All statements about chemotherapy

171 statements about chemotherapy in 73 videos, by upload date.

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2023

2023-05-19 · So, I've got cancer — The description says Hank's first chemotherapy treatment begins as the video goes live. — video description
2023-05-19 · So, I've got cancer — The description reports that a PET/CT scan showed the cancer has not spread from its original location in Hank's left armpit/chest area. — video description
2023-05-19 · So, I've got cancer — announcement: Hank announces the biopsy showed cancer: Hodgkin's lymphoma, a cancer of the lymphatic system and one of the most treatable cancers; the goal of treatment is cure. — 00:01:53
2023-05-19 · So, I've got cancer — announcement: Hank will very soon start the fairly well-established treatment, a system of chemotherapies; he does not look forward to it but looks forward to starting on the path. — 00:02:37
2023-05-19 · So, I've got cancer — announcement: Hank does not know whether he will make Vlogbrothers videos, Dear Hank and John, SciShow or Tangents during treatment; he is playing it by ear. (unsure) — 00:06:14
2023-05-19 · So, I've got cancer — Hank explains chemotherapy as intentionally poisoning the body so the hungriest cells are poisoned more and die, and says it works well. — 00:06:42
2023-05-19 · So, I've got cancer — announcement: Hank says his chemotherapy will last no less than four months. — 00:07:58
2023-05-23 · Rough Week — John: After a rough week and couple of months, John tells Hank, who is starting chemo, that he loves him and that many people are in his corner. — 00:00:00
2023-05-23 · Rough Week — John found it funny that Hank tweeted he was getting chemo and asked for pelican pictures, then minutes later apologized in case that was how people found out. (playful) — 00:00:24
2023-05-23 · Rough Week — John: With Hank's enthusiastic encouragement, the website counting days since Hank started a new thing reset to zero, the new thing being not a channel or soap company but chemotherapy. (playful) — 00:00:43
2023-05-23 · Rough Week — announcement: John asks people to spare a thought for the employees of DFTBA and Complexly, who now have him, a store-brand Hank Green, as temporary CEO. (playful) — 00:02:55
2023-05-26 · My Cancer Press Tier List — The description says the first day after chemo was OK but it got progressively worse until day 5 or 6; on day 7 he feels OK, and his appetite has been good. — video description
2023-05-26 · My Cancer Press Tier List — Hank: In a reply under the video, the channel says Hank's chemotherapy regimen is ABVD. — creator comment
2023-05-26 · My Cancer Press Tier List — Hank: A week after his first chemo, Hank feels much better than a few days ago; chemo has been pretty miserable, but he is getting amazing care and much support. — 00:04:31
2023-05-30 · How Does He Do It? — John has been helping out with some of Hank's jobs because of Hank's chemotherapy and can hardly believe Hank does all of it. — 00:00:00
2023-06-02 (said on 2023-06-01, implied) · Chemo is Weird, Y'all — Hank's chemotherapy hits him hard on a Friday, then he gets a Friday off, then he is dosed hard again the Friday after. — 00:00:00
2023-06-02 (said on 2023-06-01, implied) · Chemo is Weird, Y'all — Hank explains that his four chemo drugs interfere with rapidly dividing cells, mostly cancer cells but also some normal cells, which makes patients feel sick. — 00:00:00
2023-06-02 (said on 2023-06-01, implied) · Chemo is Weird, Y'all — The description says Hank is posting the video from the infusion center while receiving chemotherapy. — video description
2023-06-02 (said on 2023-06-01, implied) · Chemo is Weird, Y'all — Hank says the off week lets patients recover, so they stay in treatment, feel less bad and avoid complications from piled-up side effects. — 00:00:29
2023-06-02 (said on 2023-06-01, implied) · Chemo is Weird, Y'all — Hank feels nearly normal now, before his next dose at 9 a.m. tomorrow. — 00:00:29
2023-06-02 (said on 2023-06-01, implied) · Chemo is Weird, Y'all — Hank says dexamethasone is kind of a chemotherapy drug but is mostly taken to hold back nausea and feel better after treatment. — 00:01:27
2023-06-02 (said on 2023-06-01, implied) · Chemo is Weird, Y'all — Hank thought he had a UTI, but chemo can simply make the urethra hurt. — 00:02:26
