Navigating our way through natural healing
As we enter the second half of the year, it’s time to reflect: in six months, will you have made progress or excuses towards your goals? Too often, we let our excuses hold us back instead of fueling the fire to achieve our desires. The first part of this year didn’t go as planned. We…
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We wanted answers, and finally, we got them. It’s been a rollercoaster of emotions since hearing Todd’s diagnosis again last week, and the journey ahead is daunting, but we’re ready to face it head-on. Todd had his port placed Thursday, a reminder of the battle he’s about to undertake. Today marks the beginning of his…
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I know, I have totally been slacking on my blog post lately! Juggling life is not easy most of the time and it’s been since December that I gave a true update on Todd’s health…wow this year keeps getting faster and crazier! In August, it had been a whole year since Todd’s last PET scan.…
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This blog post is about more than the post-operative appointments last Tuesday…This was the worst traffic we have endured in one day and of course, I was behind the wheel which I don’t like to drive anyway. The first appointment was scheduled at 10:00 at the plastic surgeon’s office. We were a little behind but…
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Todd had his second tumor removal surgery on Friday, October 11th, 2019 at Orlando Health as a two-part operation. A lymph node dissection was done by the surgical oncologist and a lymphovenous bypass by a plastic surgeon. This was the fourth surgery Todd has had and the first that I was alone in the waiting…
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We have been back for a month and I can say that this has changed my life. I have never been away from home as an adult for more than a week. It is almost surreal the feeling I have for this whole experience. I can’t believe we made it all the way to Mexico…
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Early last Tuesday morning we drove back up to Orlando Health for Todd’s consultation with the plastic surgeon for what we thought was the lymph node transfer procedure to be done at the same time as the dissection. The appointment was for 7:30 and we were smooth sailing down the highway until about 7:00 when…
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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…
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Todd had a second thermography done April 29th, it had been about 4 months since the last thermography scan. The results from this kind of scan are not as specific as a PET scan, x-ray or ultrasound. We received the results within a couple of days but wanted to wait until we clarified them with…
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