https://www.memyselfandlymphoma.com/blog daily 1.0 2025-10-17 https://www.memyselfandlymphoma.com/blog/startingoveragain monthly 0.5 2025-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603467ac10bb8a4aea2b3ee0/85ac0c33-cd5c-49a4-a5db-c9e5e29efc86/MML40.png Blog - Starting Over (Again). - Make it stand out Portrait of a 40-year-old cancer survivor who has very little (if any) fucks left to give. https://www.memyselfandlymphoma.com/blog/the-truth-is-i-dont-know-how-to-feel monthly 0.5 2025-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603467ac10bb8a4aea2b3ee0/02f171ef-59b2-4a8a-821e-a8fcfa3e34f0/MMLYikes.png Blog - The truth is, I don’t know how to feel…&nbsp; - February 2021. This wasn’t the worst of it. Not by a long shot. This person feels so far away. Four years can bring so much healing. So much shedding and so much love. There are days when I sleep too long or too something and wake to find my left eyelid a little swollen. I would be lying if I didn’t say my heart skips a beat (or twelve) every time. Love you old me. It’s better over here on this side. <3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603467ac10bb8a4aea2b3ee0/979ae049-2e6c-42db-8ed0-9fcc8e0099f7/MML_25.png Blog - The truth is, I don’t know how to feel…&nbsp; - Make it stand out This Feb 22 (2025) we were in Niagara Falls for a hockey game. We’ll always stop to take the time to appreciate the wonder. Lucky to be Etta’s mom. Lucky to be here. https://www.memyselfandlymphoma.com/blog/how-much-sad-did-you-think-i-had monthly 0.5 2024-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603467ac10bb8a4aea2b3ee0/caa6c88e-403f-48fd-81f1-cfab8e433d93/MML-36.png Blog - “How Much Sad Did You Think I Had?” - Make it stand out When the blood decides to burst. So long clean jacket lining. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603467ac10bb8a4aea2b3ee0/82fff7d2-f478-43d7-a06f-e9a5b5b89693/MML-37.png Blog - “How Much Sad Did You Think I Had?” https://www.memyselfandlymphoma.com/blog/an-ode-to-cancer-besties monthly 0.5 2024-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603467ac10bb8a4aea2b3ee0/1707774510015-YI1V0PRNIPU8C5XUI29H/Lisa7.png Blog - An Ode to Cancer Besties https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603467ac10bb8a4aea2b3ee0/1707774503767-GFQAQSCOHAJK5Y2Y537U/MML%29Lisa2.png Blog - An Ode to Cancer Besties https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603467ac10bb8a4aea2b3ee0/1707774503348-VLRVRC7H98PPWA9NZ2WC/MMLLisa3.png Blog - An Ode to Cancer Besties https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603467ac10bb8a4aea2b3ee0/1707774698054-HRNFCOMRN9TVNEQKMJKR/LisaD.png Blog - An Ode to Cancer Besties https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603467ac10bb8a4aea2b3ee0/1707774526086-S9FSXGJ7JHR7J5PVTIFK/The+Cancer+Card+Keychain+Funny+Cancer+Gift+Funny+Cancer++Etsy+Canada.png Blog - An Ode to Cancer Besties https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603467ac10bb8a4aea2b3ee0/1707774504725-AKGDRQ9BE3A8K9MTZ63H/MMLLisa5.png Blog - An Ode to Cancer Besties https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603467ac10bb8a4aea2b3ee0/1707774505370-4TMJC5KJLWI4LNEF0L7E/MMLLOSA6.png Blog - An Ode to Cancer Besties https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603467ac10bb8a4aea2b3ee0/1707774504488-YKRGQQX2J3JRLQR1L6QY/MMLLISa4.png Blog - An Ode to Cancer Besties https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603467ac10bb8a4aea2b3ee0/1707774696965-3QL6A0JRJE3G6UZHPBWF/LisaC.png Blog - An Ode to Cancer Besties https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603467ac10bb8a4aea2b3ee0/1707774693813-MFZXK9BEMTIMKD499IOH/LisaA.png Blog - An Ode to Cancer Besties https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603467ac10bb8a4aea2b3ee0/1707774696861-R33UDZ0H2O24LSHEZIEF/LisaB.png Blog - An Ode to Cancer Besties https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603467ac10bb8a4aea2b3ee0/1707774509840-H7WZCP4D9R5MIJ90NPTZ/Lisa-8.png Blog - An Ode to Cancer Besties https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603467ac10bb8a4aea2b3ee0/1707774511075-K2HTB3U1VR7L0EOIJNWJ/Lisa8.png