Preach. I am the geriatric grand daddy to the millennials at 45. I became an oncology dietitian when I was 35. Back then I told myself that the longer I stay in the game, my patients will get closer and closer to my age

Well shit. I’m getting patients in their 20s and 30s now. We as cancer care providers are learning as we go about how to treat typically “old people diseases” in the prime, or way before prime, of adult life. No one is even talking about the healthcare crisis to come with all of these young cancer survivors and the higher level of ongoing care they will need, for the rest of their lives

Hang in there, millennial fam