If you’re finding out for the first time here, sorry.
Turns out, it’s exhausting telling people.
And feeling like you’re ruining their day with your health crisis.
So yeah, rip the bandaid off. I’ve got cancer. Started in the colon, hopped to my liver & even one pesky “distant lymph node” (yes, that’s stage IV, but whose counting?).
I was diagnosed in July 2025.
Did six months of one of the most intense chemotherapy regiments that exists + immunotherapy.
And declared NED “no evidence of disease” in February 2026.
Since then, I’ve had:
- 2 clear PET/CT scans
- 4 clear blood tests checking for tumor DNA
- Clear colonoscopy (loads of scaring, but biopsies are clean)
- 11 more (and counting) rounds of maintenance chemo + immunotherapy
We’re still coming up with a long-term care plan, but right now, it looks like: a immunotherapy infusion + 50 hours of chemotherapy every-other-week forever.
And that’s the big update. Never thought it would happen to me, but I guess we all think that. Grateful to still be here. Grateful to be NED, and grateful for my incredible care team.
I’m hopeful Science will advance to better options soon. :) But until then, chemo chemo chemo.
PS – if you know me in real life, it’s totally okay to send me a text or DM. I’m doing quite well and would love to hear from you. And again, sorry if you found out here, at this point I don’t know who I have told what.