Niki News Updates

Rain and GUSTY winds today. No running. This is sad. It did kick me in the shorts to spend some time organizing my “medical binders”. Yes, I have plenty of digital copies of all of these things. However, sometimes one

BRAIN: Going in for routine follow up MRI this week! I’ll update when there is something to share. Meantime, I need to spend some time in the kitchen, as I’ve worked a deal with my nurse friend. She gets a

So much to say… and yet, I’ve chosen a terrible time to try to do an update. Sooooo… I’m going to give you a real quick snip of what’s been going on, with the PROMISE to come back this week

Wow… soooo… 2020 has been a little intense, huh? While it hasn’t been ideal for tracking medical issues and staying in top shape, I must admit to being far more fortunate and unscathed than most. That said, I feel like

Yay… we’ve rolled over another new year and life has remained, for the most part, “boring”! **insert soft golf clap here** BRAIN: Basically the same old news. Brain MRI May — Stable slightly decreased size of enhancing lesion (now measuring

May 1, 2019 It’s May. How did this happen? At least 20 days per month for the past 5 months, I’ve been thinking “You need to update your site, or people are going to think you died.” It’s not for

December 27, 2018 BODY: (Sept 26) “Stable pleural redundancy of the right lung base. No suspicious nodules or lymphadenopathy. Stable 1.7 cm pancreatic cyst. No significant new finding compared to prior imaging of 5-29-18″ Everything is a lovely shade of

August 1, 2018 A recent e-message valediction from a friend – “Hope all is well”. It’s a simple enough statement, to which my immediate response is very typically, a joking “Me too!” #tumorhumor But last week was a scan week…

March 6, 2018 2018… here we are! By the end of this year, I turn 50! Aaaaaaand… we’re quickly coming up on five years since I hit the floor of the studio in full seizure. Five years since we learned of

November 10, 2017 It has been four months since I last checked in. “No news is good news”, right? Yes. Yes it is! Things on the cancer front are about as good as they’re ever going to get. Any lingering