Blog - An Ode to Cancer Besties https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603467ac10bb8a4aea2b3ee0/0bc5f9e2-07b1-4a37-abd0-e1de999d8cd4/MML_Lisa1.png Blog - An Ode to Cancer Besties - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.memyselfandlymphoma.com/blog/tick-tick-no-boom- monthly 0.5 2023-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603467ac10bb8a4aea2b3ee0/c82613dc-65e3-4aae-8311-0ed8f855cce4/MMLFeb923.png Blog - Tick, Tick… No boom. :| - Make it stand out This is what I look like these days. My hair grew in darker. There are days when I look at Etta’s hair and have a longing for my colour back but I’m not mad. It’s still curly and it isn’t grey so, identity = intact. https://www.memyselfandlymphoma.com/blog/random-musings monthly 0.5 2022-12-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603467ac10bb8a4aea2b3ee0/db011580-92e5-48be-ac2f-0d7ee8c28daf/AuntPat.png Blog - I don’t know what to call this… Random musings of a cancer survivor? We’ll go with that… - Make it stand out From left: Lucia (at 18); Tracy (on her 16th birthday); Aunt Pat (just shy of 50) and me (just shy of 4) being the smiley, little shit I continue to be. Why yes, it was 1988, was it the lamp or the couch that gave it away? A big thank you to my mom who gave this to me on my 38th birthday a few weeks ago who thought I’d like to have it. I do. It lives on my desk now. Thank you. https://www.memyselfandlymphoma.com/blog/remission-part-1 monthly 0.5 2022-08-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603467ac10bb8a4aea2b3ee0/ff67c43b-24bb-4bcc-a5b7-e576697d3ce5/MML-31-trans.png Blog - Remission: Part 1 - Make it stand out Us at the cottage: July, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603467ac10bb8a4aea2b3ee0/a45da585-45b9-4c77-8af8-3067e0ab09c2/TheSeries-Remission1.png Blog - Remission: Part 1 - Make it stand out The last in a series of self-portraits featured on Me, Myself and Lymphoma. June 30, 2021: Remission Day. https://www.memyselfandlymphoma.com/blog/april-13-2022 monthly 0.5 2022-04-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603467ac10bb8a4aea2b3ee0/b2894c1c-7321-47b5-8978-aae4a84b3bb8/MML-35.png Blog - April 13, 2022 - Make it stand out April 13, 2021. https://www.memyselfandlymphoma.com/blog/365-days-part-2 monthly 0.5 2022-04-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603467ac10bb8a4aea2b3ee0/52f4eb65-7a8c-4dd3-a92b-ab7ead0f3027/Welsh+family+high+res+2021-6.jpg Blog - 365 Days: Part 2 - My cheering squad “You’re doing great, Mom!” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603467ac10bb8a4aea2b3ee0/20e4ee81-77ed-4449-86ff-9bc677e0276c/Welsh+family+high+res+2021-10.jpg Blog - 365 Days: Part 2 - Make it stand out We commemorated our harrowing 2021 with family portraits by the incredible Niv at Olima Studio. This was shot in September 2021. The weekend before we sent the kids back to school. I was about 10 weeks in remission here. We don’t take a lot of pictures just the two of us. Willis has been my gift through this journey. A star of stars. And I’m so glad to have this captured. https://www.memyselfandlymphoma.com/blog/365-days-part-1 monthly 0.5 2022-02-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603467ac10bb8a4aea2b3ee0/3a17cb02-0d01-444d-8f66-a07ec0ff08d6/MML-34.png Blog - 365 Days: Part 1 - Make it stand out Sleeping in a hallway in a pandemic when you’ve found out you have cancer and there are no blankets, so you’re using your winter coat. Fun. Memories. :| https://www.memyselfandlymphoma.com/blog/reflections monthly 0.5 2022-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603467ac10bb8a4aea2b3ee0/ab9f2fae-760f-46c8-824d-886070561272/MML-32-trans.png Blog - Reflections - Make it stand out On my mat, again. https://www.memyselfandlymphoma.com/blog/the-last-one monthly 0.5 2021-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603467ac10bb8a4aea2b3ee0/cb708339-65fb-454d-a1ec-34a9825d09ce/MML-28.png Blog - The Last One - Make it stand out My last day of chemotherapy treatment, just after ringing the bell. I’m smiling under that mask. A lot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603467ac10bb8a4aea2b3ee0/eab18c64-8858-4d7e-836d-b72bce3a1899/MML-29.png Blog - The Last One - One of many cave days What cancer looks like. Alone. In your room. With no energy but to lie there. A black hole in your eyes where light used to be. