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Today was a nerve racking day as my scan was scheduled for 10:45 this morning. Every 3 months I have a scan to determine if my cancer mass is growing or spreading or if it remains the same size that it shrunk to from the chemotherapy. I usually become nervous a few days before and […]

Today was a treatment day for me. My daughter Lindsey faithfully drives me to the Grays Cancer Center in Hartford every 3 weeks for the past year and a half. I start every treatment with a series of blood work and a meeting with my Oncologist..Dr O I call him. Dr O asks a series

Wow!!! Another Birthday. I turn 65 years old. Time to Retire!!!! Not from work as I love working and it keeps me driven daily. However there are so many other things I want to retire from. I want to retire from any negative people who have difficulties recognizing the real essentials of life and how

I am so fortunate to end the 2022 with so many great memories including the many in the recent photos from our rental house in Coventry Connecticut. It was an awesome family gathering everyone was able to attend this year. Such fun memories were created and will remain with all of us through these uncertain

My future now relies on God and antibodies to carry me through my next chapter in life. I am finished with The two chemotherapies that extended my lifespan a year longer than my family doctors and I could have imagined. I will not deny that this past year was the hardest year I have ever

It is good to still be alive a year after recieving my diagnosis. Each day is a gift from God as I have not been given the date that I will Join my Holy Father in Heaven. Every day I wake up to a new day and each night I close my eyes and store

Coming up soon to a year since I spent 8 days in the hospital learning about the Cancer that had become my life sentence. It was the worse 8 days of my life and I believed I would not have many more days left. However, those who have read my earlier posts understand and know

First, I must tell you some good news. My scans came back with views of further shrinkage of my tumor. It is great news as this will allow me more time with my family. I will not go into remission at any point no matter the size of the tumor as my cancer is matasticised

Many times my friends will ask me how am I doing with the cancer? My response is that I am living with the cancer fine it is the side effects of chemo that is so very difficult to live with. If you have read my previous blogs then you are familiar with my various hospital

It tends to go unrecognized the amount of losses a person needs to prepare for when diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. I witnessed my mom go through it all but until today could not fathom the real psychological and physical changes she had to work with on a daily basis. The hardest part as I have