2023-06-02 (said on 2023-06-01, implied) · Chemo is Weird, Y'all — Hank: For Hank the biggest and hardest side effect is fatigue: it does not feel possible to be that tired. — 00:03:01
2023-06-02 (said on 2023-06-01, implied) · Chemo is Weird, Y'all — Hank stresses that chemo regimens, drugs and responses differ greatly between people, so he is not representing a universal experience. — 00:03:39
2023-06-13 · touched by a king — John says Hank's swollen lymph nodes turned out to be lymphoma, but almost always swollen lymph nodes are no big deal, just the body dealing with an infection. — 00:01:43
2023-06-16 · So, About This HAIR… — The description says not all chemotherapy makes hair fall out but Hank's does, an opportunity to appreciate someone dumber than him who does not exist. — video description
2023-06-16 · So, About This HAIR… — Hank writes the description from his chemo chair, feeling good: two weeks between treatments, the first pretty terrible, the second pretty normal. — video description
2023-06-16 · So, About This HAIR… — Hank writes it is too early to tell how well treatment is going, but early signs indicate his cancer cells are responding well, meaning dying a bunch. (hedged) — video description
2023-06-20 · Reflections from a Terrible CEO — John says Hank pre-made a Vlogbrothers video because he knew he would be too sick to make one this week (week of 19 June 2023). — 00:04:45
2023-06-23 · Understanding Cancer Survival Rates — Hank says his Hodgkin lymphoma is stage 2A with no bulky disease (no X), which is great. — 00:06:50
2023-06-23 · Understanding Cancer Survival Rates — Hank says a person of his age with his stage of Hodgkin lymphoma has about a 94% five-year survival rate and about a 90% chance of five-year disease-free survival. — 00:10:49
2023-06-27 · Alone on the Cancer Boat: A Vlogbrothers Reunion — Hank says he is feeling okay right now but expects to feel worse in about four days. — 00:00:46
2023-06-27 · Alone on the Cancer Boat: A Vlogbrothers Reunion — John says that although Hank is tolerating treatment brilliantly, without the 'but': this sucks, and Hank gets really sick. — 00:01:36
2023-06-27 · Alone on the Cancer Boat: A Vlogbrothers Reunion — Hank agrees: chemo has a reputation that it has earned. — 00:01:36
2023-06-27 · Alone on the Cancer Boat: A Vlogbrothers Reunion — Hank says treatment often feels vaguely medieval: chemotherapy that destroys your immune system doesn't feel very 21st-century. — 00:04:06
2023-06-27 · Alone on the Cancer Boat: A Vlogbrothers Reunion — Hank says his chemo is the cheapest part of his treatment, cheaper than the scans; switching to a newer drug over a lung problem would raise it from $300 to, he thinks, $15,000. (hedged) — 00:06:13
2023-06-27 · Alone on the Cancer Boat: A Vlogbrothers Reunion — Hank reports a new chemo symptom: for the first time in his life, two ocular migraines, with auras and no pain while they were happening; it felt like hallucinating, in both eyes, so a brain problem. — 00:09:05
2023-06-30 · Bon Your Vivant — The description marks the last chemo day of Hank's current treatment plan; he expects a terrible week, then radiation, plus an important scan next week (week of 3 July 2023) whose results will take a scary while. — video description
2023-06-30 · Bon Your Vivant — Hank writes he would be very happy if this is the last chemo he ever has to do, but is also just grateful to have these tools. — video description
2023-06-30 · Bon Your Vivant — John says Hank sometimes does such a good job, online and with family, of saying it's not that bad, but it really is that bad. — 00:03:54
2023-06-30 · Bon Your Vivant — Hank says chemo feels exactly as people described it, yet that didn't mean he knew how he would feel; it is super stressful as well as scary, sad, frustrating and unpleasant, with no 'but' added. — 00:04:23
2023-07-07 · What to Get for a Cancer Patient — Hank says he wants to hear advice from people who have had Hodgkin's lymphoma and ABVD, his chemo regimen; talking with people who have been through cancer has been very helpful. — 00:06:05
2023-07-14 · The Good News Video — Hank says his lymphoma responded well and he has had the last chemo of his treatment plan, needing only four sessions. — 00:04:14
2023-07-14 · The Good News Video — Hank says his cancer is clearly responsive to chemotherapy: he has killed and pissed out so many cancer cells. (playful) — 00:05:42
