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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

Last night I told you I was nervous. Today I can finally exhale. My January 13, 2026 CT scan shows stable metastatic disease. If you’ve been following my story, you know what those words mean. You know I’ve been fighting this battle for four years now. You know about the 70 radiation treatments, the 20 … Read more

Stage 4 to Undetectable: Will the Miracle Continue? Tuesday, January 13th, is a big day. A terrifying day. A hopeful day. It’s the day I walk into that CT scan imaging center and find out if I’m still winning this fight, or if everything changes again. My last three CT scans have been a roller … Read more

This Sunday, I’m flying to Tennessee to help my mother-in-law. She’s been in terrible pain from her hip and lives in a small town where getting to specialists isn’t easy. Sarah and I have been married 25 years, and her mom needs us right now. I’m going to drive her to see a specialist, help … Read more

I almost didn’t make it to this one. Viktor Frankl, a Holocaust survivor and psychiatrist who stared death in the face and lived to tell about it, once wrote: “Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.” I think about that quote a lot … Read more

The News We Have All Been Praying For Today was the day my entire family and I have been holding our breath for. My CT scan results came in, and the doctors confirmed something I still struggle to believe. My stage four lung cancer has shrunk again. Not slightly. Not barely. But by almost forty … Read more

It is the middle of the night again, almost 4 AM, and my heart will not settle. I am scared, nervous, hopeful, and thankful all at the same time. My next CT scan is Tuesday, December 2, and I can feel the weight of it pressing on my chest. These scans are not just images … Read more