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Gambling with the Devil
Musings · Post-Treatment · Victory

Gambling with the Devil

January 12, 2021 singlewhitekidneyLeave a comment

“I live my life like there’s no tomorrow.” – Van Halen, “Running with the Devil” Some cancer patients call it bargaining with God, and I certainly did my share of it at first. But then I thought, no, that doesn’t seem quite right. Cancer feels like it’s more of a gift from the devil. “Oh,… Continue reading Gambling with the Devil

Ça c’est bon, sha.
Post-Treatment · Victory

Ça c’est bon, sha.

August 2, 2020 singlewhitekidneyLeave a comment

I come from resilient people. My maternal ancestors were forced out of Nova Scotia as part of Le Grand Derangement, when the British “shipped our Acadian ancestors down here to die,” as my mother used to say. She wasn’t wrong. Le Grand Derangement was an act of ethnic cleansing, a genocide. It’s estimated that half… Continue reading Ça c’est bon, sha.

Quatre
Diagnosis · Musings · Victory

Quatre

May 10, 2020 singlewhitekidneyLeave a comment

Four years ago today, my entire world collapsed around me as I sobbed and screamed from a hospital bed in the middle of an ER as a doctor with a forlorn look on his face delivered the news that I had a massive tumor that had taken over my right kidney. I didn’t understand then… Continue reading Quatre

When The Night Falls
Grief · Musings · Victory

When The Night Falls

April 9, 2020 singlewhitekidney1 Comment

I have a confession to make. Holy Week is one of the most – if not the absolute most – spiritual time of year for me. I’m not the most traditionally religious person you know. By a long shot. I tend to be rather private about my religious beliefs. I believe what I believe, but… Continue reading When The Night Falls

Turn The Page
Treatment · Victory

Turn The Page

April 1, 2020 singlewhitekidney2 Comments

It’s been 3 years and six months since I started Cabometyx. The medication that not only saved my life, but gave me time I had no right to expect or deserve, if you asked papillary renal cell carcinoma. I joined the PAPMET clinical trial as one of its very first patients, and was randomly assigned… Continue reading Turn The Page

trois
Grief · Musings · Victory

trois

May 10, 2019May 10, 2019 singlewhitekidneyLeave a comment

Well, we’re here. I didn’t expect to see three years since my diagnosis, much less to see three years with yet another (thank God, literally) clean scan behind me. Three years ago, I felt the walls closing in around me. I summoned up a strength I didn’t realize I possessed. I did not go gently… Continue reading trois

Deux.
Victory

Deux.

May 10, 2018 singlewhitekidney1 Comment

Year two. Still standing. Still here. Back to my new normal so much, I only stopped and thought to myself a few times, “Wow. Just think where I was two years ago today.” Another notch in the belt. Dr. V and my research nurse were both horrified and laughing when I told them today was… Continue reading Deux.

Survivor.
Victory

Survivor.

August 28, 2017August 28, 2017 singlewhitekidney9 Comments

I have dreamed of writing this post for so long that I don’t even quite know what to say. You would think I would have put more thought into this, but I didn’t want to get too far ahead of myself. I was worried if I mentally wrote it, I’d jinx myself. Hope is a… Continue reading Survivor.

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About Me

32 year old kidney cancer patient. Diagnosed at 29. Wife, mom, writer, marketer, cat fanatic. Loves the beach, music, traveling, and not having cancer.

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