2023-07-14 · The Good News Video — Hank calls chemo the least fun thing he has ever done and hates it, but finds it amazing and powerful, and feels lucky to have access, a nearby hospital, and decades of refined treatment plans. — 00:06:11
2023-07-14 · The Good News Video — Hank says his chemo drugs can cause other diseases, so he must keep monitoring; every medication trades off side effects, and chemo balances the treatment's long-term effects against the disease's. — 00:06:40
2023-07-14 · The Good News Video — Hank is grateful not to have chemo today, which would have been a chemo day; he would have done it, but didn't like it. — 00:07:15
2023-07-28 · Let's Try Radiation Therapy! — Hank tells John that today was his very first radiation therapy appointment, which was weird. — 00:00:29
2023-07-28 · Let's Try Radiation Therapy! — Hank recaps that chemotherapy killed so much of his cancer that doctors can no longer find it inside him. — 00:00:35
2023-07-28 · Let's Try Radiation Therapy! — Hank says the radiation is invisible and, unlike chemotherapy, feels like nothing, which doesn't mean it isn't a big deal or dangerous. — 00:02:55
2023-08-03 · I love you, Hank. Happy Esther Day. — John says this Esther Day hits different: Hank's cancer diagnosis reminded them life is fragile and that they are fortunate in the people they share life with. — 00:01:27
2023-08-04 · The Biggest Science Story of the Week — Hank says it has been quite a year, though he is happy with the current trajectory. — 00:00:29
2023-08-08 · TAKE IT UP A NOTCH — John lists what took 2023 up a notch: Hank got cancer and had to have chemotherapy and radiation. (playful) — 00:00:00
2023-08-08 · TAKE IT UP A NOTCH — John stresses that such comments have been very rare for Hank and that almost everyone has been extraordinarily supportive. — 00:02:26
2023-08-11 · It's About a YouTuber with Cancer — The description says Hank is off to get the final radiation of his current treatment plan. — video description
2023-08-22 · The Panera Phenomenon — The description says John made the video before the news was public that Hank is in remission; John is grateful and relieved and hopes Hank will talk about it on Friday. — video description
2023-08-25 · Remission — Hank announces that this week (week of 21 August 2023) his doctor told him he is in complete remission from his cancer. — 00:01:14
2023-08-25 · Remission — Hank: After chemo the mass was mostly gone, rated Deauville 2 and basically clinically not cancer; radiation then targeted any remaining cells. — 00:01:52
2023-08-25 · Remission — Hank says treatment went about as well as possible: no dangerous chemo side effects, little chemo thanks to radiation, and his cancer was susceptible to treatment, which sometimes it just isn't. — 00:02:10
2023-08-25 · Remission — Hank says chemotherapy has significantly raised his lifelong chances of heart and lung disease, leukemia and other cancers, as does having had cancer once. — 00:02:47
2023-09-01 · The Weirdest Post-Chemo Symptoms — Hank expected side effects from cancer and chemotherapy but did not realize there would be side effects to stopping chemotherapy and no longer having cancer. — 00:00:26
2023-09-01 · The Weirdest Post-Chemo Symptoms — Hank says people told him that hair lost to chemo grows back re-rolled: curly may become straight, bald may regrow, gray may be lost or gained, some become gingers. — 00:00:55
2023-09-01 · The Weirdest Post-Chemo Symptoms — Hank: Since finishing chemo Hank has had ocular migraines (a light show, then nausea and throbbing), though they don't last long for him. — 00:03:50
2023-09-05 · I Ain't Even Here, Sergeant. I'm in Cheyenne, Wyoming. — John praises Hank's new beard: Hank looks different because he is different, moving through a profound, difficult experience and looking good; he might go full Tom Selleck. — 00:03:38
2023-09-22 · A Feeling I've Never Felt Before — The description says Hank has a new kind of pain after radiation, unlike muscle pain he has had before, and because it is new it is hard to deal with. — video description
2023-09-22 · A Feeling I've Never Felt Before — Hank says having cancer has brought a whole bunch of new sensations, ways of feeling he had never felt before. — 00:01:08
2023-09-22 · A Feeling I've Never Felt Before — Hank names a bad new sensation: pain between skin and muscle all over the body at once, which chemotherapy delivers. — 00:01:29
