Victoria television journalist Victoria Price was warned to consult a doctor by an alert bystander who noticed a lump in her throat. As it turned out, she had thyroid cancer, and she probably caught it early.
Price, an investigative journalist for WFLA News in Tampa Bay, Florida, tweeted the story Thursday via Twitter.
“‘8 on Your Side’ is not just a catchphrase at WFLA,” he wrote. “It is our cornerstone. But the roles were recently reversed when I found a viewer on MY side, and I couldn’t be more grateful. ”
Price has been covering WFLA pandemic issues.
“As a journalist, you have been at full speed since the pandemic began. Endless changes in an endless news cycle, ”Price wrote. “Adjusting to remote workflows and, in my case, taking on a new investigative role. We were covering the most important health history in a century, but my health was the furthest thing from my mind. “Until a viewer e-mailed me last month. She saw a lump on my neck. He said it reminded him of hers. His was cancer. “
Price went to his doctor and discovered that the lump was a lump as a result of a tumor pressing on his thyroid. He will undergo surgery to remove the thyroid and some lymph nodes on Monday.
“The doctor says it is spreading, but not too much, and we hope this is my first and last procedure,” he said, adding in another tweet that he will not undergo chemotherapy.
If detected early and has not spread widely to the lymph nodes, thyroid cancer is one of the most surviving types of cancer.
Hi, I just saw your news report. What worries me is the lump on my neck, ”said the viewer’s message, according to a screenshot shared by Price. Please check your thyroid. It reminds me of my neck. Mine turned out to be cancer. Beware.”
Price reflected on how lucky he was to receive the email.
“If I had never received that email, I would never have called my doctor. The cancer would have continued to spread. It is a terrifying and humiliating thought, “he said. “I will always be grateful to the woman who went out of her way to email me, a total unknown. She had no obligation to do so, but she did it anyway. Talk about being on your side, huh?
Price is not the first television star to receive remote medical advice on the thyroid. Tarek El-Moussa from HGTV’s Flip or Flop a viewer likewise urged him to notice a bundle for review. It turned out to be thyroid cancer and had it removed, returning to work on the program.
In 2019 Inside Edition The host, Deborah Norville, also had a viewer detect a lump, and then underwent surgery to remove her thyroid nodule. reported today.
