029-Reflection Health with Katy Cameron and Machell Hudson

This week on Reflection Health Podcast, Machell is joined by longtime friend Patti Sooy for a two part series where Patti shares her story about how oral cancer has affected her family and explains the importance of never skipping a head and neck exam.    Episode Highlights Patti’s Background  Patti’s Story  Medical vs. Dental    Quotes    “Sadly only 15% of dentists and dental hygienists are doing head and neck exams”    “I’ve worn just about every hat in the office”    “I wish that I wasn’t having to tell this story, I wish I could rewind the clock and not have this happen”    “The doctor thinks it's fine… he thinks that I’m running my upper teeth over my lip when I sleep”    “All he heard was… it’s fine”    “Carcinoma is cancer”   “A large piece of his lip was gone, a very very large piece… and it scared him”    “We went it to see the radiologist, and oh my gosh that’s when everything went upside down”  Links The Dental Podcast Network Channel One homepage: http://dentalpodcastnetworkchannelone.otcpn.libsynpro.com/ The Dental Podcast Network Channel Two homepage: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dental-podcast-networks-channel-two/id1478530429  Productive Dentist Academy homepage:   https://productivedentist.com/ Katy’s email:   [email protected] Machell’s email:   [email protected]