This photo came up on my Facebook news feed today. It was taken 8 years ago, almost exactly one week before I found out I had stomach cancer and my life was about to change forever. Knowing what I know now, what would I go back and tell my past self? So I decided to...
I’m glad to be a part of this wonderful group of survivors. I’m wondering if I might be one of the longest-running on this journey, at 61. At age 32, in 1990, I was diagnosed with stage 3+ adenocarcinoma of the stomach. At that time, the CDH1 genetic mutation my...
On Monday I decided to document my day. I thought that this might help others who are anxious about surgery or have just had a gastrectomy. This is a glimpse of what my life is like 8 years post TG. Mondays are a particularly busy day for me so it was also good to...