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

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

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

This is the face of a girl who just officially got a Chemo Break for Christmas!! We got back from New York late last night, after a...

Dec 18, 20201 min read

So far, so good. I beat the snow to MSK today, and found out that my CT scan was stable, the third good scan in a row. Dr Kemeny thought...

Dec 17, 20201 min read

After a couple days of testing and scanning—and eleven months without being able to see them in person—Gina and I are on our way over to...

Dec 16, 20201 min read

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

“My hope is to keep you alive for one to two years.” When Gina was first diagnosed, we met with the leading oncologist specializing in...

Sep 10, 20201 min read

I’ve mentioned to a few people that my weight is plummeting (or maybe it’s just that my neck looks extra thin on Zoom), and wow—people...

Aug 3, 20202 min read

Waiting to hear back on scan results is the worst—and this time it took longer than most—but we finally had a tele-health conference with...

Jun 14, 20202 min read

Hi there! Checking in toward the back part of my first cycle back with a mostly positive report. It was weird to be going back into...

Apr 25, 20203 min read

Thanks to so many of you who have dropped me a line or a treat, did a grocery run, or sent stars and love. I got a call late Friday from...

Apr 6, 20201 min read

The two words that I’d least hoped to post here. At least, certainly not so soon—we were just starting to get used to the idea of Gina...

Apr 1, 20202 min read