Still Trusting, Still Fighting
Still Trusting, Still Fighting A check in from the journey My recovery from my gastrectomy went extremely well. However, I continued to have a lingering bad feeling about the spot identified on my liver before starting the pre-surgery treatment. The spot disappeared with chemotherapy, but it still concerned me. Unfortunately, at my first post surgery […]
No Guts No Glory
No Guts No Glory My total gastrectomy and living life without a stomach One of the best ways to beat stomach cancer is having surgery to remove your stomach. Being told you must have this surgery is pretty heavy and scary. I find it incredible that our bodies can function without a stomach. I had […]
The Weight of Walking into Chemo
The Weight of Walking into Chemo Holding onto hope on the hard days Today was heavy for me. I had finally been feeling more like myself this past week, so it just hit me hard that I had to go back for my 4th treatment of Folfiri and Opdivo today. I started feeling overwhelmed and […]
A Day in the Life of a Cancer Patient
A Day in the Life of a Cancer Patient Chemo day The day starts with a blood test to check all your lab numbers to make sure you are healthy enough for treatment. Usually, this is done through my chest port, but today it was an arm draw. Of course, the first arm didn’t give […]
Bald But Brave
Bald But Brave Finding beauty in the battle Starting chemo is terrifying enough but the thought of losing your hair may be one of the most dreaded things that comes along with it. Losing your hair feels a little bit like losing part of who you are. When you look in the mirror you don’t […]
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Go Tell It on the Mountain Announcing my cancer diagnosis Announcing a cancer diagnosis can be scary. I personally believe what makes it the hardest is that once you put it out there….it’s real. There’s no more thinking that it may just go away or was a bad dream. I had no idea what to […]
My Story, My Fight, My Hope
My Story, My Fight, My Hope My cancer story I was diagnosed with stomach cancer in July of 2024. As a 46-year-old mother of 4 children, a cancer diagnosis is paralyzing. My doctor was hopeful it was caught early, so a plan was set in place to do 4 chemo treatments, followed by surgery to […]