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Welcome to my website! Join me on this wild ride called life, where I’m currently navigating a period of cancer treatment and recovery which I am trying to do by being proactive and staying positive.

June Update

June Update

I’m writing this update mid-flight on my way to Greece, heading into a month of rest and time with family after a tense few weeks of health updates.

Health

I was hoping for clear answers on 25 June, when I received the results of both my biopsy and PET scan. The biopsy brought the best possible news:...

June Birthday Update

June Birthday Update

June marked my 49th birthday—one I felt deeply grateful to celebrate. True to form, the path wasn’t exactly smooth. I spent the day recovering from an unexpected surgery the day before, but in spite of it all, I was still glad to be here and was able to make the most of it.

Health Update

Although I’d...

Overdue March, April update

Overdue March, April update

Its been a while since I have posted, no reason in particular just that I have not been as disciplined as I let life catch-up with me and have been a bit busy. I am more sorry to myself about that than anything as life has got busy and my goal is to stop that...

February Update

February Update

The Health

February was a relatively straightforward month health-wise. After undergoing immunotherapy and colitis treatment on January 30th, I recovered reasonably well, though I had to manage some stomach cramps, reflux, and lingering lethargy.

On February 20th, I had another round of immunotherapy—this time without the colitis treatment. The recovery process was much quicker; however, the colitis...

January Update

January Update

Summary

January was a rollercoaster of highs and lows. It began on a high note with fantastic New Year celebrations in New Zealand, but things took a downturn as the month progressed. After struggling significantly following my treatment on the 9th, I found myself battling COVID-19. This led to a rough period, including a...

December Update

December Update

The Health

December was really a month of trying to focus on the glass half full as opposed to half empty 🙂

Obviously, being diagnosed with cancer again, having an operation that took a bit more to recover from than I expected, and then both immunotherapy and colitis infusions, it was all a bit to process.

The overwhelming...

Treatment Update

Treatment Update

Treatment Plan Update

Putting together my treatment plan involved the coordination of my ENT surgeon, Oncologist, IBS doctors, and the St Vincent’s Ambulatory care team. It’s a powerful reminder of how incredibly fortunate I am to have such an amazing team supporting me in my challenge with cancer. Their expertise and the way they work as...

So it’s cancer (again)

So it’s cancer (again)

Here’s a quick recap of the past couple of weeks:

20 November – Spat up blood

26 November – Surgeon said something’s not right

27 November – PET scan (clear)

2 December – Surgery

10 December – Got the results from surgery and biopsy (bad news)

The...

November Update

November Update

The Health

Apart from the Colitis I have been feeling well, but things started to feel a bit weird mid month. On 20 November I spat up some blood which caused me concern and then on 26 November my surgeon confirmed there was something unusual.

As a result of this my PET...

October Update

October Update

The Health

Not much to report. Colitis has continued to be an issue with a few scans, tests, and infusions. As I write this, it is under control. I am still on 12mg of steroids a day and remain off immunotherapy. On the positive front, I had a successful check-up with my surgeon and have generally...

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