Journal

We want to say thank you to all of you who joined us celebrating last weekend – it was so lovely to see all of you, and we know there were also so many of you who celebrated with us in spirit who couldn’t be there in person. We love and are so grateful to […]

TL; DR: We’re having a party on 10/19 from 12 – 4 pm in San Pedro, CA. Please RSVP so we can be sure to have enough to feed you and send you the location. (Please see the more details below.) We hope you can join us! Also, estrogen is amazing. Definitely recommend. Quality of

TL;DR: Healing from surgery is great, pretty much done there.   I’ve learned some good news about probability of recurrence and am feeling positive there.  Menopause still stinks – lots at work there.  (There are lots of great specialists here, feel so lucky!)  Still struggling a bit with mood & sleep, started some new medications which

TL; DR: Thank you for your support! Healing from surgery is going well, no sign of infection and several key approvals were given yesterday. Insomnia and anxiety are unfortunately back and I’m reaching out for help. It’s been 2 years since my diagnosis and I’m finally nearly done with everything. Hi everyone. I want to

TL;DR Kat is at home. Everything went well. Thank you for your thoughts and support! Hi this Mike writing this post as Kat is still relaxing/recovering. The day started out pretty early as surgery was in Pasadena and our arrival time was 5:30am. The hospital was nice, parking was convenient, and the nurses and doctors

TL; DR:  Quarterly oncologist visit went well, no sign of recurrence. 3rd and hopefully final surgery scheduled for 3/5 – chemo port to be removed too.  Yay!  Still struggling with insomnia and anxiety, trying hypnosis for the insomnia.  Trying to be patient with all the healing.  We lost my stepfather to cancer in December; cancer stinks.   It’s

TL;DR: I’ve seen all the doctors and there is no sign of recurrence which is great news! Healing well from radiation and expect reconstruction surgery in possibly February 2024. Still struggling a bit mentally, but trying to be patient and work through things. I’ve also developed a cord in my left arm likely due to

TL;DR: Today was my last infusion treatment and I got to ring the bell that I am done with treatment! So much yay! I’m doing better mentally but am still working through everything and am not feeling fully myself yet. I will get there. I have a new psychiatrist that I’m really happy with. Thank

TL;DR: Fully healed from surgery and going back to work Monday. Emotionally it has been really hard. (And the insomnia is back and it stinks) I’ve started some new medication which is kind of helping with some of this. There’s only a couple things left with treatment: 1 more Keytruda and the final reconstruction surgery.

Hi everyone, thank you so much for your support and positive thoughts with my surgery and recovery- they are so much appreciated! Your encouragement really helps during these tough times! I had my post op appointment yesterday and things are going very well from a physical healing standpoint. The surgeon said my incisions are healing