Michael Whitley

Founder and COO of EngeniusMicro, LLC. Licensed Professional Engineer, MBA, 46m stage IV kidney cancer patient.

[Michael Whitley @bodagetta]

I am 42 years old and was diagnosed with metastatic clear cell kidney cancer on 9/3/2019. I had my primary tumor and left kidney and adrenal removed on 9/5/2019 immunotherapy didn’t work for me. Currently on Axitinib. #kidneycancer #mrcc #immunotherapy

[Michael Whitley @bodagetta]

Newly married!

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Echo normal

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Just had an echocardiogram. Wait for results sucks no matter the scanner.

[Michael Whitley @bodagetta]

@kaydaustin Sign up for USPS informed delivery. It’s free and they email you images of anything being mailed to you the day of

[Michael Whitley @bodagetta]

@KDHack I prefer to think of a disgruntled radiologist (who I’ve never met most radiologists are really pleasant) deciding I’m a son of a bitch based on my scan 😂😂

[Michael Whitley @bodagetta]

Anyone else had a radiologist call them a S.O.B. or have I reached a new level?

[Michael Whitley @bodagetta]

Important life news. I have decided to start vaping. It’s albuterol flavored. Also I have pneumonia.

[Michael Whitley @bodagetta]

@KimrynRathmell @CathyEngMD @jordanberlin5 @benhopark @KristenCiombor @drlauragoff @FlavioRochaMD @CardinMD @Kathy_WalshMD @christine_lovly

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Waiting room floor ER edition (everything is fine). I’ve been up for 36 hours finally in a room and got some sweet ambien

[Michael Whitley @bodagetta]

@EllieP2023 https://t.co/pfbGuyKbup

[Michael Whitley @bodagetta]

Doing some 2nd grader sitting tonight. I’m helping with legos and undoing dog training.

[Thanks Cancer! @ThanksCancer]

I don’t know how cancer patients do it.

I did it, and I still don’t know how.

Cancer treatment is a fucking SLOG.

[Michael Whitley @bodagetta]

You mean rubbing thieves oil on my right big toe won’t cure my cancer?

This is a good move.

https://t.co/Wr9SE6lPvu

[Michael Whitley @bodagetta]

My resting heart rate also jumped Thursday. If I had been paying closer attention I would have caught this early. I’m good now but the data from a simple watch is amazing.

[Michael Whitley @bodagetta]

.@Apple health and my Apple Watch have been invaluable in my cancer and other health tracking. I think I was infected with COVID on Tuesday in this data. Thursday O2 sats started dropped but I left fine. Then they got worse. I started steroids Sunday and sats got better.

[Michael Whitley @bodagetta]

@soozibags He thinks my recent shortness of breath is covid (or other respiratory virus) and not cancer. It’s been made better by steroids

[Michael Whitley @bodagetta]

Waiting room series. Pulmonologist follow up. I like this ashy laminate but not as much as a high gloss laminate. 7/10

[Michael Whitley @bodagetta]

@Bham_Blonde @lieulieubell The pattern was so much worse in person. It was like it was moving. I had to stare at the ceiling to keep from 🤮

[Michael Whitley @bodagetta]

Waiting room floor
Local oncology. I’m m in the carpet portion of the waiting room. It’s ok but a little too busy. If I was having nausea it wouldn’t be helping. 7/10

[Michael Whitley @bodagetta]

@lieulieubell Found a photo of that carpet.

[Michael Whitley @bodagetta]

@lieulieubell The carpet in my radiation oncology waiting room was literally 🤮 inducing. I couldn’t look at the floor. I was back in the area a few weeks ago and peeked in. Happy to see they had replaced it with laminate.