From Travis (Pain)

Someone asked me what the worst part of cancer is. I have to leave emotional pain out of it, it's too hard to measure that. They wondered if feeling sick was the worst. That's bad, it is. But if you want to know what has been the worst for me, I can tell you it's the physical pain involved. I think many people don't think about that. I know I never used to. But it's easily been the hardest on a temporal level. It hurts. It hurts a ton! And it's unique. It's a beast.

So many procedures...

2 years ago today Travis was diagnosed with Colon Cancer, for the 2nd time. It feels like its been so much longer, 4 surgeries, including two illeostomies, 6 weeks of carrying around a chemo bag, 6 months of intense awful chemo, 6 more months of maintenance chemo, radiation, many scares, many questions, few answers, him losing his ability to walk, ER visits, he lost 90 pounds, nueropathy, stroke, too many MRIs, colonoscopies, ct scans and other tests to count. Through it all we were so blessed to have the constant support of my family, a great ward, wonderful friends and the knowledge that this is all part of a greater plan. 5 months of remission...only 4 years and 7 months to go before we can say hes cancer free and hopefully only 3 more months of Chemo, hopefully only 1 more surgery and we know there will still be many more tests to go.

From Travis

Thank you to everyone who posted some pics yesterday with words of support. This hasn't been easy, but man I've sure had the best support I could ask for. From beards with bows, to orange-outs and jerseys, to a personal tweet from my favorite Bronco of all time, it made my day. And I really wanted to thank you for it. I won't lie, I shed some tearballs yesterday. It meant that much to me. Thank you.