2023-09-26 · THE REVEAL — Hank says going bald, then having his hair grow back and suddenly getting facial hair, has shown him his face in many different ways, as if he were a different person. — 00:00:58
2023-09-29 · Like Apocalyptic Horsemen — John tells Hank he is extremely grateful, relieved and happy that Hank is, at least for the foreseeable future, through chemo and doing so well. — 00:00:58
2023-10-06 · I Quit — Hank says he has not been working at full capacity while transitioning out of cancer treatment into recovery; he doesn't always feel as well as he looks, and recovery takes time. — 00:00:00
2023-10-06 · I Quit — Hank says the CEO interviews ran alongside finding a lymph node, a biopsy and his diagnosis on May 4, the day before his birthday; on his birthday he went to work for a long meeting about recruiting the CEO. — 00:02:00
2023-10-13 · Cancer Made me Do It. — Hank: During chemotherapy Hank expected to want long-form content, but he was so physically unwell and foggy that he couldn't enjoy things and had no attention span. — 00:00:16
2023-10-13 · Cancer Made me Do It. — Hank's doctor said he should avoid stress if possible because it can increase the chance of relapse, a big deal to him; comedy is fun on stage but not relaxing. — 00:02:58
2023-10-20 · My 'Injury' — Hank says this morning, watching an old Vlogbrothers video with him, his son Orin said that was Dada before his injury, and Hank did not know what to say. — 00:00:00
2023-10-20 · My 'Injury' — Hank says that to Orin it made sense: while Hank was ill Daddy couldn't do much, parts of him hurt badly and he couldn't pick him up or wrestle; they called it cancer without explaining what cancer was. — 00:00:13
2023-10-24 · A Tale of Two Cancers — John recalls that for about a week they knew Hank had some cancer but not which one: another lymphoma, or a metastatic cancer spread to his lymph nodes. — 00:00:13
2023-10-24 · A Tale of Two Cancers — John says pill-based chemotherapy in Freetown shrank Mondeh's tumor, but remission needed IV chemotherapy, which meant traveling thousands of miles to Rwanda's Butaro cancer hospital. — 00:02:14
2023-10-24 · A Tale of Two Cancers — John says since Mondeh was treated such systems are starting to appear in Sierra Leone, with better imaging machines and better access to chemotherapy, but only starting. — 00:03:38
2023-10-27 · I Keep Thinking About Taylor Swift — Hank recalls that when he first got sick and was losing his hair, people sent him lots of hats, which seemed pointless in summer; he still has them now that it is cold. (playful) — 00:00:12
2023-11-03 · We Need to talk about Sarapocial Relationships — Hank says keeping something for himself was forced on him by others rather than chosen, but that has changed some since he got sick, which he thinks is probably healthy. — 00:05:07
2023-11-10 · My Final Chemo Secret — Hank says going through chemotherapy was the worst thing that has ever happened to his body: it sucks immediately, gets a little better, then always a little worse. — 00:00:03
2023-11-10 · My Final Chemo Secret — Hank says chemo makes thinking very hard but possible in specific ways: he couldn't watch a movie but could watch Seinfeld, couldn't write fiction but could write nonfiction. — 00:00:30
2023-11-10 · My Final Chemo Secret — Hank: Recalling John's video, Hank says a child in Sierra Leone waited years for a Hodgkin's diagnosis, then more years for good chemo at a hospital in Rwanda, over 4,000 miles away. — 00:02:37
2023-11-17 · WHAT AM I DOING — Hank says some days he doesn't know what his job is; after finishing cancer treatment he has stepped back asking what he is doing and whether this is his life. — 00:00:00
2023-11-17 · WHAT AM I DOING — Hank says that also happens at 43, and he turned 43 the day before he was diagnosed with cancer; this is new and he doesn't love it. — 00:00:16
2023-11-17 · WHAT AM I DOING — announcement: Hank recalls announcing last week (November 2023) the eight pairs of patterned socks he designed during chemo, now sold so more people can get cancer treatment. — 00:00:44
2023-11-17 · WHAT AM I DOING — Hank: During chemo Hank saw a Gubbins gameplay trailer on TikTok, contacted the developers, got early access and loved the game. — 00:02:09
