Valerie Powell
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A little pre-story session to my storytelling video project I’ve been working on for @astro_org! Today I’m presenting at the UAB Head and Neck Cancer Survivorship Group at 4pm via zoom! Link to join in profile! Meeting ID: 997 0777 0645 #goneglandagone
A morning on the front porch planning for my upcoming Storytelling Session at this year’s @astro_org conference. It’s always hard to walk back through those days but it’s also humbling and reminds me of the amazing healing and incredible journey cancer afforded me. Wouldn’t change a single day…(I don’t think 🙃) Stay tuned!
LOL at myself today with how whiny I am about this lip ulcer when during treatment 4yrs ago my entire tongue was an ulcer and I ate tomato soup on the reg. Apparently I’m not as tough as I used to be. Swipe to see the treatment 👅
Triggerrrrssss. Went to a dermatology appointment this morning but had to cross through this section of the hospital. It’s the place I sat in the patient transport wheelchair after I got my drain pulled from my neck and they confirmed it was cancer. It was the LONGEST 5min of my life waiting for K.T. to get the car. And it immediately makes me anxious when that scene floods back in. Trying to be thankful for that moment of humility this morning. I was there —> now I’m here. Onward. #goneglandagone #parotidectomy #salivaryglandcancer
📝 New post up on the blog!
I took a drive today. I rolled the windows down, opened the sunroof, and turned my music up. Sounds pretty normal, right? Sure. But it’s a normal that used to be uncomfortable for me. Since my surgery in 2017, the left side of my head and neck were either numb or very tingly. It almost feels like an electrical spark when it’s touched and strands of hair whipping it relentlessly wasn’t what I would call fun (or normal 😜). But today, about 30 minutes into my drive…it hit me…the nerves have finally regenerated enough not to hateeee interstate car rides with the windows down! We back, y’all! #steppingstones #goneglandagone #parotidectomy
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