Category: Cancer Story
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A Summer to Remember
Written September 5, 2022 Poured my heart into this Summer Said ”Yes” to everything & lived a life I’m incredibly proud of I am so excited to carry the joy of this season into the next, and thrilled to know my spirit was bruised, never broken, battered maybe, never beat Thank you to everyone who…
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Let’s Talk
Written August 11, 2022 Yes, I want to talk about it. I want people to ask me how I’m doing, I want them to find out I had cancer and ask “what kind?” “When?” “How was it treated?” And “are you okay?” It helps me process it all to tell my story. I have moments…
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1st Scan Results
Written July 12, 2022 This was taken 12/21/21 – the day I was diagnosed with cancer – Nicholas took me out to breakfast The smile is not fake – I really love peppermint mochas Today, 7 months later, I am cancer free I wanted to point out, however, how many negative emotions I have today…
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3-Months Post-Treatment Pre-Scan
Written July 9, 2022 “All you need is faith, trust, & a little bit of pixie dust.” Vibe going into my first post-treatment CT & PET scans this week Nothin a lil’ Disney trip with my Mom & Karla can’t distract me from Much love to those following along with me the last 6 months…
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Happy Memories
Written May 23, 2022 3 years ago today Nicholas proposed at sunrise 1 year ago we landed on Santorini for our honeymoon & yesterday I cried, almost uncontrollably, at a restaurant, because what’s normally our favorite activity – breakfast out – turned into me being embarrassed to order due to my speech, pain while attempting…
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Waxing, Piercing, and What Actually Makes You Beautiful
Written April 26, 2022 Last scheduled day at Mayo Featuring my nose piercing and rumblings on waxing and natural beauty:
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Pancakes & Truffle Fries
Written April 24, 2022 Spent time outside this lovely Sunday (beating Nicholas at putt-putt if you go by my way of scoring ;)) Plus pancakes…which were too painful to eat…but the truffle fries? The truffle fries brought tears to my eyes – first thing I’ve been able to really taste in a long long time
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Can’t take it anymore
Written April 19, 2022 + more from this date in 2023 *sigh* the couple weeks following treatment have been t o u g h I am tired of not enjoying food – either because I can’t taste it or it’s just plain painful – I’m tired of being home all of the time (denied returning…
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2-Year Scans
I travelled to the Mayo Clinic on April 10-11 to see all of my Doctors and have my two-year post-treatment neck and chest CT scans. My first appointment was with Speech Pathology where we used X-rays to measure my swallowing abilities (I eat different substances with barium which shows up on X-rays that they shoot…
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The Company
Written April 12, 2022 Wow No matter how tough this journey…I was just telling my Mom how incredibly special the company has been You all warm my soul more than you even know I’ll be honest & say I haven’t been feeling “inspirational” as of late I feel sick…a lot…and am losing weight and not…
a small hope 