2023-11-17 · WHAT AM I DOING — Hank: Though told not to make big decisions like buying a car during chemo, Hank paid around the price of a new car for 10% of the game, against some advice, because he wanted to be alive. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:46
2023-12-08 · Did Natural Cancer Treatments Save My Life? — Hank tells John that he got cancer, by far the worst thing that has ever happened to his body; untreated, he would be on his way to dying. (playful) — 00:00:00
2023-12-08 · Did Natural Cancer Treatments Save My Life? — The description says Hank is so happy to be cancer free, at the moment anyway, because chemotherapy exploded the cancer cells. (hedged) — video description
2023-12-08 · Did Natural Cancer Treatments Save My Life? — Hank says Hodgkin lymphoma was one of the first cancers shown to respond well to both chemotherapy and radiation, so chemo was never in question. — 00:00:16
2023-12-08 · Did Natural Cancer Treatments Save My Life? — Hank says he was fully on board with chemo, which definitely extended his life. — 00:00:29
2023-12-08 · Did Natural Cancer Treatments Save My Life? — Hank says three of the four chemo drugs he was on are natural: they come from nature. — 00:00:37
2023-12-08 · Did Natural Cancer Treatments Save My Life? — Hank explains that many bacteria make antibiotics to compete with other bacteria, and many antibiotics are also good chemotherapies because they disrupt cells' ability to replicate. — 00:01:15
2023-12-08 · Did Natural Cancer Treatments Save My Life? — Hank stresses that these drugs have been tested not only for effectiveness but for dosing, target cancers, danger, side effects, sex and age differences, cancer stage, safe duration and how to minimize complications. — 00:01:35
2023-12-08 · Did Natural Cancer Treatments Save My Life? — Hank says chemo side effects include not just vomiting but long-term damage such as lung scarring, cardiac effects or secondary cancer. — 00:01:58
2023-12-08 · Did Natural Cancer Treatments Save My Life? — Hank says some people told him he would do better and be healthier taking a more natural route, meaning not doing chemotherapy. — 00:02:48
2023-12-08 · Did Natural Cancer Treatments Save My Life? — recommendation: Hank favours Epsom salt baths and acupuncture during chemo: if your doctor says they won't harm and you feel they help, do them. — 00:03:37
2023-12-08 · Did Natural Cancer Treatments Save My Life? — Hank says those people don't die for lack of coffee enemas, cannabis oil or apricot pits, but for lack of chemotherapy, radiation, surgery and screening. — 00:04:55
2023-12-19 · End of a Rough Year — John tells Hank this has surely been the hardest year of Hank's life, brutal, and one of the hardest of John's own. — 00:04:25
2023-12-22 · Let's Talk About Death — Hank: Before getting sick Hank thought he had a good grasp on what life was for, but once close to the edge he was amazed how quickly he lost it. — 00:00:54

2024

2024-03-15 · The Worst Things About Not Having Cancer — Hank says it has been more than four months since his last scan declared him in remission from Hodgkin lymphoma; that beats the alternative, but some things about it he doesn't like. — 00:00:00
2024-03-15 · The Worst Things About Not Having Cancer — Hank says in Missoula he was extremely well taken care of during treatment: he saw his doctor at least twice a month and was getting scans, chemo and radiation. — 00:00:58
2024-03-15 · The Worst Things About Not Having Cancer — Hank's third point: you don't get to go back, mentally or physically; treatments leave a mark, and he won't have the body he had before. — 00:03:56
2024-03-29 · The 17 Weirdest Things I Learned at the Zoo — Hank: The Denver Zoo's king cobra got scale cancer; keepers biopsied it, removed the cancerous area surgically and gave adjuvant chemotherapy. — 00:02:28
2024-03-29 · The 17 Weirdest Things I Learned at the Zoo — Hank: The cobra's chemotherapy drug is one humans also get, though humans don't usually take it inside a rat. (playful) — 00:02:28
2024-04-23 · Full Hank — John notes that Hank found out he had cancer almost exactly one year ago (April 2023). — 00:00:00
2024-04-23 · Full Hank — John: When Hank was diagnosed, John took on a few of Hank's many jobs and enjoyed the work so much that he seems to have gone 'full Hank'. — 00:00:00
2024-04-26 · One Year Out. — Hank says Missoula holds a yearly parade where children and adults dress as animals; last year (2023) it fell the day after he learned he probably had cancer, before it was certain. — 00:00:00
