Here we go. Today marks the start of my Forever Cure; I'm getting an allogeneic stem cell transplant. If you're looking for a short...

If you're looking for daily medical updates, head over to the https://www.gofundme.com/f/chandra-win-her-2year-war-with-cancer page. My...

For almost two years, I have been battling stage four non-hodgkins lymphoma (DLBCL) which is aggressive and difficult to treat, as it...

UGH! This is not the post I wanted to share. I had hoped to be writing positive news to tell you that the 6-month scan from the CAR T...

“In your head, in your head, they are fighting…” Whenever I have a scan coming, I hear the chorus of the song by The Cranberries playing...

For the last few weeks, I’ve been feeling unproductive. I’ve been getting things done, just not at the pace I want them done. Each day,...

49. One less than 50, the big 5-0. Next year I will be the BIG 5-0. This year, I turned 49; or as a friend corrected me, it’s not 49, but...

I woke up one Saturday in September and knew something was off. My body ached and my throat was raw and sore. It wasn’t long before I...

“Tell them I love them. Tell them they mean everything to me. Tell them how proud I am of them. Promise?” This was the pact one of my...

“How do you know when you need help with your mental health?” was the question a girlfriend asked. She was struggling to maintain her...

“I just wish I knew that this was a possibility and I would have sought out help sooner.” This was the text I received from a friend...

Click, click. Click, click. It’s been two weeks since we got the all clear and this week has been harder than I imagined. It’s not...

It’s been a week since the scan and the declaration that there is no evidence of disease in my body. The dust is starting to settle and...

Really??? Yep. Really. We did it! Complete metabolic response. Complete remission. Completely resolved lymph nodes. Deauville 1. However,...

“Will it keep you sane?” was the question my son asked when I queried if he’d mind if I kept a blog about my cancer journey. I’d asked...

“You’re one of the lucky ones,” my doctor said. “Lucky?” I queried. It was February 2023 I had just completed 6 days of consecutive...

“Stay strong.” At the start of my cancer journey, it was just a phrase. A phrase that was sent to me in text messages, added in reply to...

"I want to tell you how much I appreciate all that you did to keep me going this last year and a half. That you did it while dealing with...

My youngest son asked, “Momma, when you’re done with cancer will you…?” In essence, he wanted to know if I would resume my “normal life”...

In the past month, I completed my third type of cancer treatment, Car T cell therapy. This cutting-edge therapy began with the collection...