Share Your Story: Carly Flumer

<p>Carly is a stage I papillary cancer survivor. She is passionate about creating better health outcomes for cancer patients through the fields of health literacy, patient education, and cancer research.</p> <ul><li>01:23: So, I was diagnosed when I was 27.</li><li>02:43: My doctor felt a lump in my throat.</li><li>04:00: I was working at a hospital at the time</li><li>05:18: I do think it is important to have a second opinion.</li><li>07:00: My surgeon was calling to tell me that it had metastasized.</li><li>08:06: It's a pill that that is radioactive.</li><li>10:08: I had this large incision in my neck</li><li>11:32: People call it the good cancer.</li><li>13:36: I also wanted to be seen as a normal person.</li><li>15:28: I don't really like asking people for help.</li><li>19:07: My lying down pulse was 150 beats per minute.</li><li>21:55: The thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland that's located in your neck.</li><li>24:32: I am considered in remission.</li><li>26:00: What was your worst moment?</li><li>27:36: What was your best moment?</li><li>29:25: How do you look at your life differently now than before you had cancer?</li><li>30:45: I want to advance research in the cancer community.</li><li>32:25: What is the one thing that you wish you had known at the beginning of your cancer journey?</li><li>35:32: If you can only do one thing to improve health care in the US, what would it be and why?</li><li>39:40: Thriver Rapid Fire Questions</li><li>41:00: What is one resource that you would recommend for cancer patients and caregivers? </li></ul> <p>Resources</p> <ul><li><a href="https://clinicaltrials.gov/" target="_blank">Clinical Trials (US Government Website)</a></li><li><a href="https://www.cancer.gov/" target="_blank">National Cancer Institute</a></li><li>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/carlyflumer" target="_blank">carlyflumer</a></li><li>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/carlyflumer/" target="_blank">carlyflumer</a></li><li>Email: <a href="mailto:carly@powerfulpatients.org" target="_