Recent Posts

• March 20, 2016

  We've revamped the website! Expect more color, more photos, and a brighter look to things from now on. Michelle is four days into the new chemo regimen. So far, weakness has increased, fatigue and digestion have been about the same, and nausea is ... [more]

• March 16, 2016

  After an exhaustive comparison of over twenty clinical trials, we had determined that one fit the bill—a trial of the experimental GVAX vaccine run by Johns Hopkins and available locally in Portland.However, after talking with staff at Provi... [more]

• March 10, 2016

  It's been a long time since our last update. We had mostly been on a course of just holding steady and making progress every day, so it was easy to forget about posting updates for everyone to let them know how we were doing. Sorry about that. Tod... [more]

• February 11, 2016

  Michelle has completed her first month of chemo infusions, had a week off, and now has started the second round. All have gone pretty well, still with fairly minimal negative side effects. There are many positive changes, though: Lying down to... [more]

• January 20, 2016

  We are now one week into chemotherapy and have seen marked results. Michelle has been able to lie down to sleep for most of the past week for the first time in six weeks, her pain is reduced, especially at night, and her ability to eat is improvin... [more]