The Mighty -Can·cer & Quality of Life
What ‘Quality of Life’ Means To Me as I Adapt to Cancer https://themighty.com/2017/02/what-quality-of-life-means-in-my-life-with-cancer/ Some of you may remember at the end of January I had written a...
View ArticleI really need your help…Rare Disease Day
I’m dying but you already knew that – I just had to grab your attention The number one complaint you will hear from patients who suffered from being misdiagnosed or being undiagnosed is that nobody...
View ArticleThe things canc… (or maybe just me) sometimes don’t want to admit.
Where did all my time go? I woke up this morning having gone through the day quite upset, I’ve had a couple of consecutive days like this. This is really unlike me, but there is a reason leading up to...
View ArticleAnd we leave for round 3 – PRRT
After having said all I have to say in my last Post, gotten that off my chest… everything I’ve been feeling over the past few days… we are here. At the hospital that will give me my third round of my...
View ArticleReminding You…
How To Accept Declining Health When Chronically Ill – The Mighty Click Link Above For Article I often say that I don’t feel I’m fighting cancer; I live with cancer. What I fight for is the ability to...
View Article4th..5th time? I’ve lost count! IS a charm 💛✨
There are two things this disease has made me become an expert with: learning how to be okay with never leaving your little comfy space (or rather being confined to it). or constantly leaving that...
View ArticleI said I would never do that again 😭
But I learned something new again yesterday these bodies we think are ours? They’re not. We think they own them, we signed them over the moment we agreed to save our selves from the disease that’s...
View ArticleThis is Cancer.
How do you tell the ones you love… something you can’t begin to explain yourself” I moved into my dream home 22 days ago Twenty two days of contemplation and careful thought of how I was going to share...
View ArticleThe Perfect Storm
Having a neuroendocrine tumor is complicated, we hear this all the time. I’d like to break down a few topics that are well.. yes, complicated.. but can be better understood in order for us to enjoy a...
View ArticleBeating the odds
Five years ago, October 10th, I was told I had 1-5 years to live. I remember sitting there, so full of hate and anger. Thinking to myself, “if they had just listened to me, I wouldn’t be here” It took...
View ArticleI have news …
Five years ago I was told I had 1-5 years to live. I sat in a white office with the same diabetes posters and bland medical facts I had looked at several times, and contemplated how angry I was. Angry...
View Article10 things I’ve learned about fading relationships
Support comes in all forms when you receive a diagnosis, but as you become sicker and the “old you” starts fading away, so do your relationships. So many people want to be there for you when you first...
View ArticleThe Mighty Article
Yesterday I shared a very personal blog that I felt could relate to a lot of people going through similar times. Not even necessarily sick people, just people who have had fading relationships for...
View ArticleYour Questions…
A few weeks ago I asked you guys to ask me anything, I’m so happy to share with you the answers to your questions! Watch below Like and share! Follow me on Facebook & Instagram: @pheovsfabulous
View ArticleTaking back my fab!
I’m no stranger to treatments and procedures, that’s the understatement of the century! However, getting something done because I WANT IT done, that’s a new concept as of late. When you’re sick, your...
View ArticleJust because I have a terminal illness…
Doesn’t mean I’m terminally ill, confused? I was too. I still might be, but I think it’s time someone explained what it is to have a terminal rare disease. With rare disease day approaching, I’d like...
View ArticleThis is your wake up call…
Five years ago it took getting diagnosed with cancer to make me wake up and see things for what they really were. The uncertainty you’re feeling right now? I felt that everyday. I still feel it, but...
View Article“We have Cancer”
My husband and I often say “we have cancer”. A cancer diagnosis affects everyone involved, your spouse, your kids, parents, your friends, anyone who is a pivotal part of your life. Anytime we’re in...
View ArticleI am Rare: 2021
If you had asked me six years ago what I was going to write in 2021 on rare disease day, I’d have told you I wouldn’t be here to share. I’d have told you what they told me, I maybe have a year left....
View ArticleReclaiming my power
I’m feeling very inspired lately, my urge to make a difference is strong. I sometimes get an overwhelming feeling of responsibility to prevent what happened to me, from happening to someone else. I...
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