Jennifer Marie J. Yang, MD

June 9, 2022

I survived today’s virtual convention, including the live panel discussion. It was a well-received session overall.

Doreen was present for emotional support. I had to remind her that she should not block the camera.

Thank goodness it was a recorded presentation from 6 weeks ago (see the difference in hair), not sure how this would have gone if I had to do the talk live

Edited to add: thank you, hair, for cooperating and not falling out yet. I did not need a wig today.

I wrote a second, similar post for the Female Physicians Facing Cancer facebook group – the “the best group you never wanted to be part of.”

Celebrating small career victories while in the middle of treatment. I presented at a virtual conference which was already scheduled prior to the “plot twist” screening mammogram in February 2022. It was a well-received session overall for the recorded lectures + live panel discussion.

Thankful for a few things:

1. The conference dates worked out schedule-wise. I just had my first TC session (of 4) on May 30, with the next being June 20. The June 9 date gave me enough time to get over the crappy 1st post-chemotherapy week. It would have been a worse experience if this presentation happened during crappy week.

2. A recorded presentation from 6 weeks ago (see the difference in hair) done prior to chemotherapy. I’m not sure how this would have gone if I had to do the talk live. I also learned to edit out “ums and ahs” so somehow I sounded smarter!

3. Thank you, hair, for cooperating and not falling out yet. I did not need a wig today. Now if you could just make it through the weekend because I have to be at a department photoshoot on Monday, I would be grateful too!

Photos of me during the presentation, and at the panel discussion while fangirling and having impostor syndrome.