Author Archives: michelle

Hi friends. Bad news this week I’m afraid. My scans came back with the awful news that my cancer has spread to my liver. I also have two enlarged lymph nodes (with cancer) and my pleural effusion (fluid in lung lining) was also back. The only good news is the spots on my liver (8 … Continue reading »

Hi friends & family. I would love to say that I haven’t updated this blog in 2 months because I’ve been whooping it up and having so much damn fun that I haven’t had a second of free time. I would love to say that I have felt so fantastic that there has been no … Continue reading »

I survived the port placement! At 6:45am yesterday we checked into hospital for the port placement. All went well. They gave me a fantastic cocktail of drugs to make me drift away and the doc placed my new titanium port (FAR more fancy then my old one of 2 years ago). The doc made two … Continue reading »

Hi friends! I have lots of news to share with you all. Since the last post I had my bone PT scan and my CT scan done. Not surprisingly, given my shitty cancer count numbers, that did not yield a lot of good news. My bone mets are back up to 7 spots, 2 spots on … Continue reading »

WOW – it’s been almost a year since I’ve updated this blog. Poor, poor neglected sunshine and kittens. I guess in some ways that’s a good thing since I haven’t had anything major to report (you know, like being diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer). But I’ve been wanting to get some things off my chest, … Continue reading »

hi friends. welcome back to the continuing adventures of Cancerland. So I’ll start with the latest good news. Last night I got my latest blood results and my cancer markers are down to 49!! Seeing how they were at 72 just 4 months ago, that is great movement! That means the chemo regiment I’m on … Continue reading »

Well overdue for a blog update…so here we go. Let’s jump into cancer update. My feet and hands have gotten progressively worse on the Xeloda chemo, so my oncologist, Dr. Rinn, decide to decrease my dose to 2,000mg of the Xeloda (from 3,000) and added a daily chemo called Cychophosphamide (say that 3x fast). Hopefully … Continue reading »

hi friends. I’ve neglected sunshine&kittens lately, so here’s the update. I’m feeling pretty frustrated these days with the affects of my chemo. As you might remember, I’m on an oral chemo called Xeloda. One of the affects of this medication is hand & foot syndrome. What that means is my hands and feet get swollen, … Continue reading »

Hi friends and family. I’ve been thinking about how my definition of self has changed with my cancer diagnosis and how we really define ourselves as a whole. I obviously define myself as a mother, wife, friend, professional. But how much does my cancer diagnosis define me? And how has it changed with the dreaded … Continue reading »

Wow…sunshine is certainly a perfect name for my blog (of course with kittens). When first starting this blog 2 years ago Brian asked me what my favorite things are…thus sunshine and kittens was born. And sunshine is what I am currently soaking up with gusto. It is a STUNNINGLY beautiful day here and I’m currently … Continue reading »