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

A clean scan for a bad ass

This week has been a little harried—I had to do a scan on Monday morning, then learned late Tuesday night that they hadn’t done it...

Oct 22, 20201 min read

For years now, I’ve enjoyed the tradition of an end of year mileage run. In part because when you travel regularly, it’s nice to have...

Jan 1, 20202 min read

Today was a better day. We ventured out to lunch with a finely tuned plan: “We are not going to have a conversation on the way.” “Agreed;...

Oct 22, 20192 min read

I owe a big round of thanks to so many of you who reached out on Facebook, via text, and in person after my last post. I wasn’t in a good...

Jun 23, 20191 min read

It feels so good to feel good!! I had been wondering what it would feel like to have pump + systemic chemo for a cycle, and the answer...

May 17, 20191 min read

We have a joke in our family that I'm the one who comes up with crazy ideas, and Per is the one who says OK. So early this Summer, when I...

Nov 29, 20181 min read

Given last week's weigh-in, I have embraced a new diet. It's called, "eat whatever the $@&# you can eat." Today I had an actual appetite...

Nov 18, 20181 min read

After a rough start to the week, things started to look up—I figured out how to sequence anti-nausea pills so I'm not throwing up in the...

Nov 9, 20181 min read

Yesterday, we met with our oncologist and got some preliminary positive results. Yay! My CEA cancer marker is starting to go down vs...

Oct 24, 20181 min read

Both my energy and appetite are much improved today, so it was a good time to make homemade almond butter! I loaded it up with MCT oil...

Oct 21, 20181 min read