Just Keep Swimming: Update March 2024
Schwaming Cancer
by schwambomb
2w ago
Hello! Greetings from cancer land. I am currently hooked up to my 3rd infusion of nivo/rela and so far I haven’t exploded so things are going alright. The last few months have been… pretty awful, but mostly unrelated to cancer. Jordan got serum sickness from amoxicillin shortly after his 2nd birthday – more on that later but it was absolutely terrible for everyone involved. He’s doing much better now thank goodness. Then I succumbed to a horrible virus that had me hacking up what’s left of my lungs for 3+ weeks. Then when I was finally healthy, I had an unfortunate collision playing goaltimate ..read more
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The Bitch is Back ( 7 year update)
Schwaming Cancer
by schwambomb
3M ago
I know I know it’s been 3 years since I last updated this blog. I thought I was done with Melanoma… but if you hadn’t figured out by the title of this post, I’ve had a cancer recurrence. I will get into those details shortly but a whole lot has happened over the last 3 years so I will summarize below. Also feel free to check out the Timeline, which has been updated with a bit more detail. In addition, I have been posting regularly on my Instagram since this all started for more of a play by play. If you are new here – I was diagnosed with Stage IIIB malignant melanoma in June of 2016 after hav ..read more
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3 Year Update, miscarriage, and drunk drivers…oh my
Schwaming Cancer
by schwambomb
1y ago
As you can see by the title, 2019 has been a year of ups and downs thus far. 3 Years Cancer Free! The best news though is that I had my 3 year cancer scans early July (only CT scan of abdomen/chest/pelvis this time) and everything came back clear! June 28, 2019 marked exactly 3 years since my diagnosis. It feels simultaneously like treatment was a nightmare of the distant past, but also somehow still so fresh. Honestly, being a cancer survivor has been the least of my struggles so far this year. Finishing up my first year being a Nurse Practitioner has kept me on my toes. I’ve been c ..read more
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2+ Year Update (March 2019)
Schwaming Cancer
by schwambomb
1y ago
Hallo friends! It’s been so long since I’ve updated this blog that I have practically forgotten how to edit this site – yikes! Things have been good and busy – REAL busy. Honestly 2018 was the busiest year of my life and I don’t think I’ll ever beat it. But before I get to the exciting details of the last 11 months of my life – I’ll get the obvious out of the way… Cancer Update: Since my last post I’ve had 3 sets of scans (4 months apart). On June 18, 2018 I had my 2-year scans which included full body CT scans and a brain MRI. The yearly scans are always emotional and I can’t help but reflect ..read more
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Post Boston Marathon – Quick Reflection and Many Thanks
Schwaming Cancer
by schwambomb
1y ago
Wow, what a ridiculous, incredible, unforgettable day April 16, 2018 was. I was able to take in and be in the moment several times while running the marathon, but all the emotion really hit me yesterday. I have honestly never been more proud of myself and more grateful and humbled by all the people who love and support me. Thank You First, I have to thank everyone who donated to my marathon fundraiser. You glorious, generous, humans with hearts of gold helped me raise a grand total of $13,508 for IMPACT Melanoma. Together our 36 Team Running for Cover members raised $368,588. THAT IS SO MUCH M ..read more
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Boston Marathon – the day before
Schwaming Cancer
by schwambomb
1y ago
You guys! Marathon Monday is TOMORROW! I can’t believe how fast it creeped up on me. Actually that’s a lie, It feels like time has been moving in slow motion for the past 2 weeks. I keep having dreams that I’m running it and waking up exhausted and anxious. I have so many blog post drafts in the cue and want to write all about my training and my experiences the last 4 months but somehow it’s already 5:30pm on sunday and I will just share with you guys a few tid bits and how to track me. Track me on Marathon monday There are 2 ways to do this. Not sure how accurate they are and have been told t ..read more
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Boston Marathon & the DR
Schwaming Cancer
by schwambomb
1y ago
Hello friends! A lot of wonderful things have been happening since I last updated my blog at the beginning of Camp Koru (camp for young-adult cancer survivors) in early November. I was originally going to discuss my time at Camp Koru in this blog post but it turns out I have so much to say that I want it to have its own dedicated post, so that will be released at a later date. Why not spread out the good vibes, amiright? 2018 Boston Marathon?! About 6 weeks ago I applied to run the Boston Marathon for IMPACT Melanoma (more about them later). It was very late in the application process and I wa ..read more
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4 month Update & Cancer Camp
Schwaming Cancer
by schwambomb
1y ago
Hello World! I can’t believe another 4 months has flown by since my last set of scans. It’s amazing how time flies when you’re not enduring state of the art immunotherapy treatment that makes your immune system try to kill you… but in a good way, (most of the time).  Welp, lots has happened during the best season of the year (frisbee season) but it just ended a couple of weeks ago and I’m just starting to crawl out of the black death hole of depression that post-nationals and the daiquiri deck leave you in to die. It turns out that it’s harder to shake that depression when you lose in the ..read more
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My 1 year update and thoughts on “survivorship”
Schwaming Cancer
by schwambomb
1y ago
I realize that the anxiety some of these posts may cause, so without further delay I’ll get to the… Good News: I had my 1 year scans (CT of abdomen, chest, pelvis and Brain MRI) and blood work about 4 weeks ago and received the results later that week. That whole week of tests and appointments was terrible but scan-day was the most traumatizing. I cried like a child who’s trip to Disneyworld got canceled at the last minute. Fortunately, we got excellent news that at 1 year, my scans showed No Evidence of Disease (NED)! While the statistics for 5 year survival for someone in my situation are pr ..read more
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Ryan West
Schwaming Cancer
by schwambomb
1y ago
At the end of my last post (if you made it that far) I mentioned another young ultimate frisbee player battling cancer, named Ryan. In the two days that passed since I publish that post, Ryan deteriorated rapidly. I wrote the following post this evening on facebook and was encouraged to share it in my blog. I didn’t know Ryan personally but I came across his blog one day while I was browsing facebook on my way home from my own infusion at MGH in early November. I remember I spent the rest of the day reading (laugh/crying rather) through his blog instead of doing homework. We shared simila ..read more
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