2024-04-26 · One Year Out. — Hank says that as the anniversaries arrive, many things will remind him of the last year; that is scary and makes him wonder how he would deal with a relapse, online and in his body. — 00:01:13
2024-05-10 · Three Whole Onions with Secretary Pete Buttigieg — Hank says he had a 'cheap cancer', scans being the costliest part, plus flexible work, support systems and money, so he didn't have to worry. — 00:11:44
2024-05-24 · An Ancient Apocalypse — Hank says they had not done much big birthday celebrating in recent years, but last year (2023) on Katherine's birthday he got his chemo port placed, so celebrating felt right. — 00:00:00
2024-05-28 · A Midlife Crisis — John says his little brother getting cancer made him consider his life and work in an appropriately finite context. — 00:00:29
2024-06-14 · Some Reasons why People Suck — Hank says he is coming out of a few weeks of brain fog, fatigue and discomfort, maybe post-chemo, maybe normal depression; in survivorship you don't know what your body is telling you. (hedged) — 00:07:24
2024-06-21 · I Was So Sad that I Did Comedy — Hank tells an unshared moment: after an ultrasound suggested cancer, he asked his normal doctor before biopsy results whether he would be dead in a month; she could not say for sure. — 00:00:00
2024-06-21 · I Was So Sad that I Did Comedy — The description says Hank's head still isn't entirely on straight, but he learned how lucky he is in opportunities, support and a brain almost always interested in stuff. — video description
2024-06-21 · I Was So Sad that I Did Comedy — Hank: After that first ultrasound Hank only got good news: not metastatic, one of the most treatable lymphomas, fairly early stage; on chemo he could feel the tumors shrinking. — 00:00:44
2024-08-03 · I Love Hank. (Also I'm back.) — John says saying 'I love you' has become easier since Hank got cancer: they are more aware it is silly not to tell people you love that you love them. — 00:00:58
2024-08-07 · Dear Hank and John Livestream! — Hank says his TikTok star shone brightly, then he got cancer and Vlogbrothers had its biggest subscriber day in ten years. (playful) — 00:08:09
2024-10-08 · Hank Steals John's Cells — Hank says if he relapses he will probably need an autologous stem cell transplant, his own marrow cleaned of cancer and put back, so he would need no donor. (hedged) — 00:01:00
2024-10-08 · Hank Steals John's Cells — Hank says his cancer is neither past nor present: he is in remission, and nobody can know for sure whether cancer cells remain in his body. — 00:01:30
2024-10-08 · Hank Steals John's Cells — Hank says that because he had cancer, the registry does not want his bone marrow. — 00:05:03
2024-10-30 · Sipping the Tea with Hank — Hank: Asked about his curls, Hank says they seem to be going; after he wore a hat recently, his straightened hair looked like pre-cancer Hank. — 00:07:46
2024-11-01 · Working Through a Crisis with My Brother — John reminds Hank that he just got better from cancer, and that intense anxiety is really common afterwards. — 00:01:52
2024-11-01 · Working Through a Crisis with My Brother — Hank says he found when he was sick that if he could be interested he was doing okay; curiosity isn't about identity or status. — 00:06:49
2024-11-03 · Hank's very messy post-cancer year of mistakes, meaning… — Hank: After cancer treatment Hank felt bad but much better by comparison, with lots of energy, and more aware that his life is finite than before cancer. — 00:00:58
2024-11-03 · Hank's very messy post-cancer year of mistakes, meaning… — Hank wants to feel less anxious; cancer didn't help: he has more anxiety now, as if the muscle grew stronger during diagnosis and treatment. — 00:05:46
2024-11-22 · Populism, Media Revolutions, and Our Terrible Moment — Hank lists institutions suddenly almost equally under reputational attack, from the CDC, FDA, EPA, schools and the press to Ukraine, NATO, voting machines, chemotherapy and fluoridation. — 00:26:23
2024-11-29 · I am Grateful for My Worry — Hank says he also won the 'got cancer' lottery, but only after winning the lottery of being born when and where chemo was available, so it balances. (playful) — 00:00:00
