Category: carcinoid syndrome

Sharing my cancer story. It might be helpful, it might be interesting, it might be informative.

  • A Potpourri of Updates

    Often my posts cover just one topic, but this one will be all over the place. Buckle up! Scans: I had an MRI (with and without contrast) plus a DOTATATE last week. It was the first time I have had both at the same time, and it was a very long, loud hour! I’m extremely…

  • One year after surgery: a retrospective

    I’m still coming to terms with my new identity as a life-long cancer patient, as well as the transition from Librarian to not-Librarian. Most importantly, however, I have absolutely been loving being home after school with my daughter and eating dinner together. With my previous schedule, on an early day I’d get home at 6:45pm,…

  • I’m looking at you, lymph nodes

    It’s been a mostly relaxing four months since I’ve been back at work. We’ve been ramping up for a big event that took place this week, and I’m excited I got to be a part of it. In the meantime, I’ve been going in for my monthly Sandostatin shots. I’m continuing to have flushings, so…

  • Back to work

    I’ve been back at work for two weeks now, and it’s going really well! My abdomen is all healed up; I’m not having pain any more. I’m really glad I was able to take three whole months off work to recuperate; I needed it. To illustrate, in early December when my family was dressing the…

  • The Big Surgery has happened!

    Ten days ago, on September 21, I had the big one. The best news to share is that although there was a possibility of a sigmoid colon resection, the surgeon didn’t end up needing to do that. YAY! There was a large walnut-sized cluster in that area that was able to be “peeled off”. Five…