I am pleased to announce that, once again this year, I have been nominated for two WEGO Health Awards.
The awards are given in 16 categories, and are meant to recognize "exceptional patient advocates, influencers and experts
who make a difference in the lives of patients and caregivers." Last year, I was nominated for Best in Show: Blog and Best Kept Secret.
This year, I am nominated for Best in Show: Blog (again) and Patient Leader Hero. (You can read descriptions of all the awards here.)
The awards are now in the "Endorsement" phase, and this is when you can vote for me.
After the nominations are made, anyone can "endorse" (vote for) any of the nominees they would like. You can endorse more than one nominee in a category, and you can endorse any nominee in multiple categories, but you can only endorse once. Endorsements close on August 17.
In each category, the top 3 vote-getters (those with the most endorsements) become finalists for that category. A panel of judges will look at the rest of the nominees and choose two more to go into the finals. A separate panel of judges will then pick a winner for each category from those 5 finalists.
You can endorse me by clicking on one or both of the badges below. (They also appear to the right, where they will stay until August 17.) You will be asked to enter an email address and a name (to make sure you are only voting for each nominee one time).
Now, it's a big contest, so there are a couple of hundred people nominated in each category -- lots of competition. I wasn't a finalist last year, and that was just fine. It really was very cool just to be nominated. I've met a bunch of the other nominees, and they do some really amazing work for their communities. I'm pleased to be even nominated in the same awards contest with them.
That said, as cool as it was to be nominated, it would be even cooler to be a finalist -- I'm not going to lie.
So consider given me an endorsement or two.
And thank you for being such great readers.
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Done!
Rodrigo.
Brazil
Done
Masan
The netherlands
I'd vote for you all day long if I could! Your blog is such an important resource to me.
I had my consult today at Dana Farber, it went very well. The lymphoma specialist agrees with my current oncologist, to continue with the W&W and 6 mo. CT scans to check on the development of the nodes and how fast they're changing. She said the concern for me is that this has returned in just over 24 mo. and also that I developed pneumonitis from the Retuxin. I'll probably require treatment again within 2 years time, and she discussed the possibility of an allo-transplant being the next step. This may give me a longer remission time. She was surprised at how much I knew about different treatments and reactions/side effects. (I have you to thank for that.) She said she felt like she was conversing with a colleague, not a patient. Anyway, I'm in a good place and on the right track, that's all I can do for now.
Thanks for your blog and keeping me current and "smart" looking. lol
Shelly
Hello Bob
I did both endorsements. :-)
William
Done on both endorsements....absolutely love your blog!
With pleasure on both
Chris sunny Belfast
Done. With appreciation from Oz. Been reading for 3 years since my brother was diagnosed with FL at 39. Thankyou Bob.
Thank you all so much. That gives me a nice lift today.
Bob
Shelly,
I'm glad you're able to wait a little longer -- I hope it stays that way for longer than they are thinking. And even better, I'm glad you have a plan in place for when you need it. That's awesome that your specialist said it was like talking to a colleague. (Now I can tell my kids "See? *Someone* pays attention to me.")
Keep up with the updates, and good luck to you.
Bob
done with both, and thank u for everything! Jeanne
It's a pleasure to do both. The least I can do to begin to repay the info (and comfort) you've given me through diagnosis, a couple of years of W&W, treatment (successful, yay!), and now maintenance.
Good luck on all counts!
M
Done, both votes. We love your blog and read it every week, 6 years and counting W&W
Always trying to stay up to date with info on follicular lymphoma. Thanks for doing all the hard work and keep us informed.
good luck from Maine
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