All statements about Hodgkin lymphoma

159 statements about Hodgkin lymphoma in 70 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 — Hank: A friend of Hank's who is ten years past Hodgkin's lymphoma treatment has been someone to text when he panics. — 00:02:23
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 — Hank says the prognosis for people with Hodgkin's lymphoma is very good. — 00:02:45
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 — announcement: Hank says his chemotherapy will last no less than four months. — 00:07:58
2023-05-19 · So, I've got cancer — Hank feels very grateful to everyone who has spent their careers studying disease, cancer, lymphoma and Hodgkin's specifically. — 00:10:45
2023-05-19 · So, I've got cancer — Hank says Hodgkin's was first thought to be a form of tuberculosis when discovered in the early 1900s, joking to John that everything is tuberculosis. (playful) (doubtful: early 1900s) — 00:11:14
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 — 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 — Hank puts HuffPost in S tier: it skipped the reveal angle and explained Hodgkin's lymphoma, interviewing the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and an oncologist. (playful) — 00:02:26
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 — 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 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: For Hank the biggest and hardest side effect is fatigue: it does not feel possible to be that tired. — 00:03:01
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… — 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 writes that his Hodgkin lymphoma has not so far become stubborn, but he is very aware that it could. — video description
2023-06-23 · Understanding Cancer Survival Rates — Hank says about 9,000 people in the US get Hodgkin lymphoma each year and about 900 die of it, a crude figure of 10% killed. — 00:00:58
2023-06-23 · Understanding Cancer Survival Rates — Hank notes the disease is officially called Hodgkin lymphoma and used to be called Hodgkin's disease. — 00:00:58
2023-06-23 · Understanding Cancer Survival Rates — Hank says the crude figure hides key information: deaths may come decades after diagnosis, after treatments far worse than today's. — 00:01:27
2023-06-23 · Understanding Cancer Survival Rates — Hank says Hodgkin lymphoma mostly strikes the young and the old, so it is odd he got it in middle age, and patients in their 70s or 80s have a worse prognosis. — 00:01:56
2023-06-23 · Understanding Cancer Survival Rates — Hank says that, because of the cancer and its treatment, Hodgkin lymphoma survivors are more likely to die of heart disease, lung disease and other cancers. — 00:01:56
2023-06-23 · Understanding Cancer Survival Rates — Hank says Hodgkin lymphoma patients alive five years later are very likely never to relapse and will probably die at a fairly normal age of something else. — 00:04:22
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
2023-06-23 · Understanding Cancer Survival Rates — Hank says the numbers are high partly because Hodgkin cells are bad at repairing themselves and die when treated. — 00:11:18
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 — John says the drugs for even very treatable diseases are known and not that expensive, Hodgkin's drugs included. — 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
2023-07-07 · 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 Hodgkin's lymphoma is a treatable disease that responds well to treatment in most cases. — 00:04:14
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 that if he relapses there are further treatments, worse than what he has been through, but still options. — 00:05:42
2023-07-14 · The Good News Video — Hank says that barring something very weird he will officially be in remission in maybe two months, then be monitored for years. (hedged) — 00:06:40
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
2023-08-03 · 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 says untreated Hodgkin lymphoma has about a 90% chance of killing you within five years, and about a 10% chance if treated. (hedged) — 00:00:21
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 says Hodgkin lymphoma, when it responds to treatment, tends to respond very well, and in his case it worked about as well as it does. — 00:01:22
2023-08-25 · Remission — Hank says Hodgkin lymphoma is a cancer where doctors say you can move from remission to cure, yet after cure recurrence remains much likelier than in the general population. — 00:05:03
2023-08-25 · Remission — Hank says if his cancer came back in 10 or 20 years that would probably be great, because by then he guesses there will be even better treatments. (hedged) — 00:05:51
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
2023-09-05 · 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
2023-09-26 · 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
2023-10-20 · My 'Injury' — Hank says the lower count reflects common pathways to cancer; classical Hodgkin lymphoma is one, so its cells behave alike and patients have similar prognoses and treatment responses. — 00:01:05
2023-10-20 · My 'Injury' — Hank says the upper count reflects that every cancer is genetically distinct, so two people with the same kind of classical Hodgkin lymphoma can respond differently to treatment. — 00:01:27
2023-10-20 · My 'Injury' — Hank says glioblastoma is as different from Hodgkin lymphoma as Ebola is from the common cold. — 00:03:45
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 finally learning it was Hodgkin lymphoma was a tremendous encouragement, the best of the bad news they could have gotten. — 00:00:24
2023-10-24 · A Tale of Two Cancers — John recalls that when Hank called with the diagnosis, one of the first things he said was that five-year survival is 93% with treatment and about 6% without. — 00:00:33
