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Glanda’s 1 Year Goneda

Posted on July 8, 2018 by

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The week inevitably came with a wide range of emotions leading up to my surgery anniversary, July 6, 2018…exactly 1 year since the day we officially said goodbye to Glanda. I’ve spent some time reflecting and parsing through the defining moments that got us… Continue Reading “Glanda’s 1 Year Goneda”

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Teenage Mutated Ninja Valerie

Posted on September 6, 2017 by

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Things have been so up and down, that I don’t even know where to start. Just last week we went from getting perfectly clear results from my PET scan on Tuesday morning to getting Strata test results back on Thursday, finding out there’s a… Continue Reading “Teenage Mutated Ninja Valerie”

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I DID IT!! 🧖🏻‍♀️🧟‍♂️
Taking another tiny step in healing tomorrow! (Yes, I’m still healing even at almost 7yrs out). Tomorrow I’m getting Fraxel laser treatment on my whole face to hopefully diminish some of the scarring I have on my left cheek and chin from radiation! Since I was 28 when it all went down, I’m admittedly a little self-conscious of the crepey skin that was left behind now at 35 so I’m hopeful a little of my youth will be restored after tomorrow and the following treatments! 👵🏼 Stay tuned! #goneglandagone #fraxellaser #oncoderm
Want to see my party trick? 🎉…my cheek drips when I eat. Yep. It’s weird. But that’s reality on this side of things. It started about 6 months after I finished radiation and I’ve never really known if it was saliva or sweat that I was wiping off most meals. But this weekend, I learned. Ready?! Ok, it’s actual sweat. During surgery, the nerves that signaled my gland to produce saliva were severed, but as my body healed without my parotid, those nerves branched back out and connected to the nerves that trigger the sweat glands. So when I eat something flavorful, my little salivary gland nerves (now connected to my sweat gland) fire off and while they think they’re producing saliva…they’re now producing sweat. 🤯 So mind ya bizness when you see me cheek dabbing mid-meal from now on! 🫣😥 It’s just part of my drip! 😎
PET scan day and this song on repeat. Get up and praise the Lord!! 🫶🏻❤️ Glanda is still Goneda!! #goneglandagone
10.16.23. Hallmark day for ya girl! Finished 40 straight dives in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber. I met some of the sweetest people, who were also patients, and I got to hang with these dudes who took care of me, made me laugh, gave me crap, and kept me safe every day. Definitely some mixed feelings today walking out of there for the last time as a patient but looking back at all the beauty the Lord orchestrated here since August has my heart full! ✌🏻 out HBO!
🪄 Alakazam, alakazoom…my chamber tech turned around turned around to check on me and I had left the room!

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