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Annie: On Memorial Day (5/29) in the morning Matt was really excited to tell me about a dream he’d had and the three-tiered structure of a concept that was coming to mind. I don’t think he’d slept much the night before as he mulled over this new idea. After more than an hour of MattContinue reading “MP 36-a BAD drug trip”

Annie: It has been nearly 20 days since coming home from the hospital and about 20 weeks since Matt has felt well(ish). In time, he’ll tell what he feels led to share about how truly ill he had been. But I can share…he’s getting well. In the first week home, I was practically Matt’s shadowContinue reading “MP 35”

Annie: Matt is itching to contribute to blog posts and is excited to express his musings during this time as well as share a bit of how we got to this point. While we expected to be discharged Monday (5/8) Matt’s phosphorous level was still critically low necessitating a morning IV and a retest atContinue reading “MP 34-delayed a day and homecoming”

Annie: First, a funny story…on Friday (5/5) late at night the Star Wars movie marathon that Matt had been watching switched over to women’s pro wrestling while he was snoozing. He was on some heavy pain medication for the muscle pain from surgery, which caused significant drowsiness and a bit of disorientation/confusion. He recalled toContinue reading “MP 33-the weekend”

Annie: Happy Cinco de Mayo! Matt had excellent care during his procedures–his surgeon, especially, was a truly top-notch human being toward us. Matt was moved back to his room after a short time in post-anesthesia recovery and I was here to help explain, through his fogginess, about what had taken place and the next steps.Continue reading “MP 32-post procedure”

Annie: This will be a brief one for tonight (5/3/23) and we’ll update it more later. Just wanted to start by clarifying some things regarding Matt’s condition. In summer 2021 we got really good scan results and the words “no active cancer”. In the fall there were several times that Matt had to metaphorically chaseContinue reading “MP 31-a U turn”

Annie: Coming clean. There is something similar about writing a blog and the act of ghosting just became clear to me–you don’t have to be wholly authentic i.e. vulnerable. In a blog you can present the polished version and put the spin on the story so that your readers end up with your desired conclusion.Continue reading “MP 30”

Matt: A couple weeks ago I turned 40 years old! Its also now 3 years since my initial diagnosis. I’ve felt the weight of that more and more the past several months. 2022 was tough. I lost my voice again for a few months, mourned the death of a family member, and to start 2023,Continue reading “MP 29”

Matt: I was invited to share my testimony and healing story-to-date at our Portland church prior to the holidays. It was my first time talking publicly about what I’ve learned over the past 2 years. Pastor Jared has become a good friend of mine and I was grateful for the opportunity to share. Below areContinue reading “MP 28”

Annie: October 5, 2021 we had a counseling appointment where it just became obvious that we needed to go ahead a buy a house. It was a bigger realization to me than Matt, but it came from such a simple question…”so if the work-from-office gets pushed out further, would you just stay in the apartment?”Continue reading “MP-27 Not in Kansas (or Oregon) Anymore”