Tbh, don't know the difference between cancer free and radiographically cancer free but I know it is really good news. Oncologist said it means even though I'm stage 4, right now scans aren't showing much for cancer and immunotherapy is working way better than expected 💪💪
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Justin Phillips
@WiStrmChaser
Country/rock/Taylor Swift music fan, guitar player, storm chaser for WEAU 13. Northern lights photographer from Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Battling stage 4 cancer.
Bloomer, WisconsinJoined February 2012
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Rocking the signed Woodruff jersey at cancer treatment today. It was a hit with all the nurses, they asked to do the selfie not me!! The are 6 and 0 in games I went to this year, including the div clincher, so should I go to game 1 of the NLDS BrewCrew nation?! 😂😃
I was just thrilled they sent me a well wish the other day, now this?!?!!! The Milwaukee Brewers are truly incredible. Cancer sucks but the Brewers rock!! I love my team 😭😭 #ThisIsMyCrew
Immunotherapy day. Good news is it's working, cancer scan was clean so that's 4 months cancer free now, not bad for being given a year to live 3 years ago 😃💪 to celebrate I bought a ticket for opening day. See y'all at Amfam!!! 😃💙💛 #ThisIsMyCrew
Cancer treatment day, blah 😐 rocking the Giannis jersey for good luck. Worked for the to win a championship now if the win a world series this fall it'll make the year a bit better despite my cancer battle!! #FearTheDeer #ThisIsMyCrew
3 years ago today I was diagnosed with stage 4 nasopharynx carcinoma and given a year to live. Thanks to radiation and immunotherapy I'm still here 3 years later fighting and praying for a cure. Still catching big fish, chasing tornadoes, and cheering my beloved !!!
Dear thank you so much for the card and for reaching out about sending me a Woodruff jersey and for being the best baseball team ever ❤️😭 dear thank you so much for signing it!! #FavoritePlayerEver you all have made my day and my life! 😂 #CancerWontStopMe
I'm shaking from from excitement. Kansas type supercell near Alma, Wisconsin at dark. Most incredible supercell of my chase career without a doubt. Phone preview of my canon til I get home. Best shots of my life tonight. This baby was spinning like a top with big wall cloud!!
It's game day!!! On the road for the 4 hour trip to Milwaukee. I predict two things, I'm going to kick cancer in the ass and the are going to stay undefeated in games I've attended this season!!! #ThisIsMyCrew #ClawsUpMKE
Wearing my #Jerseys4Jackson and my tee shirt at cancer treatment today. I'm not feeling well at all, physically or mentally, but I love y'all and will never stop fighting ❤️💪 my thoughts go out to everyone effected by the Waukesha tragedy. Spread love, all days ❤️
Road trippin!! Happy home opener friends!! See ya in 2 and a half to three hours Milwaukee!!! To celebrate 3 months cancer free I treated myself to my best seats ever, 12 rows behind the brew crew dugout. They have won the last 9 I've been at, let's make it 10!!
Tonight was unreal. Incredible northern lights near Bloomer, Wisconsin.
Thanks to the graciousness of one of my followers, I'll be next to the Brewers dugout for Fridays game to hopefully keep the undefeated streak going. and BrewCrew fan base showing why they are the best once again. Proud to be a fan!! Let's go!! #ThisIsMyCrew #ClawsUpMKE
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Rocking the signed Woodruff jersey at cancer treatment today. It was a hit with all the nurses, they asked to do the selfie not me!! The @Brewers are 6 and 0 in games I went to this year, including the div clincher, so should I go to game 1 of the NLDS BrewCrew nation?! 
Omg wtfffff. Home from the chase. My Brandon Woodruff jersey is here and he signed it and left me a personal message as did the Brewers. I'm fucking shaking so bad!! 😂😂😭😭 Pics later today when people are awake 😂😂😂 omggggg
Cheers to all the doctors who have told me the past year that due to my cancer battle, I would never play hockey again. No offense but y'all were wrong, I'm exhausted but it sure felt good to play today. Last scan was clean when told I had a year to live, moral is, I don't do no.
