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After Keytruda treatment is paused due to immunotherapy-induced pneumonitis, Wayne shares the emotional reality of sleepless nights, uncertainty, and recovery. Despite the setback, recent scans remain stable, faith remains strong, and hope continues to guide his journey through stage 4 cancer. There is a particular kind of quiet that shows up at three in the … Read more
I have had so many CT scans over the past four years battling cancer that I have lost count. You would think it gets easier. It does not. The night before, you lie there in the dark and your mind starts going. You replay every cough, every ache, every weird feeling you brushed off. You … Read more
A chapter from Still Here: How Faith, Food, and Family Beat Stage Four Cancer Let me start with something that matters: I respect doctors. I owe part of my life to the oncologists, surgeons, nurses, and radiologists who helped carry me through some of the darkest valleys I have ever walked. They are good people … Read more
Friends and family, I want to start this update the way I should start every day. By saying thank you. Thank you to God. Thank you to every single one of you. And thank you for the milestones your support and prayers have allowed me to experience since my stage four diagnosis. With Easter right … Read more
The most important question in cancer care is also the most frustrating: how do you find it before symptoms appear? For most people, the answer has been to wait. Wait for a lump. Wait for pain. Wait for a doctor to notice something on a scan ordered for something else entirely. By then, many cancers … Read more
More Time, One Infusion at a Time Four years. That is how long I have been fighting cancer. In June 2025, on my 25th wedding anniversary, no less, I got the confirmation that it was stage 4. Today, I am still here. That is not luck. That is God, good medicine, and every single one … Read more
One thing every cancer patient knows is the chemo chair. That infusion chair becomes a second home, whether you want it to be or not. You walk in the first time, terrified. By the tenth time, you know exactly which chair you like, which nurse has the gentlest hands, and how to settle in for … Read more
I am a husband, a dad from the Upper Midwest, and a cancer warrior who has now walked through more than most bodies are ever meant to endure. Seventy radiation treatments. Twenty chemotherapy infusions. A five hour radical neck dissection. I followed the maximum treatment path recommended in the United States, not once, but twice. … Read more
In my New Year’s post, I described how 2025 was a brutal year. I started the year believing I had finally won. Two rounds of treatment behind me. The nightmare was over. Then came June 3rd, 2025. Our 25th wedding anniversary. A day that should have been about celebrating a quarter century of love with … Read more
I love joking around. I love talking to people. Making a real connection with a person or a group has always been rewarding for me. Conversation was how I showed up in the world. It was how I connected, how I built trust, how I made people feel at ease. That is why losing my … Read more