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603467ac10bb8a4aea2b3ee0/def77f19-c1ef-408c-a3f9-eaa713514ceb/MML-30.png Blog - The Last One - June 30, 2021: Remission Day The day we found out I was in remission. This is the little bubble that kept me alive. I can never thank you enough. I love you with every ounce of my being. <3 https://www.memyselfandlymphoma.com/blog/side-effects monthly 0.5 2021-10-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603467ac10bb8a4aea2b3ee0/1635360904871-KHCTNI015TRWSPG8VG91/MML-26.png Blog - Side effects - Make it stand out A plethora of oral chemo drugs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603467ac10bb8a4aea2b3ee0/1635361201536-EV2JGHYIB0O0ZXU5CH19/MML-27.png Blog - Side effects - One of 18,906,248 IV’s I’ve had this year. Thanks, life-saving poison. :) https://www.memyselfandlymphoma.com/blog/-and-more-chemo monthly 0.5 2021-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603467ac10bb8a4aea2b3ee0/1634488897719-YPQOYQHL97EF7QD534DY/MML-23.png Blog - … and more chemo. - Bundling up because I was so cold from buzzing my hair… not. Oops! Turns out I was having super high fevers. That’s why I was so cold. What a dumn dumb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603467ac10bb8a4aea2b3ee0/1634488696433-1H14PFO6TW41RRHG3F7T/MML-22.png Blog - … and more chemo. - Make it stand out Looking like hell and feeling like it. Suffering from fevers, chills, and feeling like death warmed over. Before realizing I was having fevers. Complete with cold sore from chemo #1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603467ac10bb8a4aea2b3ee0/1634489031924-Y1WUV5GT07OOKAU0OZ8R/MML-24.png Blog - … and more chemo. - Make it stand out CT scans showing my giant tumour above (scan from February 11, 2021) and my teeny tiny tumour below (April 22, 2021) Exactly three months after my diagnosis of Aggressive Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. There are 60 sub-types of lymphoma. Mine is called Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, or DLBCL. Also, no, looking back, I have no idea how I was even barely breathing with the size of this monster. https://www.memyselfandlymphoma.com/blog/-chemo monthly 0.5 2021-09-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603467ac10bb8a4aea2b3ee0/1631722564035-O0SZ9J083AB1HW4ID21V/MML-20.png Blog - … chemo… - Make it stand out Post-First-Chemo-Post-Buzzed-Hair visit with Eden. My sister from another mister. Decked out in leopard, as we all should be, at all times. <3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603467ac10bb8a4aea2b3ee0/1631722659598-KHCLKTF4MH8VWE417WXN/MML-21.png Blog - … chemo… - First week of chemo. Second day, immunotherapy infusion. Note to self: wearing a onesie for a seven hour hospital stay is stupid. Luckily it was baggy enough I could get one arm out to pee without having to interfere with the arm with the needles all jammed in. Eyes / face still swollen, but MUCH less than two days before. Bless you life-saving poison. https://www.memyselfandlymphoma.com/blog/chemo monthly 0.5 2021-05-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603467ac10bb8a4aea2b3ee0/1622311106063-0JPIRR3GQHVPCMY9ISMY/MML-17.png Blog - Chemo… - Make it stand out Me and my newly buzzed head, post-first-chemo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603467ac10bb8a4aea2b3ee0/1622311278575-OY3CSEJRAVSXHSGKD5V1/MML-18.png Blog - Chemo… - My first chemo Wearing my “Don’t Mess with Mama” shirt, still sporting a semi-swollen face. https://www.memyselfandlymphoma.com/blog/10-days monthly 0.5 2021-05-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603467ac10bb8a4aea2b3ee0/1620679020944-N7WZMH87JGXO026RJV54/MML-16.png Blog - 10 Days The twins posing in their epic snow fort. https://www.memyselfandlymphoma.com/blog/the-hospital-part-4 monthly 0.5 