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 wanted to wait until I had some more before sharing about everything. Lets just put the best news right at the beginning. The cancer has […]
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. It is now to the point where I am getting really frustrated. My last appointment with Dr. S. was on July 5th and in this […]
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 went to see my surgeon in his office on Tuesday to get results. Results from pathology. Everything they took out during surgery was tested for […]
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 leading up to last Monday, June 20 2016 – surgery date. Leading up to surgery I felt relatively calm throughout the whole week. I had […]
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 of the worst cancers I could have. When the tears started rolling down my face, Dr. S. rearranged his examination room, so that Jeff and […]
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. The diagnosis I dreaded for the last little while. How do you react to this news? How are you supposed to react? Cry? Listen? Pray? […]