New Treatment Plan 💊
March 29, 2026 Hello again. A quick update on where I’ve landed with treatment. Over the next 2 weeks I’ll start what I consider my 5th line of treatment. If you are interested I’m tracking my treatments on the My Story link of this website/blog. I say 5th because I’m not really counting the clinical…
🌷Stepping into Spring and Uncertainty
March 14, 2026 Happy spring! It’s been crazy warm here with basically no snow this winter. It’s made it a bit easier to get outside but also worrisome. One thing I try not worry about is this damn cancer. There is a lot about my situation that is out of my control. Sometimes it’s hard…
Gratitude for 2025
December 26, 2025 – I hope you are all enjoying the holidays and they are evolving exactly as you need them to. This has been a busy month for cancer and overall quite good. Overall I’m feeling fine. I had a lot of travel in December and with pacing myself I was able to have…
Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day
October 13, 2025 Today is Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day. We get this one day in breast cancer awareness month to shine a light on MBC. 1 in 3 of women cured of breast cancer will be diagnosed as stage IV (MBC), which is terminal. If we cure Stage IV, we cure all breast cancer.…
Busy September capped by radiation ☢️
October 11, 2025 September was a busy month for me in managing cancer. Back in June I had a brain MRI, which includes the very top of your spine (cervical). At that time, it looked like there might be an active tumor in part of my C1 vertebrae. I also had a full body PET…
Think Before You Pink – Support Research 🔬
October 1, 2025 When we moved to Colorado 16 years ago and I went to get my car license plates updated, I was asked if I wanted a “specialty plate”. There was one for breast cancer and I had been diagnosed only 6 months earlier. “What does the extra $60 for the breast cancer specialty…
September update
September 22, 2025 It’s been a bit so a short update here. Short version: currently stable, minus a pesky tumor in my C1. I had a PET scan earlier this month. I met with my oncologist today and the imaging didn’t show any change. I’ve been feeling pretty well lately so that is a good…
The First 6 Years 😍
July 30, 2025 This month marks my living with metastatic breast cancer for 6 years. Six years with a terminal illness. I’ve been reflecting a lot this month both on this unwanted journey and life overall. I’ve had the privilege of: And that included: That is a lot of cancering! There have been highs and…
It’s Summer & I’m Feelin’ Fine ☀️
July 13, 2025 Hi all – it occurred to me I haven’t shared an update in a while so here we go. It’s been a busy spring and summer. Maddy graduated in May and had dance commitments through June (she’s actually still dancing in July. Evelyn finished her junior year and started a summer research…
All About PETs 🐱
No, this is not all about Toulouse, but it could be! He’s such a good little furry guy! In case you are interested, I’m summarizing how a PET scan can help us monitor metastatic breast cancer. If you are not in a science-y mood, you might want to pass on this post. A PET (Positron…
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