This morning I met with the radiation oncologist who presented me with a plan to do electron beam radiation therapy. We are targeting the entirety of the lower half of my body. In addition they are going to booster (hit harder) the spots on my legs and one spot on my arm that the biopsy and PET scan showed as lymphoma.

There will be 12 back to back sessions and my start date is April 21st. I will go every day until May 7th. The good news is, it should only take about an hour a day and the clinic is a 7 minute drive from my house. I do not have to go downtown to the main campus. Side effects will be minimal.

I. AM. THRILLED.

I meet again with my attending oncologist on April 22nd and will have a better idea of next steps after radiation is over. Another WIN is my blood counts improved this week, enough so, that my oncologist is allowing me to get lab checks 1x a week vs. 2.

again….I AM THRILLED.

On a non-medical related note, I wanted to share a little about my heart’s journey through all of this.

Back in December(2024) I picked the word RESTORE as my “resolution word” for 2025. I felt at the time that I was entering a season where God would restore the things lost to me: time, energy, life. That I would get the chance to be the person I was before all of this happened.

However, three weeks in to January we found out my transplant failed. I was completely and utterly devastated. On every possible level. I thought to myself, “well shit, I picked the wrong word. How in the world can God possibly restore me this year. I have to go through everything again.”

This mindset lasted until even just a couple weeks ago when we found out I relapsed.

How God, can you possibly restore me this year.

I started working on hearing God’s voice. Everything had been so loud and I felt like this dark cloud had been hovering over me for months.

Then last week I was writing the previous update. The theme was obviously that I am starting over. Starting over treatment, starting over the stem cell transplant. I quite simply was looking for a word to encompass the theme of “starting over”. So I did what we all do, I googled. This is what I found

Do you see it???? Do you see my word?

In that moment I felt such a rush of comfort and peace.

This year is about restoration after all, it’s just taking a new path. This is a path I couldn’t see, but God could. He knew. It’s about starting over. He makes all things new.

So be encouraged my friends.

Thank you for being a part of my healing journey,

Danielle