How To Get Through
Cancer is more prevalent than I ever realized. Since I went into remission, the number of people that have reached out to me for advice...
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- Aug 16, 2021
- 2 min
Movement Is Life
Everything is different after leukemia. Mainly, my attitude toward things that are usually perceived as bad, like hardship and cancer....
- Nov 20, 2020
- 2 min
Remission Possible
This is what remission looks like. I'm swollen and much rounder, with far less hair, but I still have my smile and the music in my heart...
- Apr 15, 2020
- 2 min
An Important Port
I'm home from the hospital now and have the chemo schedule to uphold. In order to do this right, I must receive arsenic intravenously...
- Apr 5, 2020
- 3 min
The Virus & A Vampire
“My cancer’s timeline is oddly parallel to the arrival of this virus. Inexplicably so. Both unnerving and scary with with potential for...
- Mar 21, 2020
- 3 min
The Gift of Reflections
3/20/20: Had the best day today! The neuron inhibitors work like a charm. Not only that, haha, but the drugs hit me so hard that the...
- Mar 19, 2020
- 5 min
If Beauty Is Pain, APL Is Gorgeous
3/15/20: Pain was so excruciating through the night that, if I saw a dog suffering to that extent, I would put it down. My bones scream...
- Mar 14, 2020
- 1 min
A Day In The Life
3/14/20: -Wake up -Vitals are taken and blood is drawn -I elect to workout in my room -8am The Doctor of Medicine checks in -8:15am...
- Mar 13, 2020
- 5 min
Let The Induction Phase Begin
Wednesday 3/11/20: -My first dose of oral chemo resulted in a 1AM trip to the emergency room, which I was surprised to learn they now...
- Mar 10, 2020
- 5 min
Surprise Diagnosis
Wednesday 11/20/19: Mom is so proactive! I casually mentioned to her that I had an outstanding lab test at the doctor's and she told me...