Despite the clean scan in Jan, I have to stay on immunotherapy, next round is tomorrow. Yet I'm now happier because the BrewCrew is coming back!! Words will never explain what the mean to me. It's been escape the last 3 years when I want to give up. See y'all at AmFam ❤️
Major milestone. Hiked 5 miles up incline for the first time since I was diagnosed with cancer 3 years ago. I refuse to let cancer control my life. Also, the sunset at Devil's Lake State Park tonight, incredible. Reppin the as always!! #CantStopMe 💪💪
Fine cancer you win today 😐 gutted I don't have the energy to drive down to MKE today and keep the undefeated streak going in games I've been to this year but it's ok, we got this and my boy is gonna throw a gem 💪💪💙💛 #ThisIsMyCrew #ClawsUpMKE
Can't wait to attend the BrewCrew game tomorrow. 5-0 in games I have attended this year. Will be the first game I have been to since the sent me a card and signed Woodruff jersey (I will be proudly wearing it to the game tomorrow) #IwillBeatCancer
My arm is about fall off from waving this towel, also Rowdy motherf**king Tellez!!
I know I've been quiet the past week. Life is bad and I'm not okay. The physical and emotional pain are too much, I don't want to do it anymore. Anyways just checking in and now I'm going to go dose myself to the eye balls on pain meds. Go Brewers I guess.
It's world cancer day apparently. While my quality of life can be a struggle many days, today I feel somewhat decent for the first time in ages. Being stage 4, who knows how long before it comes back but given a year to live and having a clean scan 3 years later is a good fight💪
As someone currently battling cancer I'm not finding all the cancer jokes on Twitter today very amusing. While doing better ATM, this time last year on chemo I went to bed every night hoping I wouldn't wake up the next day. Yeah, that's hilarious. Man I hate people.
Northern lights were out all night last night near Bloomer, Wisconsin but for ten minutes put on this awesome pillar display, rest of the night was just a green arc with ribbons at times. Best show I have seen since November, maybe longer!!
Pinch me. I still can't believe the stacked plate mothership supercell I witnessed near Fountain City, Wisconsin last night. Sunset storm near Auburndale last week I thought would take a long time to beat, last night really will, this isn't the kind of supercell we get here often
Happy Birthday to me. Fam got me new Brewers and storm chasing gear. Cancer scan results and treatment tomorrow, not looking forward to it. All I really want for my bday is to beat cancer and a world series title 💪💪 is it opening day at AmFam yet?!?!
Ok last one for tonight I promise, 5 am comes early. Went back out when the BZ flipped south and this substorm near Bloomer, Wisconsin is the best aurora display I have seen in a couple years!!! That was fun!!
My birthday. This day means a bit more when told I had a year to live 3 years ago. I've showed cancer what's up. Best bday present ever? Got to meet my idol Joe Pavelski two years ago and he signed my Badgers jersey along with giving me a signed stick. Was such a cool dude!
So uhh this just happened. Best lightning shoot of my life, got over 20 bolts hitting the ground at close range including this shot, my best lightning photo to date. What a night!!! #wiwx
Camry died. Been missing storm chases, cancer appointments, Brewers games etc for a month now. Not anymore. Ken Vance Hyundai surprised me with a gift. Have wanted an SUV for a few years but on my measly budget since I can't work I figured no way. So grateful. Words don't do.
Wall cloud and lightning on a tornado warned monster supercell near Hugo, Minnesota y'day. More photos later and a 10 minute video of the supercell including a bolt that hit so close I heard it sizzle seen sparks and my feet tingled for 5 secs. Y'day was insanity.
Yesterday was the perfect chase day. Tornado near Dubuque, Iowa and ended the day the way I love to end all chase days. Mammatus selfie at sunset. This storm complex put on quite the mammie show. This was on the Wisconsin side of the bridge crossing the Mississippi river to Iowa.
Next round of cancer treatment today, blah. Go though!!! Love my Brew Crew to the end of time!! 💙💛
Okay so tonight was too nuts to not post one camera photo. So here is when the pink pillar explosion erupted and I lost my mind. New Auburn, Wisconsin.
