Popular science Youtuber Hank Green is in remission
Submitted 1 year ago by Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world to videos@lemmy.world
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MTK@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Zehzin@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Oh wow I stopped following his channels a few years back so I had no idea. Good for him.
I love the videos where he talks to a science person and then hang out with an animal
detun3d@lemm.ee 1 year ago
This is always great news! Cancer treatment is getting better every year but there’s still a long way to go. Here’s hoping he never has to go through it again. 💪
iByteABit@lemm.ee 1 year ago
So glad, it was heartbreaking when I heard he had cancer, he seems like such a good person
Hazdaz@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Anyone amazed at how quickly this has occurred? I don’t follow his channel too closely, but I could have sworn he announced his cancer diagnosis only a few months ago (but I could totally be wrong).
So to go from finding out one has cancer, to then being cancer free in roughly 6 months or so is blowing my mind.
UsernameIsTooLon@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Even when he announced it. It’s crazy that in 2023, some can go “I got cancer. It’ll suck, but I’ll be fine.”
Just a few decades ago it was the biggest scare to have cancer and it will terminally end your life.
legion02@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Not sure what cancer he has but 6 months is actually roughly the timeline for Hodgkins lymphoma.
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Depends on the type of cancer, but some of the new cancer drugs work incredibly fast. My brother got diagnosed with Stage IV lung cancer two years ago but one of the new wonder drugs has mostly dealt with it. “Remission” can be a bit vague, though, and definitely doesn’t mean “cured” - my brother’s wonder drug is known to basically stop working after 2-4 years, at which point he’ll have to switch to a different treatment (and hope that it works as well).
HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Jesus christ my mind wrongly completed that sentence before I finished reading the title…
Slayan@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Go hank!
RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 1 year ago
That’s vertical-video-sensation Hank Green!
Default_Defect@midwest.social 1 year ago
I seem to be in the minority or not knowing who this is, but I’ll have to check him out after this great news.
Asafum@feddit.nl 1 year ago
Him and his brother have a series of YouTube videos that cover science news and information that eventually became a larger network that covers history and all forms of educational videos. It’s all great stuff and usually around 10mins each!
ThatWeirdGuy1001@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Ngl I was lucky enough to witness all that firsthand and it was amazing to see how far and how quickly his influence spread.
Zhao@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Fuck yaaaaaa!!
cloaker@kbin.social 1 year ago
Damn I heard about 2 weeks ago go a month so this whole ordeal has gone rather quickly for me.
MrFagtron9000@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Does that mean “cured” or NED (or whatever you want to call not going to die from this particular cancer) or does it mean he’s responding to treatment and the tumors are shrinking?
crashoverride@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Remission is kind of a misunderstood term, people think they means it’s cured or whatever, but you can ever be cured from cancer. It just means it’s not actively killing you right now and tumors are shrinking. Tumors could even go away, but you’re not cured and the cancer can always come back, it can also come back in other places. But don’t get me wrong here, remission is definitely a good thing and it’s worth celebrating 100%
Jourei@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Somehow my brain turned remission into “The cancer was gone but it’s back now”. This is great then!
Dick_Justice@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yay!
Fizz@lemmy.nz 1 year ago
Is he the guy who used to do prank videos and on street interviews?
FARTYSHARTBLAST@kbin.social 1 year ago
I don't know who that is, but I'm glad to hear it! Fuck cancer!
JungleJim@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
It’s like if Bill Nye was your nerdy buddy instead of your cool professor. I’ve never met the dude but he’s on my list of people who don’t know they’re my friend.
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 1 year ago
His brother is also a pretty good YouTuber, author, and podcaster
And their combined podcast is pretty fun: open.spotify.com/show/6e4HNBdPvjDOHKVf82oMEk
kiddblur@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I miss that podcast so much. I hope it comes back when they’re ready
FARTYSHARTBLAST@kbin.social 1 year ago
Nice username. Tell Tad I said hi.
wren@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
Definitely do! His content is great