Share Your Story: Robert Wagner

<p>Robert Andrew Wagner is a writer, teacher, and performer, teaching through stories, telling stories through songs as frontman and chief songwriter/lyricist for The Little Wretches. Wagner is a survivor of cancer, holds a master’s degree in Instruction and Learning, and teaches and counsels at-risk teens.</p> <ul><li>02:20: The Little Wretches was the band I started when my survival was clear. </li><li>04:42: I find this little lump in my groin.  </li><li>06:09: I had one positive lymph node. </li><li>08:35: We just found a lump the size of a walnut and on each of your lungs. </li><li>09:48: I did miss a few chemo sessions.  </li><li>13:00: Did it have any impact on your ability to have kids?  </li><li>15:00: I think the chemo affected my thinking. </li><li>18:56: It's like my life came back to me.  </li><li>21:11: Were you alone in this hospital?  </li><li>23:00: They kept on trying to tell him that he had AIDS.  </li><li>25:14: What is the one thing you wish you had known at the very beginning of your cancer journey? </li><li>27:03: If you could only do one thing to improve health care in the US, what would it  </li><li>be and why?  </li><li>28:15: Thriver Rapid Fire Questions.  </li><li>31:13: Trust your doctors.  </li><li>33:07: Where did the name of the band come from? </li></ul> <p>Resources</p> <ul><li><a href="https://littlewretches.com/" target="_blank">Robert's band The Little Wretches</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1WtgSfs-H_Zv45bXpsIWTw" target="_blank">The Little Wretches on YouTube</a></li><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-wagner-065994202/" target="_blank">Robert on LinkedIn</a></li><li><a href="https://verizon.net" target="_blank">Email Robert</a></li></ul>