My Journey

want to give a shout out to my Chemo Angels.🪽 These are the friends and family who sat with me through cold capping, chemo and crankiness. I’ll explain the crankiness later.

The vast expanses and remoteness of parts of Maine are what make it so attractive to many people. But those same characteristics can also become a huge roadblock to getting very sick people the life-saving treatment and specialty care offered in large cities.

It may look a bit Top Gun or somewhat confusing, but I got through today’s treatments and the cold capping with a frosty head and I’m still here!

My chemo journey starts this Tuesday with a treatment called Gem Carbo. I will be having a total of six treatments, one treatment every three weeks.

I truly truly, truly believed I would have more time in remission. I woke up this morning to anxiously check my CA125 cancer marker and it’s now moved from an 11 in my remission state to a 36 three weeks ago and now a 43.

This is my chance to say a heartfelt ❤️❤️❤️ THANK  YOU 🙏🙏🙏 to you for the best gift of all: your support and love. 

Well there you have it. No severe aches or pains and more energy. With the last half-dose of Avastin I’m feeling normalcy again!

The universe has a way of guiding you to where you need to be. And, I received confirmation as I took my seat on the plane.

I should be waking up in Maine 🌲. As I open my eyes in the morning light, I roll over in bed to look out the window at the water and I feel deep gratitude for the immense beauty before me. The sea. The snow. Even the wind.

Sitting in Sloan’s infusion room with my friend Joyce getting chemo round #2, Taxol and Carboplastin.

Would you walk past me quickly in a dark alley?

Today, once again, I lost my freedom from tubes and holes with the insertion of a port.