Niki News Updates

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

June 21, 2017 Do you ever have those days when you look back and think “Where did the time go?”? Yeah. I feel like it’s been one of those months! I fear I’ve developed a bad case of “but first

May 9, 2017 May brings us into Melanoma Awareness month! Aaaaand… in the event that you’re new here… uncontrolled mutant “mela-meat” is what tried to kill me. Needless to say, I’ve developed a bit of an overprotective mom response to

March 17, 2017 — My orchid is sprouting again. I can’t explain this determined little plant. I have no green thumb, yet despite me, it continues to flourish. I’ve grown attached to this little potted piece of Mother Nature. Anyone

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

November 22, 2016 — Brain MRI: Chronic postsurgical changes of prior right…” blah blah blah… “Several foci of nonenhancing T2 FLAIR signal hyperintensity”… yeah yeah… “Volume loss within the right postcentral gyrus…” Wait. What? Volume loss? Does that mean I have

December 14, 2015 The popular line of questioning this month seems to be: “What’s next?”, “Are you cured?”, and “Sooo… when are you done?”. In the most short and sweet way that I can put this… If you are a