2023-10-24 · A Tale of Two Cancers — John says that in Sierra Leone, a relatively small country, over 200 people get Hodgkin lymphoma every year. — 00:00:58
2023-10-24 · A Tale of Two Cancers — John says the lump grew until Mondeh struggled to swallow and lost weight, over four years; at 10 he saw a Partners In Health doctor who suspected lymphoma, and a biopsy in the capital confirmed Hodgkin lymphoma. — 00:01:58
2023-10-24 · A Tale of Two Cancers — John says Hodgkin lymphoma is actually relatively inexpensive to treat, provided the systems for appropriate diagnostics and treatment are in place. — 00:03:31
2023-10-24 · A Tale of Two Cancers — John says the devastating truth is that most people with Hodgkin lymphoma in a country like Sierra Leone will die even though they could have lived. — 00:03:53
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 Hodgkin lymphoma is a curable cancer: with treatment you have almost a 90% chance of dying of something else when old. — 00:02:22
2023-11-10 · My Final Chemo Secret — Hank says the treatments are old and not that expensive, but hard to get to different places. — 00:02:32
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
2023-12-08 · 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 10 years ago his treatment would have been worse, 30 years before that horrible and probably disabling for life, and 30 years before that nonexistent. (hedged) — 00:05:49
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 says the peak time for relapse of his cancer is in about the next year, and a relapse would make him a trickier case than most people. — 00:01:57
2024-03-15 · The Worst Things About Not Having Cancer — Hank says a relapse would probably show up as swollen lymph nodes in the neck, armpit or groin, but could show up in many other ways. (hedged) — 00:01:57
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
2024-08-03 · 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
2024-11-26 · Good News — John says the burden of health problems is measured per 100,000 people: about 2.5 of every 100,000 people are diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma, the cancer Hank had, each year. — 00:00:08
2024-11-26 · Good News — John: Since most people in the US survive Hodgkin lymphoma, its mortality rate is only about 0.28 per 100,000, close to the US tuberculosis death rate of about 0.22 per 100,000, or several hundred deaths a year. — 00:00:34
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
2025-03-25 · 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
2025-03-25 · Taylor, Dr Pepper, and My Anxiety Strats: It's Question Tuesday — John says the estimate is so wide because we do not even do a good job of diagnosing, identifying or counting Hodgkin lymphoma patients in poor countries, let alone treating them. — 00:03:53
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 his oncologist asks his biggest worries and scolds him a little for knowing too much, as if he would research Hodgkin lymphoma less. (playful) — 00:01:56
2025-04-18 · I Still Don't Have Cancer (and I'm Still Scared) — Hank says that 10 or 20 years from now, when leukemia would be most likely for him, maybe there will be better treatment or monitoring, if science continues, which he never used to worry about. (hedged) — 00:02:31
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 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 knows people who relapsed more than 10 years after treatment for Hodgkin's, so one can be called cured and not quite be. — 00:00:29
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 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: 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 says that because the full treatment cured Hodgkin's, it was hard to get doctors and patients to agree to research trying smaller doses. — 00:02:55
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
2025-11-28 · 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

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 picked a method: the point at which 50% of untreated, recently diagnosed Hodgkin patients are dead, from old data, padded since they were likely diagnosed later than he was. — 00:00:29
2026-05-08 · My Deathday — Hank says Hodgkin's, thought of as not particularly dangerous, is safe only because of treatment: it is actually quite an aggressive cancer. — 00:01:27
2026-05-08 · My Deathday — Hank explains that Hodgkin cells signal healthy cells to surround them, so a Hodgkin tumor is only about 5% cancer cells and 95% healthy cells and can grow very fast. — 00:01:56
2026-05-08 · My Deathday — Hank says chest lymph nodes can grow into masses pressing on airways, lungs and heart, and as a lymphoma it spreads to spleen, liver, lungs or bone marrow and can kill. — 00:01:56
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
2026-05-08 · My Deathday — Hank did the math and missed his chance: with no clean clock and too much precision, his untreated death day would have been about June 2025; he is unsure how he feels. (hedged) — 00:02:55
2026-05-08 · My Deathday — Hank says about 95% of people diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma in the US are alive five years later, and about 89% worldwide. — 00:03:24
2026-05-08 · My Deathday — Hank says the numbers carry many uncertainties and might look better than reality, since people who die undiagnosed are not counted; but most are counted and most get good treatment. (hedged) — 00:03:24
2026-05-08 · My Deathday — Hank says 100 years ago pretty much everyone who got Hodgkin's died of it. — 00:03:53
2026-05-08 · My Deathday — Hank says Hodgkin's is a big problem for an individual, which he lived through, but also a big problem for the world, whose effort to solve it he did not experience. — 00:04:22
2026-05-08 · My Deathday — Hank notes that health care is not equally distributed: some places have much higher Hodgkin death rates, and in some diagnosis is unlikely. — 00:04:22
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