
Diagnosis / Treatment Update: March 8
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
Navigating dual primary cancer—one step, one rep, one breath at a time.
by Alli Houseworth

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.

It’s nine days after surgery and I have my first post-op with my plastic surgeon. The goal is simple: see if we can remove my

February 23, 2026 Fourteen days post-op — boots on broadway If you had told me one week ago that I would feel like this— energized,

What surgery did you have? On February 9, 2026 I had a single mastectomy on the left side and a mastopexy (lift) on the right

Week One: Post-Op Hell I thought this would be the easy part. This is the part I thought I knew. Even though I’ve never done
Navigating dual primary cancer—one step, one rep, one breath at a time.