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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
Still Feeling Positive
(And also positive that my positive pregnancy test is in fact false, making it a negative.) Without sharing all the TMI details I...
Jul 25, 20222 min read
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False Positive
Less than a week after landing from our trip to Norway, we were back on a plane, heading to New York for my pre-op in preparation for...
Jul 23, 20222 min read
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A little bad news
We got a little bad news yesterday. Gina has a small tumor in her liver. It’s right on the edge of where they did the radiation...
Jun 23, 20221 min read
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The longest day of the year
Leave it to us to get scans on the longest day of the year. #scanxiety Kindly send Gina stars and think good thoughts! ❤️🙏🏼⭐️
Jun 21, 20221 min read
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Still here, bitches!
Gina’s sweater says it all. Clear Scans! NED! ❤️🙌🏼⭐️
Mar 30, 20221 min read
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In pursuit of “all clear”
At dinner last night, Per and I tried to temper our expectations about what kind of news we could expect today. Because radiation’s...
Jan 20, 20221 min read
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Healthy and done in 2021 (almost)!
“Healthy and Done in 2021” was an excellent goal, but Covid snuck in just under the wire, with four cases in our household thus...
Jan 3, 20221 min read
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More treatment ahead
It’s always more fun (and faster) to share good news than less-good news. Last week, Gina’s scans picked up a recurrence in the same spot...
Nov 16, 20211 min read
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My future will find me
Well we finally heard back, and the picture is a little clearer, but still a bit murky. My scan results were posted on my portal—first...
Jun 19, 20213 min read
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More chemo ahead
A brief update: Gina's Interventional Radiologist and Oncologist got to talking, and decided that it would be better for Gina to do a...
May 14, 20211 min read
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Not the news we wanted
It wasn't the news we were hoping to get, and we're pretty sad tonight. We’re trying to remind ourselves that it could have been worse:...
Apr 22, 20211 min read
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The cancer roller coaster
It’s been a hard week, full of ups and downs. With no chemo since December, Gina’s been feeling really good. Her CEA stayed low in...
Mar 21, 20212 min read
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