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One of the most difficult things I’ve had to do in my life is telling my family that I have cancer. Calling my Mom and Dad. Talking with my kids. I had an overwhelming urge to protect everyone from my diagnosis. Because it does affect everyone. Cancer has a way of sending ripples of anxiety,…

It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for! ENT called with pathology results from the larger lymph node removed from my neck. Diagnosis: Medullary Thyroid Cancer. MTC for the cool kids in the know. A rare form of thyroid cancer. It can be aggressive and difficult to treat. My ENT recommended that I see a…

Pretty straight-forward. Just day surgery, but the first “real” surgery of my life. I was excited. Fasted, got up early, and went in to surgery around 10am-ish. Josephine was with me every step of the way. She was, however, disappointed they didn’t let her eat junior mints and observe the surgery. ;D One of my…

I went in for a PET scan early in the morning. I felt pretty sure I had cancer but didn’t know where it was coming from. I even told a few close friends and family. Which is completely surreal. I was really hoping I would have to call them back and say, “Hey, just kidding.…

After meeting with my PCP I was able to get an appointment with ENT for the very next day about the lump (lymph node) in my neck. After just a few moments the ENT said, “I don’t like this”. My ENT tells it straight. And for some that might not be what you want from…

I started feeling little lumps around my neck. If you feel your “normal” neck right now, you’ll probably feel all kinds of little bumps, veins, gribbly bits. So at first, I didn’t think much of it. But after a few weeks, I noticed that one of the bumps was turning into a lump. A lump…

In yet another effort to track down the source of my chronic pain, I decided it might be time to ween myself off of some of the meds I had been taking. A few doctors recommended I give this a try. I was on a nice cocktail of things including Paxil, Seroquel, and Lamictal. Paxil…

For the past 3 years, I’ve been struggling with chronic pain in my body. Mostly emanating from the area around my right shoulder blade, but also a pain in collar bone area, spine, shoulders. And then random bits of pain in my knees, wrists, hands, feet. I’ve had many doctors’ appointments and tests. Including MRI,…

So, apparently, I have cancer. On Thursday, November 7th, 2019 I was diagnosed with a very rare form of cancer called Medullary Thyroid Cancer. As my doctor said, “This is a very interesting case, and this is a time when being interesting is not a good thing”. For my sanity, this blog is a one-way…