How Breast Cancer Saved My Life: CDH1 – The gene nobody's heard of

 Let’s talk dessert. Valentine’s Day seems like a good day to do that.   Leading up to my gastrectomy there were so many uncertainties. No...

2020 has been a year of graduations, not the high school and college graduation ceremonies that have been canceled, postponed, or made virtu...

Happy 3rd Total Gastrectomy Anniversary to me! It was 3 years ago that I had my stomach removed and my life was forever changed....but not...

We flew down to Houston on New Year's night for my follow-up with Dr. Mansfield at MD Anderson on January 2.  It was surreal walking int...

Many people ask how difficult it is to travel without a stomach.   It does take more planning than before, but is easily doable.   When fl...

Sunday, June 30, Lenexa United Methodist Church celebrated their 150 th Anniversary, being founded in 1869.   This has been my church sin...

Two years ago today is when I had my stomach removed.  The past year has been a good year.  I'm in a good place. Here's some hig...

As I get further and further removed from my gastrectomy, I find myself posting less and less often.  I often think about posting, but don&#...

Dumping syndrome is a condition some people experience after a total (or partial) gastrectomy.  It is caused when food, especially sugar, mo...

I love iced tea (unsweetened!).  Always have.  Before TG, I was more likely to have iced tea with my meal than anything, but occasionally en...

It's been one year since I wrote these words: I'm sitting here on the eve of my surgery. I'm freaking out. I can feel my heart ...

When I saw Dr. Mansfield in June, he wanted to see me again in 6 months, which would have been December, but December is too busy so I sched...

Men's, size Small I've lost enough weight that I definitely need more new clothes. I thought about asking for some for Christmas...

Being the first major traditional stuffing yourself holiday since my total gastrectomy, I was a little anxious about how Thanksgiving would ...

I'm way behind.  It has been 3 months since I've posted.  I've intended on posting several times over the last 3 months.  I'...