Monthly Archives: July 2015

July 30, 2015: One Step Forward & Two Steps Back

Posted on July 31, 2015 by courage2conquercancer

Today, I went to Dr. Rumalla’s to get my blue stitches out. Before he even took a look at my stitches, he asked if I had my blood drawn lately. I told him I had about 2 weeks ago and … Continue reading →

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July 30, 2015: Just Some Random Things

Posted on July 30, 2015 by courage2conquercancer

It’s been 27 days since my last surgery. I’m scheduled to get my stitches out this afternoon. Today, I actually looked at my surgeon’s stitching. I have to admit he did a great job staying in the lines of my … Continue reading →

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July 22, 2015: My Peaceful Place

Posted on July 22, 2015 by courage2conquercancer

Before I had a mastectomy, I ran the trails near my house. After surgery, I failed to ever make it back to this quiet, peaceful part of the trails less traveled than most. The trees create a canopy over the … Continue reading →

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July 20, 2015: Some News

Posted on July 21, 2015 by courage2conquercancer

Amazing things have happened in the past two days with only a couple bumps in the road.  Courage Conquering Cancer (our nonprofit company) has raised enough money to gift over 500 Recovery Tees! That was our yearly goal. We couldn’t … Continue reading →

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July 18, 2015: Still Fighting Through the Yuck

Posted on July 18, 2015 by courage2conquercancer

It’s hard for me to wrap my head around everything that goes along with cancer and its treatment. I only can describe it as running up and down hills, valleys, mountains, and dips. But I’m done now, right? I’m cancer … Continue reading →

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July 15, 2015: Why Joshua 1:9?

Posted on July 16, 2015 by courage2conquercancer

When you go to a doctor and you are complaining of pain they ask you to rank your pain from a 0 (no pain at all) to a 10 (the worst pain you’ve ever experienced or imagined). A mastectomy is … Continue reading →

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July 15, 2015: A Month After Chemo

Posted on July 15, 2015 by courage2conquercancer

Sometime during treatment I asked my oncologist how long I’d be dealing with a certain side effect. The answer was like most answers regarding chemotherapy – “It’s hard to say for sure because everyone responds to chemo differently. Some side … Continue reading →

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July 10, 2015: The Healing Power of a Pig

Posted on July 11, 2015 by courage2conquercancer

Today wasn’t really going my way. I hadn’t slept. My kidneys were hurting. I was waiting to see if my primary care physician could squeeze me into his busy day when my plastic surgeon’s office called and told me just … Continue reading →

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July 9, 2015: Drain Be…?

Posted on July 10, 2015 by courage2conquercancer

Another doctor’s visit today. Man, I’m keeping a lot of folks in business these days. I had hoped this drain would get to come out. Yes, I know he said 7-14 days but to me six seemed close enough. I … Continue reading →

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July 7,  2015: Why a Recovery Tee?

Posted on July 7, 2015 by courage2conquercancer

My mom made my first recovery t-shirts. Kristi and I took feedback from others as well as what I had learned and redesigned the shirts. I wore several of our sample shirts to chemo as they made the process so … Continue reading →

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