibrosis, 24% lung function.
He wrote this letter to your dad after the
#RepealAndReplace
vote.
My son was so happy to hand deliver it to your dad's office.
Donald Trump has always been a sexual predator.
Weโve known this for years.
This
#PredatorOfTheUnitedStates
is UNFIT to be PRESIDENT of the United States.
Pass it on. ๐๐๐
Can you picture Trump talking to a child like this ?
#KamalaWinsWithJoy
it is a great feeling to have joy and hope ! โบ๏ธ๐
I have joy because I know
#KamalaHarris
will do everything to protect our Medicare, Social Security, and the ACA . โ๏ธ
@IronStache
@SpeakerRyan
The man is evil ! I can't stress this enough , he stated he wanted to make cuts to Medicare & Medicaid ! He called them entitlements. My son w/cystic fibrosis 23% lung function would gladly give up his to live a normal life, to take a breath that would fill his lungs.!๐ท๐ก๐
Do the math 2023-50 = 1973 ๐ค
Set clocks according to the answer. โฒ๏ธโ๏ธ
Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. The GOP are walking us back, taking us, dragging us , kicking us back.
We WILL NOT GO BACK !
#BidenHarris2024
This is why our votes are so important . ๐ณ๏ธ
We have paid into Social Security with every paycheck.
It is OUR money and Republicans want to take it ! ๐
#VoteOutAllRepublicans
#KamalaHarris
to save democracy & healthcare.๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ
@NightlyPolitics
Trump is just a tenant in the White House.
The White House is the people's house.
He has not right to break a 40 year tradition.
He is a racist dictator ! ๐ก