Happy Thanksgiving!
A few weeks ago, we mentioned that Gina's CEA count, which measures cancer-related proteins, had gone down a little bit. At diagnosis,...
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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
Nov 18, 20181 min read
New diet
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...
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Nov 12, 20182 min read
What cancer gives you
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...
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Nov 9, 20181 min read
How to bounce
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...
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Oct 29, 20181 min read
Chemo #3
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...
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Oct 27, 20181 min read
Ultra awesome
We were lucky enough to catch our friend, Cindy, about 40 miles into her 50-Mile Ultra Marathon along the Chicago Lakefront, today....
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Oct 24, 20181 min read
Feeling some positive momentum
Yesterday, we met with our oncologist and got some preliminary positive results. Yay! My CEA cancer marker is starting to go down vs...
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Oct 10, 20181 min read
Matzo ball soup for the soul
Thank you so much for coming to take care of us this week, Patti! ❤️🥣⭐️
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Oct 8, 20181 min read
Bathroom backdrop
Gina's bathroom backdrop, courtesy of Delaney. ❤️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Oct 7, 20181 min read
The side effects are setting in
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...
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Oct 6, 20181 min read
Soup and wisdom
Thank you Lisa for flying in to take care of us this past week. Your words of wisdom, soups, smiles, smoothies, laughs, rides, hugs and...
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