Cancer Journey
Today is Hard
Seven years ago today, May 31, 2016, my phone rang unexpectedly in the morning whilst getting ready for the day. That phone call changed my life for ever. It really
May 31, 2023
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Staying the course
Life has been busy over the last few months. Oh, who am I kidding, the last couple years. Hello, parenting. However, it has been the best couple of years I
July 14, 2022
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Never ending Rollercoaster
The last two weeks have been a Rollercoaster of emotions and planning, re-planning and throwing all the plans out the window again. As I’ve talked about before, I had extensive
March 27, 2021
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Rest, Relax, Recharge and Receive
I am sitting on another plane. Going to another appointment. Hoping for another round of ‘good news’ or at least not ‘bad news’. My update from May gave you all
September 14, 2019
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Whirlwind of a time
26 hours after leaving our home, we walked into our new ‘home’ for the next few weeks. My lovely aunt (Lida) hosted us for 18 days together with her family.
May 29, 2019
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Leaving on a jet plane
Anxiety and Peace Two emotions that are almost impossible to be feeling at the same time, but can also go hand in hand. Two emotions that have basically been my
May 15, 2019
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Health Care From Two Angles
Where do I even start? I have been asking myself that question for a few weeks/months now as I was thinking of how best to give an update about the
March 31, 2019
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The ‘Incurable Cancer’ Life
Over the last few months I have had multiple conversations about my cancer. One thing that often came up during these conversation was that maybe it isn’t very clear to
January 19, 2019
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Here for another round
On to the medical update… Besides dealing with the recurrent depression, my biggest struggle I would have to say are related with my throat. One is a cough that just
November 13, 2018
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Celebrating My Cancerversary
What do I even say about this day? Today is mixed with almost every emotion known to man. The most overwhelming ones however, are gratitude and joy. Joy to still
May 31, 2018
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Für meine Deutschen Freunde
This is a post for all of my German speaking readers who may not always understand everything I write on this blog. Hallo meine Lieben, Erst mal möchte ich
March 22, 2018
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A long overdue Update
This is the longest time I have gone without updating my blog since its inception. So many reasons for that, but mostly I think is that I am doing pretty
March 15, 2018
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Best News … Yet
No, I’m not pregnant! As much as my mom would probably love that, but as of right now, this news is actually even better! My cancer is not hereditary!!!!!! Praise
August 14, 2017
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Another swift Recovery
Less than one year after my first surgery, June 7, 2017 I went in for surgery number 2. Starting in about January or February, I had a nodule just above
June 24, 2017
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Treatment Planning with Toronto
I am again overdue for a quick update on how my treatment planning looks. Especially since our trip to Ontario. We are so glad that we went to Toronto. I
June 17, 2017
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1st Cancerversary
It is May 31, 2017. It has been a year since I was sitting in Dr. S.’s office getting the news that I in fact have cancer and that it
May 31, 2017
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It’s been Go, Go, Go
I think that is the best way to explain how life has been for Jeff and myself over the last few months. Life has become more of a routine for
May 14, 2017
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Getting… Unstuck
A lot as happened since my last post. I am getting more and more “unstuck”. Yet, nothing really has happened until just this last week. I should’ve learned by now
March 9, 2017
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Stuck
I feel STUCK! I think that is the best way to describe my current state in one word… stuck. In every aspect of my life right now I feel in
January 27, 2017
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Devastating News
Follow up post radiation treatments On November 8, 2016 I had my follow up appointment with Dr. J. to get the news how everything looks post radiation. The next day
November 21, 2016
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Amazing Recovery
All right, where do I even begin? It has been a while sine my last blog update. I decided to make this into a few different post. That way I
November 20, 2016
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Home Stretch – Almost done
ONLY 5 TREATMENTS LEFT!!! You can’t imagine how happy I am that I am almost done. That we are getting to the end of this part of my journey. The
October 1, 2016
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First week of radiation treatments done
Cross Cancer appointments I had a total of 7 radiation treatments over the last week and a bit. I started on Thursday August 25, 2016. Jeff took the day off
September 4, 2016
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It’s getting serious – Day by day
.So it’s getting serious!! I have had many appointments at the since my last post. All of them are to get ready for radiation treatments to start. It was a
August 23, 2016
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Great News from CCI – treatments about to start
After my last blog post, many have been asking about how things are. Especially how planning for treatments is going. So, here is finally an answer, finally some news. I
August 11, 2016
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Still Waiting… and getting Frustrated
Frustrations are high Yes I am still waiting… Waiting for a call from the Cross Cancer Institute. Trying to figure out when I can get an appointment with an oncologist.
July 25, 2016
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Results are in
I’ve been meaning to write this post for 2 days now and decided I would give a quick update now. The results are finally in. Follow up Number 2 I
July 7, 2016
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After the Big Cut – Surgery and Recovery
It has been a few days now since my surgery. It has been an interesting few days with a ups and downs. But let me tell you about the days
June 27, 2016
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What now? First steps post Medullary Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis
So what now? I remember sitting in the doctors office after hearing ‘You have Medullary Thyroid Cancer‘, looking across the room to Jeff and mouthing to him, this was one
June 16, 2016
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How did we get here?
Hello, my name is… My name is Christine, I am 25 and I was diagnosed with Medullary Thyroid Cancer on May 31, 2016. “You have cancer!” Bahm, there it was.
June 13, 2016
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Hi there. My name is Christine. I am so glad you have found my blog. Whatever brought you here, I pray you find it.
Thank you for supporting me on this crazy journey of life with Medullary Thyroid Cancer.
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