Pros and Cons of Chemo So I’ve made my way through the hardest part of Round 1 of chemo (the rest of this week is just resting and recouping before I start Round 2 next Tuesday) and have had a little time to reflect…
First of all, let me quickly apologize to those of y’all who have emailed me or texted/called and not yet received a response from me. This post should help make sense of why I haven’t been too timely in my response. (How’s that for…
Winston as the New “Normal” Everyone: meet “Winston.” Winston is the new “normal” for me during the first 72 hours of each of my 6 rounds of chemo. Winston is a satchel of sorts, designed to carry my chemo cocktail and infusion pump with…
I have decided to blog my way through my next four-month experience with chemotherapy (which I am undergoing to treat my invasive and possibly life-threatening desmoid tumor in my abdomen). I imagine it will come out something like the short series I did when…
s!!!WARNING!!!This is a warning to let you know that there are pictures of anopen wound in the post below.If seeing a deep, open woundmakes you at all queasy ordisturbs you, then I wouldsuggest that you not readthe post below.If seeing an open wound doesnot bother you, then feel free to…
It’s been two weeks since my second surgery to take down my ostomy and get my old plumbing back and working. It’s been interesting to say the least. You never realize how much goes on in your body that you’ve just gotten used to…
Looking back, it’s hard to believe that I had an ileostomy for over 3 months at 23. It doesn’t really seem that odd when I had it, since I had to deal with it every day, but in retrospect not many people have had…
My takedown surgery to get rid of my ostomy is only a week away. In light of that I thought I’d share a couple of things I’m really looking forward to on the other side of surgery. So without further ado, I am looking…
As I have been reflecting on this whole process that I have been going through these past two months, it surprises me how much this surgery has changed my thinking and perspective on so many things. As I have stated before, it has changed…
It never ceases to amaze me how faithful God is in providing for all of my needs in amazing ways. I could tell you story after story of how I have seen God use the most unlikely of circumstances or people to give me…