2024-12-13 · TIL Some People Have an 'Inner Monologue' — Hank says he is fine, though not a hundred percent; he has been better, he is fine physically, and they are getting through it. — 00:05:10
2024-12-13 · TIL Some People Have an 'Inner Monologue' — Hank says that now whenever he tells people he is not doing well he has to add that he does not have cancer. (playful) — 00:05:20

2025

2025-01-24 · Am I OK? — Hank says he finished chemo about 18 months ago and is probably about as recovered as he will get, which is pretty good. (hedged) — 00:00:00
2025-01-24 · Am I OK? — Hank has some chemo nerve damage (tingly fingertips) and nerve pain where he had radiation on top of surgeries, felt only in certain activities. — 00:00:29
2025-03-25 · Taylor, Dr Pepper, and My Anxiety Strats: It's Question Tuesday — John recalls that when Hank got Hodgkin lymphoma he said it has a 93% cure rate for those who can access treatment and a 20-70% cure rate in low- and middle-income countries. — 00:03:24
2025-04-18 · I Still Don't Have Cancer (and I'm Still Scared) — Hank says the lymph nodes under his tongue have been a little swollen and sore for the last few weeks. — 00:00:00
2025-04-18 · I Still Don't Have Cancer (and I'm Still Scared) — Hank: Still nervous, and nearing his two-year mark, Hank called and took the first oncology appointment available. — 00:00:58
2025-04-18 · I Still Don't Have Cancer (and I'm Still Scared) — Hank's empathetic oncologist checked his lymph nodes, now the only monitoring he needs given his cancer, stage and scans, and found them all perfectly normal: no current signs of cancer. — 00:01:27
2025-04-18 · I Still Don't Have Cancer (and I'm Still Scared) — Hank says last night in bed he felt more nervous than he had in a while, which made no sense since he had just been told he doesn't have cancer. — 00:02:58
2025-04-18 · I Still Don't Have Cancer (and I'm Still Scared) — Hank says before he got sick his anxiety was mostly his body usefully calling him to figure out something important; now it sometimes just calls out for no reason. — 00:04:10
2025-05-09 · OK, I MESSED UP. — Hank: After Hank got cancer and finished treatment, most of 2024 was his 'I'm not dead, I must do everything' year, and he pushed to get the book out. (playful) — 00:01:31
2025-05-16 · No One Knows When They Don't Die — Hank says he got a cancer, a disease often fatal, got medicine for it, and now seems likely to die of something else, so he knows he didn't die. (hedged) — 00:00:00
2025-05-23 · I Can’t Believe How Few People it Takes. — Hank was recently at his dermatologist for a skin check, because after his cancer treatment he has a higher than normal risk of melanoma. — 00:00:00
2025-08-01 · We Stole a Man's Blood — Hank says he has a much higher risk of someday needing a bone marrow transplant himself, but many people need one right now. — 00:03:10
2025-08-05 · ONE TAKE JOHNNY — Hank, who nearly failed to get his art minor, says his art classes helped him design the socks he made during chemo, but the credential itself did not. — 00:08:29
2025-08-05 · ONE TAKE JOHNNY — Hank says his oncologist was younger than him; Hank thinks the doctor regarded him as young. — 00:11:36
2025-09-26 · I've Not Been Doing Well — Hank: Following his oncologist's advice to come in if anything feels weird, Hank had tests and blood work and was relieved to find he is still normal and in remission. — 00:04:25
2025-10-03 · Is It Time to Retire? — John notes that Hank didn't take any time off even when he had cancer, so this may not be an issue for him. (playful) — 00:02:22
2025-11-10 · My Cancer Treatment was Not Cutting Edge — Hank is pretty sure he will turn out to have been cured all along: the odds of it going the other way are like rolling a one on a 20-sided die. (playful) — 00:00:58
2025-11-10 · My Cancer Treatment was Not Cutting Edge — Hank says his treatment was probably curative but definitely not cutting edge. — 00:00:58
2025-11-10 · My Cancer Treatment was Not Cutting Edge — Hank says the chemo cocktail he received became the standard treatment for Hodgkin's lymphoma in the late 1970s. — 00:00:58
2025-11-10 · My Cancer Treatment was Not Cutting Edge — Hank likes to say he got 'vintage chemo'; it weirded him out at first, but it is actually very good for two reasons. (playful) — 00:00:58
2025-11-10 · My Cancer Treatment was Not Cutting Edge — Hank: First, the treatment has been curative all along: Hodgkin's has not been a big focus for new cancer drugs because good tools already existed. — 00:01:27