2021-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603467ac10bb8a4aea2b3ee0/1618259840889-IG21GNJDLIIRKSMMO7PX/MML-15.png Blog - The Hospital: Part 4 The triumphant return of my beautiful face. A little red. A little still swollen. But a huge improvement! Welcome back eyes. :) https://www.memyselfandlymphoma.com/blog/the-hospital-part-3 monthly 0.5 2021-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603467ac10bb8a4aea2b3ee0/1616633107345-DYQA1UAT4ZXORLLX79GW/MML-14B.png Blog - The Hospital: Part 3 Night one, there were no blankets at all. And now… no less than three! https://www.memyselfandlymphoma.com/blog/the-hospital-part-2 monthly 0.5 2021-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603467ac10bb8a4aea2b3ee0/1615920691786-36AZVR268Z85VZWQ38X8/MML-13.png Blog - The Hospital: Part 2 Lying in my new room with my hot pink neck and bandage from my biopsy. Tired, but grateful. https://www.memyselfandlymphoma.com/blog/the-hospital monthly 0.5 2021-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603467ac10bb8a4aea2b3ee0/1615761221805-CR4AXFBYX4YIH3JKAPJH/MML-12.png Blog - The Hospital: Part 1 - My table and wall in my “room”. A much used tissue box, water and a bell I only used twice because WOW did that seem obnoxious. The curtain on the left is further back than it appears, it is not part of my “room”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603467ac10bb8a4aea2b3ee0/1615761329801-O93ADHFSRM3WUFLL8MLU/MML-11.png Blog - The Hospital: Part 1 - Me, post-pity-party deciding to try to go sleep. I forgot to mention, in the ER they were out of pillows. So while I didn’t have a blanket in my hallway, at least I had a pillow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603467ac10bb8a4aea2b3ee0/1615760892823-T9R1QFTZVZ37F3614Q7I/MML-10.png Blog - The Hospital: Part 1 If you’re wondering what it looks like to sleep in a hospital hallway in the middle of a pandemic, it looks like this. https://www.memyselfandlymphoma.com/blog/the-swell monthly 0.5 2021-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603467ac10bb8a4aea2b3ee0/1615435278929-NPFP7STX1E095B1W741K/MML-9.png Blog - The Swell My face on Sunday, February 7. For the record this is at least 3x its regular size. https://www.memyselfandlymphoma.com/blog/the-calm-before-the-swell monthly 0.5 2021-03-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603467ac10bb8a4aea2b3ee0/1615216138345-V9L7D89I7YUY7FGK7VTO/MML-8.png Blog - The Calm Before the Swell Etta and Clark, my 5 1/2-year-old-twins at the top of a big snow mountain. January 18, 2021. https://www.memyselfandlymphoma.com/blog/the-call monthly 0.5 2021-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603467ac10bb8a4aea2b3ee0/1615068562350-0ECFG77PHE1GI6B7TVQY/keith_andgary.jpeg Blog - The Call - My dad, Gary with his long-lost brother, Keith in 2012. Keith Fackrell (L) and Gary Hitchcock (R) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603467ac10bb8a4aea2b3ee0/1615068299155-DKFP1OLW3SJSGUSHLPZ8/1490793_10152382541259493_1691396850718227413_o.jpg Blog - The Call - The Brothers Family, 1981 (with 12 of 14 children) Back row (L to R): Reg, Lawrence, Arthur, William (Bill), Ford; Middle row (L to R): Patricia, Florence, Marie, Ann, Shirley, Gordon and Elizabeth (Beth); Front row: Clifford and Dora Brothers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603467ac10bb8a4aea2b3ee0/1615068110858-LTK5GL30LB2UZBYNWAHQ/MML-5.png Blog - The Call My parents on a hike in January 2021. https://www.memyselfandlymphoma.com/blog/the-wait monthly 0.5 2021-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603467ac10bb8a4aea2b3ee0/1614698117859-UE8AULNWB1BSJJ58ZBFD/MML-3.png Blog - The Wait Ultrasound of my lump, doubling as a black hole. https://www.memyselfandlymphoma.com/blog/to-intuit monthly 0.5 2021-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603467ac10bb8a4aea2b3ee0/1614375910501-DVN73FA1X2C2WTR181MR/MML-1.png Blog - To Intuit https://www.memyselfandlymphoma.com/contact-1 daily 0.75 2021-02-24 https://www.memyselfandlymphoma.com/about daily 0.75 2021-03-02 https://www.memyselfandlymphoma.com/instagram daily 0.75 2022-02-14