my first blog, a way for me to process my experience of being diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma
I am a professor at a Canadian university. I’m married, have close relationships with my family, love my 2 dogs, love travel, and enjoy hiking (but day hikes only – not really into the hut-to-hut thing). I really hope I can get through this and do some major hikes again in the future. Thank god I also love reading novels (literary prize winners, but also espionage, detective, and sometimes Sci-fi). And thank god I live in an era of excellent tv. And thank god I love writing. There are many things I can still do that I love, even having cancer and being more home-bound than I would like to be.
If you’re new, I recommend starting with How I Found Out.
I’ll keep this short – the most recent scan (Feb. 22, 2026) shows more tumor shrinkage. In August 2025, the tumor was 10.4 cm x 8 cm, in early November it was 9.7 cm x 7 cm, and now it is 7.8 cm x 5.2 cm. After the second scan on Nov. 3, and looking…
I don’t even know how to write this post. But if I think about it too much, I’ll never write it, let alone post it. My husband got me an earlier CT scan. It had been scheduled for March 12, and I had emailed my oncologist, emailed his assistant, spoke with the triage nurse, and…
I feel like I am doing at least two ways. The first way is that I feel quite well. My last round of chemotherapy was December 22, and it feels good to be off it. I’m sleeping better and I have more energy. Now that I am off chemotherapy I realize I wasn’t aware of…
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