Well has this journey been one hell of a ride! 2022 has been the best year so far! I'm fully able again to do the things I wanted to so bad during cancer. I can freely walk, run & play with my toddler with ease. No pain. I've got to go to so many new... Continue Reading →
Timeline of my experience with Primary Mediastinal Large B Cell Lymphoma
Remission status: ACHIEVED ✅️ July 2020 (11cm Tumor) vs February 2022 (No evidence of disease) "Courtney your scans look really great and we can say you're in remission" Here is my Doctors notes of my entire beginning to ending. If you're like me and love medical stuff, then this is for you. If not that's... Continue Reading →
Cancer and Drugs ( The uncut version )
So when you think about cancer, everyone tells you about all the scary stuff. Doctors instill fear inside of you. Even though you are already scared, they don't make it much easier. I had an 11cm mass growing in my chest that was causing me an unbearable amount of pain. So in my best interest... Continue Reading →
Todays thought’s 9.5.21′
Wow, It sure has been some time since I've made an update about my life and what all has been happening. But I've been busy being a mom and to see how many months have passed already is insane. March?! Thats the last time I made a blog update. What is wrong with me?! Leave... Continue Reading →
Just some thoughts.. Blog Update 3.22.21
Well today I feel like I've been hit by a bus. What they don't tell you about cancer is what recovery from chemo might be like. For me it's been a new battle. I'm trying to be the best mom I can be, yet being that mom is SO hard while I feel like utter... Continue Reading →
Update on life as a cancer patient- March 6th.2021
Well for one thing I am feeling much better! Last time I blogged I was in the hospital with what ended up being a pulled muscle in my chest. Life is starting to resume. I have been able to meet my walking goals lately and I'm in less pain each day! It's nice seeing improvement... Continue Reading →
February 19th, 2021 Hospital & Life Update #2
So day 3 at the hospital and now they are saying it is not pneumonia since I haven't had any fevers or any other symptoms. They do believe I pulled a couple muscles in my chest since I am still having trouble breathing. Then the fluid in my lungs is such a small amount that... Continue Reading →
February 18th, 2021 Hospital and Life Update #1
Well, it's been quite some time since I've updated my blog but it has been a long few weeks. It took a few weeks to start feeling better and I'm still struggling. I hate how long it's taking me to get back to my normal health. I started feeling much better after my last chemo,... Continue Reading →
This is just another blog since it’s 2am, and can’t sleep.
So here I am rewatching all of Greys Anatomy. I don't feel tired tonight, I just keep thinking about life and everything that comes with it. Life changes in the matter of seconds. And I hate that factor. I have lived a life that many should have never had to live. But yet I was... Continue Reading →
Everything that’s happened since my last post.. Chemotherapy Round #6; December 29th.
So basically after I completed my last blog post; I changed. I finally got hit with a bus called cancer. I finally felt all the symptoms I tried to prepare myself for.. but there was no preparing for what had happened. My body wanted to shut down. So to begin, I did one more round... Continue Reading →