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

The first CT scan

We’ve had some good directional indications over the past few weeks, but today is Gina’s first CT Scan since diagnosis. We’ll soon know...

Dec 12, 20181 min read

Just a quick update from today: I did chemo #5, which means I'm one away from halfway done. They will do a scan in just under two weeks...

Nov 29, 20181 min read

A few weeks ago, we mentioned that Gina's CEA count, which measures cancer-related proteins, had gone down a little bit. At diagnosis,...

Nov 21, 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

The first thing they do when you show up for chemotherapy is have you step on a scale. Today was the beginning of Gina's 4th round of...

Nov 12, 20182 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

Checking in from Chair 21 (my favorite - it has a view of the lake!) during chemo session #3. If all goes as planned, I will be 25% done...

Oct 29, 20181 min read

We were lucky enough to catch our friend, Cindy, about 40 miles into her 50-Mile Ultra Marathon along the Chicago Lakefront, today....

Oct 27, 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

Thank you so much for coming to take care of us this week, Patti! ❤️🥣⭐️

Oct 10, 20181 min read

Gina's bathroom backdrop, courtesy of Delaney. ❤️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Oct 8, 20181 min read

Having gotten to the afternoon of Day 7 without experiencing any serious side effects, I thought I might be in the clear. LOL, not so...

Oct 7, 20181 min read