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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

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

Full Circle
Musings · Treatment

Full Circle

December 4, 2019 singlewhitekidney2 Comments

“Oh, let’s go back to the start.” – Coldplay, “The Scientist” I was 17 years old the first time I stepped foot in Washington, DC. I had barely left the state of Louisiana before then; it was, after all, the first time I had ever left the South. Bright-eyed, with the world set before me,… Continue reading Full Circle

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

Carry On Breathing
Musings · Treatment

Carry On Breathing

November 10, 2018November 10, 2018 singlewhitekidney2 Comments

Every 3 months, it’s the same routine. Get the IV started. Flush the saline in, giving that nauseating, mildly reminiscent smell through my bones of a salty day on the Gulf. Surrender myself on the table again, offering my body up to the God of Science Experiments. Stare at the ceiling, contemplating the results that… Continue reading Carry On Breathing

Life Post-Hurricane
Musings · Treatment

Life Post-Hurricane

July 4, 2018 singlewhitekidney1 Comment

In August 2005, as I was about to start college at Loyola University in New Orleans, a little thunderstorm made its way through the city and wreaked havoc on my life. You may have heard of it – Hurricane Katrina. For years after Katrina, I looked at many things in my life as pre-K and… Continue reading Life Post-Hurricane

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.

The Dress
Diagnosis · Musings

The Dress

April 22, 2018 singlewhitekidney4 Comments

It’s interesting the things we cling to, the things that stand out, and the things we can’t get rid of. In May 2013, I walked across a stage at the San Diego Convention Center and received my diploma for my masters degree. I’d worked so hard for that degree in particular. I plowed through my… Continue reading The Dress

Cabo Hair, Part II
Treatment

Cabo Hair, Part II

March 11, 2018March 11, 2018 singlewhitekidney2 Comments

I made a scary decision this week. OK, that’s being a little trivial. I’ve made far scarier decisions in the past 22 months, you know, like treatment plans and surgery decisions and writing out my will and my wishes for what I’d want if the worst happened. So yeah, nothing on that scale, by far.… Continue reading Cabo Hair, Part II

The Month of Kidney
Musings

The Month of Kidney

March 2, 2018March 2, 2018 singlewhitekidneyLeave a comment

Sorry I’ve been MIA. No news is good news? Dr. V said at my last appointment there’s nothing much for him to do for me right now, in the best way possible. My labs are great, my side effects are what they are, my CTs are still mercifully clear, so I’m kind of boring right… Continue reading The Month of Kidney

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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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