Immunotherapy day, been at hospital all day, blah. Good news is scans were good. Still cancer free since January despite being given a year to live 3 years ago. I won't go down easily 😎😎💪💪🌪️🌪️
Thanks so much for the Tix right behind the dugout where I always sit 😆😆 time to make it 17 wins in a row in games I attend!! Wish I didn't live 4 hours away I'd be at every game otherwise 💪💪 love my Brew Crew!!!
Finally got what I have wanted since I started in 2011. Corona of the aurora directly overhead, thought the show two weeks ago was going to be tough to beat in western Wisconsin, this one might be another decade 😂couple shots of the corona and a couple selfies. More to come.
Reason 484759383737273 I love my Milwaukee Brewers. A simple heart reply means a lot when I'm having a super crappy day at cancer treatment. I can never thank the BrewCrew enough for everything they did for me this year from the signed Woodruff jersey, etc. Above and beyond.
My thoughts now that I'm over the sadness of the NLDS. Thankful for the escape from cancer baseball is and the team sending me a signed Woodruff jersey, and for uniting me with some awesome people!! Health willing, see y'all on opening day at AmFam!! Love ya BrewersFam!!
Immunotherapy day. But the good news is, I'm still cancer free until the next scan 3 months from now and hopefully well beyond. Bad news for the splake this month and the perch, crappies, bluegills come ice season. 🐟🐟💪💪 Not bad for being given a year to live 3 years ago.
Health has been terrible since my good cancer scan two months ago and now I'm having shortness of breath and wobbly legs and other issues. I hope they can fix me ☹️
Better news than expected. Cancer didn't shrink but also didn't grow. At the very least I've bought myself a few more months until next scan. On top of how long I've been fighting, not bad for a generally fatal cancer. I'm putting up a worthy fight which is all I can really do.
Auroras this morning near New Auburn, Wisconsin!!!
A year ago today I posted a selfie from a terrible day of cancer treatment and then this happened. Didn't mind the sliding into my dm's 😆😆 down side is still doing treatment 😔, plus side I've been cancer free since January when told it would never happen. 💪💪💪
Just took this photo of the northern lights in Bloomer, Wisconsin tonight!!
Had just woke up this morning and didn't put a hat on yet so I look dumb but I just wanted to say thank you all Brewers twitter and twitter in general. The unreal support has helped get me through some tough days in this cancer battle!!! Thank you all for everything ❤️
This time last year I was ready to delete Twitter and never use it again due to the toxic nature and just overall crappy people I had to deal with on a daily basis or see in my feed. Now some of the best ppl in my life are on here and I'm not sure I could battle on without it. ❤️
Thanks for making the interview so easy also thanks to all the ppl I've run into at the stadium showing support, sorry I haven't recognized a lot of you 😂❤️ #ThisIsMyCrew #ClawsUpMKE
Aurora shot of my career tonight in New Auburn, Wi!!
The game may have gone the wrong way today but I still have reason to be happy. A)I love my singed Woodruff jersey, thx BrewCrew! B) last scan showed that while the main tumor stayed the same, the nodule in my lung worrisome for being metastic not only shrunk, it's gone entirely!
So yeah, becoming a big believer in edibles. Not only do they help my pains and apetite loss from cancer, but they are easing my depression a bit, edibles and video games currently have me in the most chill mood I have been in for like a week. They seem to work.
Took ten years of chasing and lots of bird fart or rain wrapped mess tornadoes, but I finally got my dream tornado photo yesterday in Iowa. This was the cone/multi vortex tornado near Waverly, Iowa. To see 3 insane tornadoes in one day, not sure I'll ever do that again. Unreal...
These edibles, man, not only are my cancer pains gone, but I feel goooooooddddddd. Way better than the anti depressant I was put on a few weeks ago.
Test is negative, I've officially beat covid because I'm a bad mofo and covid is weak sauce. Going home to western Wisconsin tomorrow. Now I can get back to beating cancer hopefully 🙏 still dealing cancer pain and fatigue but covid symptoms have been done for two days.
Cancer treatment went poorly. Currently in ER to have my head scanned due to neurologists issues. Docs have mentioned anything from brain bleed to stroke, don't think it's that serious but guess we'll see what scans say. Fun day 😔
This sunset in New Auburn, Wisconsin right now....are you effing kidding me?!?!?! Incredible.
