Televidente alerta a presentadora de bulto en su cuello y resulta ser cáncer

27 de Julio, 2020

Una periodista del área de Tampa, en la costa oeste de Florida, detectó que tenía cáncer gracias a la alerta de una televidente que le vio un "bulto" en el cuello durante una emisión del noticiero y se lo hizo saber a través de un correo electrónico.

"Hola, acabo de ver tu informe de noticias. Lo que me preocupa es el bulto en tu cuello", decía el mensaje enviado a la presentadora Victoria Price, del canal 8 WFLA.

"Por favor revisa tu tiroides. Me recuerda a mi cuello. El mío resultó ser cáncer. Cuídate", agregó el escueto mensaje.

Price informó a su audiencia a través de la cuenta de Twitter del canal: "Un poco de noticias personales para compartir. Resulta que tengo cáncer. Y se lo debo a uno de nuestros maravillosos @WFLA espectadores por llamar mi atención".

Agregó en un comunicado que esta vez los papeles "se invirtieron" y un espectador estuvo "de su lado", en referencia al eslogan del noticiero "8 on Your Side" (8 de tu lado).

"No es solo un eslogan en WFLA, es nuestra piedra angular", dijo Price, quien publica una foto suya señalándose el bulto en el cuello.

"Estamos cubriendo la mayor crisis sanitaria del siglo, pero mi propia salud era lo más lejano en mi mente", agregó.

A bit of ~personal news~ to share.

Turns out, I have cancer. And I owe it to one of our wonderful @WFLA viewers for bringing it to my attention.

I’ll be off work for a bit after tomorrow, but I’ll see y’all soon 🥰 pic.twitter.com/UMsoj2SjtM
— victoria price (@WFLAVictoria) July 23, 2020

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"8 On Your Side" isn't just a catchphrase at @wfla. It’s our cornerstone. But the roles recently reversed when I found a viewer on MY side, and I couldn't be more grateful. As a journalist, it's been full throttle since the pandemic began. Never-ending shifts in a never-ending news cycle. Adjusting to remote workflows and in my case, taking on a new investigative role. We were covering the most important health story in a century, but my own health was the farthest thing from my mind. Until a viewer emailed me last month. She saw a lump on my neck. Said it reminded her of her own. Hers was cancer. Turns out, mine is too. COVID created some diagnostic delays but I'll finally be undergoing surgery this Monday to remove the tumor, my thyroid, and a couple of the nearby lymph nodes. Doctor says it's spreading, but not too much, and we're hopeful this will be my first and last procedure. Had I never received that email, I never would have called my doctor. The cancer would have continued to spread. It's a scary and humbling thought. I will forever be thankful to the woman who went out of her way to email me, a total stranger. She had zero obligation to, but she did anyway. Talk about being on your side, huh? The world is a tough place these days. Don't forget to take care of yourself. Take care of each other. Love y'all and see you soon. VP 💕

A post shared by victoria price (@victoriapricetv) on Jul 23, 2020 at 4:32pm PDT

Explicó que debido a la pandemia en Florida, donde cerca de 400.000 personas han resultado positivas de la COVID-19 y más de 5.600 han fallecido, su trabajo es interminable y apenas se acomoda a hacerlo desde casa.

Precisa que si no hubiera sido por la espectadora, a la que no identifica, nunca hubiera ido al doctor a revisarse.

La periodista después explicó en otros mensajes que el bulto es resultado de un tumor que presiona su tiroides y que se someterá a una cirugía para extirparlo junto con algunos ganglios linfáticos.

Hi! I agree, not the easiest to see. It’s not super obvious unless you know what to look for. This screenshot shows it a bit better. I’m still learning but doc explained that the tumor is in the middle of my thyroid, pushing the glands up and out, hence the subtle protrusion. pic.twitter.com/NFeoRVcUdz
— victoria price (@WFLAVictoria) July 24, 2020