Is Life harder as a survivor or as a patient? Now I see these in chat rooms and survivor support groups as a question. How do you differentiate the two? It’s really pretty hard because you go through a couple of different stages as a patient when you get diagnosed. And then another once you […]
Continue readingCancer Ghost Pain’s are something that I really had to figure out what was going on after all my treatment as a new survivor. I became hyper-aware with the understanding of what was happening in my body during that time while I was undergoing all my chemotherapy. Because of this, you learn a lot about […]
Continue readingVery little about Cancer Survivorship has been discussed with the growing need for guidance not only for lymphoma survivors but cancer survivors in general. This has been tough as a survivor because all the resources and information that’s online is fragmented and scattered throughout the internet. This makes the information pretty hard to find and […]
Continue readingI’ve been getting involved in the support groups and chats through Reddit and Facebook lately. I think some of you probably know how I feel about my Facebook usage. It’s been important for me as a survivor to start being involved. There’s a lot of people that are really confused and scared about the process […]
Continue readingIt’s safe to say that I was a pretty lost soul after getting out of the hematology floor at Presbyterian St. Luke’s in Denver. Of course, I was excited about the fact that I was alive and able to share my story. The reality was a very scary proposition. I essentially came out of the […]
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They say that life is full of peaks and valleys, highs and lows. After this last month, I am a complete believer in that! July 25th, my dad and I went up to Charlotte Queen Adventures to do a little salmon fishing around the Queen Charlotte Island in BC and enjoy a little time away […]
Continue readingI was really fortunate to grow up in a good community. A small community where you knew everyone and everyone knew you. With that, also comes gossip and the quintessential nosy neighbor. Now, I don’t consider this a bad thing. When I was diagnosed, and as word spread, I would encounter people that were very […]
Continue readingSo around mid May 2014, I did an interview for a new sports Podcast called MTN Meisters. I did this interview with Russell and Ben for a number of reasons. From telling my story about growing up in Breckenridge Colorado to talking about Snowboarding’s history, to bringing awareness to Hodgkins Lymphoma through my story. We […]
Continue readingHey… I wanted to get a quick post out about an interview I did for ESPN… While I was going through treatment, I ended up doing an interview with a friend Devon O’neal for ESPN online. This story is about my professional snowboarding career and re-discovering my purpose as a cancer patient. I remember vividly […]
Continue readingA Sedated Life definition: A life with no Meaning or Purpose. I wanted a good way to explain how a life that has no meaning or purpose is supposed to sound. A life that just exists in time. And “A Sedated Life” was really the best combination of words that could explain where I am […]
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