2025-11-10 · My Cancer Treatment was Not Cutting Edge — Hank: Asked why Hodgkin's is easier to cure, Hank says its cells are dumb and love to eat chemo like Halloween treats, while other cancers are better at surviving poison. (playful) — 00:01:27
2025-11-10 · My Cancer Treatment was Not Cutting Edge — Hank: Second, an old drug is well understood after long use, so some elements of his treatment were more cutting edge, coming well after the 1980s. — 00:01:56
2025-11-10 · My Cancer Treatment was Not Cutting Edge — Hank says his chemo drugs are known for causing vomiting, but are now given with pretreatments that fight nausea in advance, plus an escalating series of safely overlapping nausea meds at home. — 00:01:56
2025-11-10 · My Cancer Treatment was Not Cutting Edge — Hank says controlling nausea is fighting cancer: many people stop chemo because of side effects, so better control of a side effect means better control of the cancer. — 00:02:26
2025-11-10 · My Cancer Treatment was Not Cutting Edge — Hank says the drugs are the same but the amount given has changed a lot since 1979, when the idea was to give as much as patients could handle for as long as they could. — 00:02:55
2025-11-10 · My Cancer Treatment was Not Cutting Edge — Hank says the drugs he took carry serious long-term risks: possible permanent lung or heart-muscle damage and higher risk of other cancers. — 00:03:24
2025-11-10 · My Cancer Treatment was Not Cutting Edge — Hank: Had he gotten sick maybe 20 years earlier, Hank would probably have had about six months of treatment; he had two months of chemo then targeted radiation, cutting his long-term risks. (hedged) — 00:03:53
2025-11-10 · My Cancer Treatment was Not Cutting Edge — Hank read those studies during treatment to check it was okay to take less; taking less is scary, but here it is better. — 00:04:21
2025-11-10 · My Cancer Treatment was Not Cutting Edge — Hank sums up: the drugs are old, but treatment kept improving, with cheap anti-nausea meds added and doses scaled back after research showed less chemo similarly curative for his stage. — 00:04:21
2025-11-28 · Three Things! (Wait, no, actually four...) — Hank: After being told he could do QI, Hank got cancer and cancelled, actually ghosting them; once better he asked to do it again. — 00:04:21
2025-12-09 · Hank Green, from A to Z — John tells Hank that his becoming a stand-up comedian after chemotherapy is both the least likely and the most Hank thing he can imagine. — 00:02:55

2026

2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — John offers 20 prints of the Good News Bridge, which his mother painted after learning Hank's cancer was treatable rather than the worst case; John and his parents were on a walk there when they heard. — 01:00:55
2026-02-15 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! — Hank: Calling a single-digit percentage small, Hank jokes that it is what his doctor said his chance of not getting cancer again was. (joke) — 03:25:23
2026-03-13 · Pain — Hank says he has missed plenty of Vlogbrothers videos, but during chemo he never missed one, partly because he was not feeling too bad to make them. — 00:01:47
2026-05-08 · My Deathday — Hank once thought it would be fun to party on the day he would have died without cancer treatment: had he been born 100 years ago, lived where Hodgkin's is mistaken for TB, or refused treatment. — 00:00:00
2026-05-08 · My Deathday — Hank says Hodgkin cells usually die under treatment but sometimes survive, which is why he is technically still in remission rather than cured. — 00:02:26
2026-05-29 · Chemo Cow Body Odor YouTube Helen Hunt Commute — Hank says body odor can change during chemotherapy, probably not from the drugs themselves but because stressed sebaceous glands go dormant, leaving armpit bacteria nothing to eat and excrete as smell. (hedged) — 00:00:52
2026-05-29 · Chemo Cow Body Odor YouTube Helen Hunt Commute — Hank: Since dogs experience the world largely through smell, Hank wonders whether going through chemotherapy changes how a dog feels about its owner; he wishes we knew more. (unsure) — 00:01:22
2026-10-09 · The Productivity Lie — Hank: When Hank was sick and thought he might be nearer the end of his life, one of his few big regrets was not having done more of that supporting work. — 00:06:25