Tag: melanoma

Navigating our way through natural healing

We Are Home

I was glad to be included in a meeting we had with Todd’s doctor at CHIPSA before he was discharged. He went over Todd’s ultrasound (as I mentioned, it was given in Spanish) he stated his concern for the tumors because they actually grew during the time we were there. He also went over the…
Read more

The First Week

Kloey and I get a little bored hanging out in the hotel room, I should say more Kloey than myself. I am taking advantage of the opportunity to focus on writing and some future projects. But we both definitely look forward to Todd’s lunch breaks and the nights that we get to spend together in…
Read more

Additional Therapies Offered

We had another call with a doctor from CHIPSA on Monday afternoon to see if Todd would qualify for some additional new treatments being offered. These treatments gave us more confidence and understanding, but I have to admit one of my first thoughts was that this meant we needed to raise even more money…but turned…
Read more

Fund Raising

If any of you have ever had to fundraise, you may know how hard it is to ask people for money. Thankfully, we have not had to ask for much in our adult lives and have held a lot of pride in that. In fact, I was taught not to ask for help and that…
Read more

Mayo Clinic

Last Wednesday we traveled to the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville for a surgical consultation for the removal of Todd’s lymph nodes. We choose Mayo because we have been doing some research on the lymphovenous bypass being done on patients with lymphedema. The procedure re-routes the lymph vessels to flow better when they are not working…
Read more

Receiving the CANCER Diagnosis

Leading up to finding out my husband had stage IIIb metastatic melanoma, life seemed to be going great…Never take life for granted, enjoy every minute! We finally became home owners in August 2017. Todd had quit his job working for the pest control company in September 2017 and we had the new business watching over…
Read more