Learning how to live, while trying not to die

A story about my stage 4 colon cancer journey,

growing to trust my inner voice, and how cancer became the best worst thing that ever happened to me

Clear scans!

CLEAR SCANS! 6 months with NED and counting! Thank you for all the love, support, and stars.

Healthy and free in 2023

Happy New Year! We’ve had a truly lovely holiday, in spite of (or possibly because of?) a few forces that conspired against our original...

Progressing beyond patient

I’ve had the opportunity to be on a few podcasts lately to share my story. I’m frustrated to find that at times it is becoming harder and...

How to spell "BOUNCED"

You can’t spell “BOUNCED” without the letters N-E-D! I’m beyond thrilled to report that Gina’s scans are all clear!!! Thank you for all...

A guest appearance

It’s not one month ago that I posted about my confidence that my future would find me—I just needed to be ready to receive. Most nights...

Throwing the bowl

It’s been a few weeks since I’ve started my experiment with Substack, and already I’ve learned a bunch. First, that it is a LOT of work...

Launch day!

Today is the day – my four-year cancerversary, and the launch of Strive for Five on Substack! I cannot believe that my clean scans...

✨❤️ ✨ CLEAN SCANS ! ✨❤️✨

We made everyone on the team confirm the scans were clean - including my interventional radiologist, Dr Sophocleus, over telemedicine....

A big week and a double ask

The week is going to be a big week! First up: scans at MSK tomorrow, with results on Wednesday—and then the launch of Strive for Five on...

Here we go!

I’ve been at the office more often recently, and I’ve been bumping into friends and colleagues whose only exposure to me has been via...

Nathan takes flight

Nathan leaves for college tomorrow. He’ll be settling in at Parsons at the New School in New York City, beginning his college career as a...

Back to our regularly scheduled health update

I realize that my last post was full of philosophy and absent any sort of health update, so wanted to share the latest. I was at...

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