Yayyyyyyyyy. Checked my spot near Menomonie, Wisconsin where snowy owls spend every winter. Found my first Snowy Owl of the winter!!!!!
Thank you all for the love I'm blown away. Unfortunately I'm in bad shape and probably not leaving the hospital anytime soon. My kidney numbers are bad and I have fluid in my lungs. I'm still not really sure what going on but I know it's bad and I'm scared 😭😭
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Just arrived at the hospital. Can't breathe and just generally not feeling well. Not sure if it's related to my cancer or what but docs are worried and I'm being admitted. I'm nervous 
Oh yeah, forgot to mention. Scans after treatment said I am still cancer free til at least the next scan. Happy about that. But my mental/physical health battles and survivors guilt from others around me dying of cancer have me incredibly broken at the moment.
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I know I've been quiet the past week. Life is bad and I'm not okay. The physical and emotional pain are too much, I don't want to do it anymore. Anyways just checking in and now I'm going to go dose myself to the eye balls on pain meds. Go Brewers I guess.
Cancer treatment day today and I am feeling it physically and mentally. Storm chasing lately has been a nice relief but that's only temporary. So, don't be surprised if you don't hear from me for a few days maybe a week. Take care of yourselves. Go Brewers.
My only gripe today from the game today, so many brewer fans around me crapping all over yelich every at bat. He may not be hitting Bombs yet but he's hitting. Sure looks better than the last two years, be happy about it?? Also cutch is gonna rake at home this season 😍😍
Cancer treatment day. Scan was kind of a bummer as a nodule has formed on my lung that is worrisome for being metastic. Gonna give it two more months of immunotherapy to see if it stays stable or not, gonna try to not think about that until next cycle, and go Brew Crew!!
Fall colors starting to show up a couple days ago at the Dells Mill near Augusta, Wisconsin. Nice little drive to break out the camera.
Doing my best to get back to everyone, but I can't keep up. Have gotten 1700+ notifications since my tweet y'day about the clean cancer scan. Truly humbled. I don't have the words to express what it means to me, so I won't even try but thanks to my twitter family. Yall are MVP's
What a game to be at!! Last minute decision to go today and boy am I glad I did!!! Walk it off Willy!! Haven't been to a game since early June which is too long. Mind needed it badly and the have won the last 16 in a row I've been too!!
Almost forgot, today at cancer treatment my chemo nurses gave me this blanket!! They know the way to my heart is anything Brew Crew 😆 #ThisIsMyCrew
4 rows behind the brewers dugout is easily my best seats ever. Holy crap 😍😍
Craziest intercept of my life mauston rain wrapped tornado dropped right on top of us. Never been in one that violent. Quick video now and more of the real insane video later. Unreal chase even in some of the worst terrain in Wisconsin.
Health update: turns out my decline in health wasn't my cancer, my thyroid numbers went through the roof again. They upped my dose of thyroxine, and while it'll take a while to feel as good as I was, I've already noticed improvement in two days. I can get out of bed a little bit.
I'll get back to yall when I feel better. Feel pretty cruddy from treatment today so going to bed. Sat in the parking lot and cried for 15 mins after this pic and I never cry. I know I'm not out of the woods til more scans are cancer free but for this one to be clean, no words.
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Tbh, don't know the difference between cancer free and radiographically cancer free but I know it is really good news. Oncologist said it means even though I'm stage 4, right now scans aren't showing much for cancer and immunotherapy is working way better than expected 
Photo from inside the notch on tornado warned supercell near Ridgeland, Wisconsin today looking at the rotation and lowering in the hook. What a storm!! #wiwx
Double win post as I slept all day as the drive to MKE and back drained me. Not only was last night the most incredible game I've ever been to, I now have the headband to match my jersey 😍😍 much needed for my out of control hair 😂😂 y'day was beyond words, cya May 22!
Update: On my way to hospital. Have chest pain and can feel fluid/phlegm in there. Leads me to believe I have either pneumonia or coronavirus. Either way I think I'm about to be in for a bad night 😭😭
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Great. Coming down with cold/flu symptoms. As someone battling cancer, coronavirus is the last thing I want to deal with. Needless to say will be watching myself closely. Have only left the house twice in two weeks for groceries so that'd be pretty bad luck
Cancer is still whooping my ass lately but I managed to drag myself out of bed for this amazing western Wisconsin sunset tonight. Wowsers!
