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
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 has been busy over the last few months. Oh, who am I kidding, the last couple years. Hello, parenting. However, it has been the
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
This is a post for all of my German speaking readers who may not always understand everything I write on this blog. Hallo meine
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 feel STUCK! I think that is the best way to describe my current state in one word… stuck. In every aspect of my life
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
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
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
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.
.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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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.