Share Your Story: Joel Evans

<p>Joel Evans was the first person in his family to go to college. While he was working, he was a part-time MBA student. He then switched to full-time status and got his Ph.D. For 44 years, he was a business professor at Hofstra University. He has a great wife, two adult daughters, and two sons-in-law. Right now, he’s teaching a class virtually for graduate students in product management. He is a professor emeritus.</p> <ul><li>00:33: Joel Evans was the first person in his family to go to college.</li><li>02:02: So, I got the CT scan and then he said I want you to come over to my office.</li><li>04:10: There was a lot of stuff he didn't tell me because he didn't want me to get more nervous.</li><li>07:33: And I said, we're not canceling the wedding, and I am going to be there.</li><li>09:11: Can you explain what the Whipple [surgery] is?</li><li>11:46: He was able to get all the cancer out.</li><li>13:08: For those that are not diagnosed early enough to have surgery, the mortality is usually within six months.</li><li>16:13: You need to work with a doctor that considers you to be an adult and talks to you.</li><li>18:40: We’re going to work as hard as you do to make sure you live as well as possible for as long as possible.</li><li>20:01: I also had low white blood cell counts a few times.</li><li>23:08: I think it makes a huge difference when patients have a goal.</li><li>24:22: I started to sit down, and I got dizzy. And that's the last thing I remember until I was in the hospital.</li><li>26:13: I promised myself that I was not going to miss any other time after the surgery until I retired.</li><li>29:10: I didn't want to steal from her center of attention, but every time people saw me, they started crying.</li><li>31:10: What was the worst moment for you during all of this?</li><li>36:02: What was your best moment?</li><li>36:45: What is one thing that you wish you had known at the beginning of your cancer journey?</li><li>39:10: If you can only do change one thing to improve health care in the US, what