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Living with Stage IV Neuroendocrine Cancer
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A brutally honest, personal look at living with an incurable, rare, Stage IV cancer — sharing updates, treatments, setbacks, hope and a splash of humor.
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On a lifelong road of repeated surgeries, procedures, scans and treatments 🖤
Emergency Gallbladder Surgery 🥺
Quickly as possible, as it’s been a LONG 24 hours…. Paul is currently in surgery getting his gallbladder removed. He was in agony all night and it turns out, exactly as we knew would happen, his cancer treatment gave him gallstones. (This is an INFURIATING topic for another day/post.) He had a horrific night. But he was in very good spirits going in, and they finally had his pain under control. He was definitely in better shape than before 🩷. Surgeon sounded very confident t
Oct 20, 2025


This Cancer is such a PITA......and legs
Hey guys..... As always, sorry for not posting more updates. Been crazy busy and a tad bit miserable so have not made it a priority. ...
Oct 10, 2025


Procedures Postponed (for now)
Hey everyone! We’re postponing the liver embolizations (for now). Paul’s most recent scan this week thankfully showed no new growth and...
Jun 27, 2025


Getting ready for the next battle....
Hey everyone! Sorry I have not been great at keeping things updated here. Have had so much going on in work and cancer life. Things...
May 17, 2025


Post Radiologist Update
quick download ..... Surgeon was great — really like her a lot. But brutally honest about the severity/recovery of this. She said “my...
Feb 21, 2025
Consultation Scheduled
Appointment scheduled with interventional radiologist for February 21st. It's just a consultation to discuss the liver embolization...
Feb 7, 2025


Tumors misbehaving a bit ... 🥹
Paul’s recent scan of his liver showed some growth since his last scan in August 😥. Nothing too significant, but enough that his...
Feb 1, 2025


New year..... Same BS ;)
I know its been a while.... Figured its a new year so an update was overdue.... The good..... Have been feeling pretty good the last...
Jan 3, 2025


We have some shrinkage....
Apologies that it has been a while since I posted here. Wanted to wait until after I saw the oncologist which happened just...
Aug 31, 2024


A well overdue update!!!!
So i know its been a while..... I have been living my life and doin the best I can.... This is a good thing. I just got back from...
Jun 28, 2024
Post oncological visit update
Saw oncologist yesterday. She said let’s stay the course for now and just keep treating medically and keep eye on things. Doesn’t suggest...
Apr 25, 2024
Some positive weekend news
Some very positive news 🙌 Liver tumors have not grown since last scans. We still need to deal with these bitches but at least this buys...
Apr 21, 2024
1 month post op.......
Tomorrow will be 1 month post op so I thought I would give everyone a quickie..... Had virtual with the surgeon yesterday and he is very...
Apr 3, 2024
Among the living (well almost)
Hey guys. Sorry it's been a little while since last update. Here to report positively. Been doing much better each day and have...
Mar 21, 2024
Quick Update
Hi! I’ll let Paul post his own update soon, but I just wanted to let you all know that he is doing better than he was this time last...
Mar 20, 2024


One week later
I cannot believe it's been a week!!! So many ups and downs in the last few days. Thought I was ready to go back to work Tuesday and...
Mar 14, 2024


No ScarJo??
Yes. When asked by the recovery nurses if I had any visitors coming my response was Scarlett Johanssen. Maybe she forgot. Apparently...
Mar 12, 2024
Discharged! 🙌🏻🥳
He's eating. pooping and walking on his own 😂😅. Follow up soon! Xoxo
Mar 9, 2024
Improvement 🙌🏻❤️
Last few hours have been an improvement! Still certainly in pain... but nausea has lifted, pain more tolerable, did a few laps around the...
Mar 8, 2024
Miserably Stable
Sorry for delay — it was quite a long night. Most importantly… Paul is stable. All vitals are great. Surgery went exactly as...
Mar 8, 2024
Super quick update
Surgery went as expected. No surpises and no extras. Paul is in recovery --- in lots of pain, but being managed. Will post more details...
Mar 7, 2024


"What if the robot gets taken over by skynet?"
Paulie Positivity joking his way into surgery… He’s a freaking trooper. Definitely anxious and stressed as to be expected, but also being...
Mar 7, 2024


Its almost cutting time......
Sorry it's been a while since I posted. Been trying to enjoy some life and forget about all this BS for a while.... Surgery is this...
Mar 3, 2024


Paul's Surgery Demo 🤯
Trying to detach my feelings from the fact that this surgery is being performed on my husband — this is pretty effing cool… The surgeon...
Feb 4, 2024
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