This cancer journey has been full of peaks and valleys, days where I feel like a “normal” 27-year-old and times I don’t even recognize myself. It has been a year since my thumb rolled over that swollen lymph node in my armpit and the journey since that day has, in some ways been exactly what …
learning to be a patient patient
Being grateful isn’t hard for me. It has always been easy for me to see how blessed I am. Even through this journey, finding things to be grateful for hasn’t been hard. I have written about how cancer has changed my life in an awesome way and although this is a difficult path, I’m glad …
congratulations, you have cancer
Yesterday I found myself in a familiar position—on my back with my left arm slung over my head and a probe in my armpit. As I lay in the dark room I made small talk with the friendly ultrasound tech—which was a welcome change from the quiet, distant techs I’ve had in the past. We …
some days are just good
I made my monthly visit to MD Anderson yesterday. I have officially started my last month on the PARP Inhibitor. My blood counts were PERFECT again yesterday! We are all so, so thankful and so blessed. This means I will continue taking the full dose until the end of March, then I will prepare for …
the anticipation
Cade and I made the two hour drive south yesterday to MD Anderson. I had my second ultrasound to check the size of my tumor and that big ass lymph node close by. These appointments are both exciting and difficult for me. Exciting because I get reassurance the drug is working, but also difficult because …
learning to be grateful
I never really knew how to pray before cancer came into my life. We would go to church and I struggled find the words to talk to God. Before cancer I wasn’t grateful to just be alive. I was grateful for things like promotions and a good hair day, but I forgot to be thankful …
hope
I don’t remember crying the first few hours after my diagnosis. Trust me, I’ve cried a lot since but I think I was so shocked my emotions were a million years behind the reality I was facing in that moment. I think Dr. Paul reiterated that my cancer was very curable and then began talking …
the first days
I vividly remember calling Cade on a warm mid-September day in West Texas & breaking down in my hotel parking lot. From the time I was diagnosed with the BRCA1 gene mutation five years ago at age 21 I’ve mostly been okay, but on this particular day the weight of my circumstances seemed too much to …
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