Ugh. Last year I spent Thanksgiving in the hospital for 5 days due to pneumonia after battling COVID. Welp this year I'm in the hospital on Thanksgiving. Waiting on swab results but all signs point to COVID again. Other than a 3 day headache and fatigue I'm hanging in there. ☹️
win!! 17 in a row when I attend!!! Getting unreal at this point!! The grand slam was super fun!!!!
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Thanks so much for the Tix @Brewers right behind the dugout where I always sit 
time to make it 17 wins in a row in games I attend!! Wish I didn't live 4 hours away I'd be at every game otherwise love my Brew Crew!!!
time to make it 17 wins in a row in games I attend!! Wish I didn't live 4 hours away I'd be at every game otherwise love my Brew Crew!!!Can't catch a f*cking break. Treatment day, good news is, still cancer free for now, bad news is, my jaw bone is dying and exposed in my mouth (osteonecrosis) from treatment (rare) so I will need extensive oral surgery later this month to remove part of my jaw. So over all this
Just checked into ER. Vomiting blood, legs are weak and I'm barely staying conscious. Guessing this is cancer related, definitely not dehydration. FML 😞
Home from the ER. Had a heat stroke y'day due to my hypothyroidism not regulating my body temp normally. Still feel crappy but a bit better than y'day, thanks for all the well wishes!!
Sunset and a tornado warned supercell near Barron, WI on July 26th.
The best the auroras looked tonight before fading back north. Bloomer, Wisconsin. First time seeing them since March so I am happy. More photos tomorrow, 5 am trip to the Brule river is gonna come early!!!
Good day ice fishing, got a super nice walleye. Tons of fun on a ice rod!!!
Well today just got worse. My cousin Mike was hit by a car in the West Allis incident that killed one and injured 4 others today :( he is alive but has been in surgery for 3 hours according to his mom. Good thoughts would be appreciated for him and everyone involved :(
As much as I love my Slipknot and hard rock I also love as it mellows me out especially on nights when I can't sleep. As I lay in this hospital bed, her music is the only thing keeping me from not totally freaking out while I await test results so thank you Taylor
6 days ago I was on three weeks of being bed ridden and convinced cancer was taking me from the world soon. Today I played hockey. Slowly getting better by day. Glad it was just my thyroid again and not the cancer. I was convinced I'd never fish or play hockey again.
Another aurora photo from Friday night near New Auburn, Wisconsin. This was about ten minutes into the initial explosion/substorm. At this point the whole sky was filling up with colors and the motion was crazy even to the naked eye. What a magical night.
INCREDIBLE auroras in New Auburn, Wi tonight!!!
After being bed ridden all of January it was nice to get out ice fishing today. Caught this big rainbow trout!!
Cell phone preview of my camera. Decent aurora display new Bloomer, Wisconsin tonight!!
2023 chase season just continues to provide the best storms of my life. Mammatus of a lifetime near Neillsville, Wisconsin during golden hour last night. Went from gray to yellow to pink and the definition, wow!!! Directly overhead and in all directions. Simply incredible!!!
So yesterday was one of the most amazing catches of my life. Most insane girth of any steelhead I've ever caught, and those pink cheeks 😊 absolutely unreal fight. So strong she bent the hooks on my panther martin. She released well and with that many eggs will have many babies!!
Feel like crap today and it's cancer treatment day on top of that, yay 😐 at least the Brewers are dominating lately though 😃
Well cancer scan was same as last couple. Main tumor in nasopharynx still not shrinking but also not growing. Cancer in the rest of my body is still gone so we will do another round of immunotherapy and see what next scan shows. Least I feel good enough to play my new guitar 😀🎸
Finally got the shot I wanted for years last night. A supercell spitting out a close range multi branched cloud to ground bolt. This supercell was tiny but you can see the striations as it was spinning, also put on the best cg display of my life. Taken near Hixton, Wisconsin.
