
Diagnosis / Treatment Update: Chemo Week Two (Win Some, Lose Some)
Greetings from another week of chemo ass-kicking. This time, we got the nausea under control. Incredible win. (It only took 10 billion meds—by which I
Navigating dual primary cancer—one step, one rep, one breath at a time.
by Alli Houseworth

Greetings from another week of chemo ass-kicking. This time, we got the nausea under control. Incredible win. (It only took 10 billion meds—by which I

It’s 3:45am. I’ve been lying in bed, wide awake, for 30 minutes. All I can think about is a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. I

I wasn’t sure how to start this one—until my brother reminded me of the classic Mike Tyson quote: Everyone has a plan until they get

Going into a grocery store two days after you get your port placed – and for the first time since before your surgery – and

A week and a half before my chemo began, I had a 90-minute one-on-one teaching session with a nurse practitioner named Jen from my colorectal

TL;DR My rectal cancer symptoms increased significantly and are the worst they’ve ever been. I was able to get in to see my colorectal oncologist

This is my first one of these posts, so I’m going to backtrack a bit before circling back to the news I got last week.
Navigating dual primary cancer—one step, one rep, one breath at a time.