Today, marks the final day I'll be taking my oral chemo pills for the foreseeable future. It is still quite surreal and I sometimes can't believe I've made it this far. I know the love, support, and prayers of all of you is what's given me the strength to push

Howdy all, it's been a minute since our last update. Most of you might already know, but there's a few special things I'd like to share. First, I'm thrilled to announce that Anna and I are engaged! On a beach in San Diego, I asked Anna if she'd give me

As they say "no news is good news", but after a little prodding by Anna and my mom, I figured I'd post an update to share some good news. Since the last update at the end of January, maintenance has been much, much better. No inpatient hospital stays and I

Hey everyone! I wanted to share that, as of today, I am offically in my maintenance phase of treatment!!! This means that I'll only have to go into the clinic once every month as opposed to once every week, which has been our life since my diagnosis (outside from a

After nearly a week at Riley, I made it home on Thursday! Thankfully my stay at the ICU was brief. Throughout last Saturday, they successfully weaned me off of the blood pressure medication. Around midnight they transferred me to the hemoc floor and I was finally able to get some

I find myself using the phrase "all things considered" more and more lately. When people have asked how I've been doing in this last phase, my go-to response as of late has been, "Actually, pretty good! ... all things considered." It's my attempt at brevity while still hinting at the nuance

Hey everyone! I made it home on Friday afternoon. Very excited to be typing this on our couch rather than a hospital bed. My ultrasound on Tuesday showed an abscess where my appendix had ruptured, so I had a procedure on Wednesday to drain the infected fluid. The procedure went

Hey all - it's me, Ryan! Figured I'd try to write an update for a change and give Anna a break. :) So yeah, after that last 12-day hospital stay, I finally made it back home last Wednesday afternoon. I came home, took a long nap, and then Anna and I

Sometimes things don't go as planned. I find myself constantly forgetting this and constantly being reminded. This last Monday at my outpatient clinic appointment, I learned that my blood counts were low for the first time since my diagnosis from the three new chemotherapy drugs that I was given on

(Post 1 of 3 to start.) As they say, to not bury the lede... During the last week of October, my girlfriend, Anna, called my younger-older brother, Marc (a pharmacist), because I was having yet another migraine. Over the course of the previous two months, I was initially diagnosed with