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...
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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
Jun 21, 20221 min read
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! ❤️🙏🏼⭐️
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Jan 20, 20221 min read
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...
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Jan 3, 20221 min read
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...
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Nov 16, 20211 min read
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...
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Jun 19, 20213 min read
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...
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May 14, 20211 min read
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...
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Apr 22, 20211 min read
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:...
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Mar 21, 20212 min read
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...
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Dec 18, 20201 min read
A chemo break for Christmas
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...
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Dec 17, 20201 min read
So far, so stable
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...
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