Dear Cancer
Dear Cancer, Nice Try. You made your appearance on Feb. 5th, 2014 in the form of crazy medical term; “in situ”. While you did progress over the following months, you didn’t keep me from the sport I love, crossfit. Heck I even placed 4th in my region in 2014, the best...
Post #5: Now What?
Time to REBUILD. There is no doubt I lost a lot during treatment, a lot. I trained a few times a week at the beginning of treatment, however the effects (fatigue and a lot of it) of my treatment modalities are cumulative. This means things caught up with me. By the...
Post #4: BrachyTherapy
Post #4: BrachyTherapy Brachy What? Thats exactly what I said. BrachyTherapy is radiation from the inside focusing on a specific area (in my case, my tumor). This form of treatment can be used to treat a variety of cancers. When I met with the radiologist in Houston...
Post #4: Chemotherapy
Aug.1, 2014: Chemo Class Chemo class wasn't that bad...weird, but necessary. This is a class everyone has to take before you go start chemo, just kinda gives you a heads up about what is going to happen. It opened with a nurse whom I have seen during my appointments...
Post #3: Radiation
Radiation was my main modality of treatment. My chemo drug, cisplatin, was used to support the radiation. Before they could start radiation, I had to get a “map” done so they would know where to radiate. This meant I went to a certain hospital with a cancer center in...
Post #1: Diagnoses
Short Version I had Stage 2B Cervical Cancer that was treated with radiation, chemotherapy, and brachytherapy. Medium Version I have been diagnosed with Stage 2b cervical cancer. I had 1st opinions (2 different gynecologic oncologist in Austin), 2nd opinions (2...
Post #2: IVF
(This was written shortly after having the IVF process) I decided to do IVF just so I could have that option down the road. I didn’t want to get down the road a few years and wish I would have done that. IVF for those that don’t know is In Vitro Fertilization...it is...
