by Tamika Steffenauer | May 11, 2023 | Blog, Cancer, Tamika
I got an email from my oncologist confirming the results of the bloodwork My CA125 levels were 4500, they are supposed to be under 30. This confirmed the diagnosis of ovarian cancer, Stage IIIC. It sounds so amazing, like I’ve got this grand stage to be on. IIIC....
by Tamika Steffenauer | May 10, 2023 | Blog, Cancer, Tamika
It feels like all of this took forever, but in reality, this has moved so quickly compared to what so many people experience. On Wednesday the 10th I finally got to see my oncologist. They took my weight and I noticed that it was climbing again. Will and I were both...
by Tamika Steffenauer | May 4, 2023 | Blog, Cancer, Tamika
I woke up and had to go pee like any other morning and noticed blood in my urine. I called Will (he was on a job) and told him what was happening. He left his job and called my general doctor who told us to go to the ER right away. She also texted my oncologist (I...
by Tamika Steffenauer | May 2, 2023 | Blog, Cancer, Tamika
I was still swollen and in pain. It had been 8 days since I first started feeling bloated. At this point I was barely eating, and it was getting difficult to move. It felt like I was just carrying bricks around and everything was going to split open at any moment. I...
by Tamika Steffenauer | May 1, 2023 | Blog, Cancer, Tamika
This morning William reached out to my old surgeon and my primary doctor. We were just trying to get some answers and a plan put together. My surgeon called him back right away and encouraged us to get more tests before jumping to ‘cancer’. My primary doctor called...
by Tamika Steffenauer | Apr 30, 2023 | Blog, Cancer, Tamika
I had been sick the previous week and thought I was just fighting a cold. But after only a day of feeling better, I started bloating and feeling funky again. Over the next 5 days, it continued to get worse. I was having constant pain in my abdomen. I was swelling in...
