Mommy Has Cancer

Get well soon!

It was a good day all around!!

I know you are. I was being cheeky! Yay for the grant!

Chris Gallaway from @friendsofmedicare.bsky.social is 💯 right on this: “We know this will lead to more pressure on our emergency rooms. But it will also create more gaps in cancer care, more stress for patients.”

I was in ER for 30 hours, meaning an ER bed wasn’t available to another patient.

Woot woot! www.canada.ca/en/institute...

Thanks @ladyscorcher.bsky.social :) There is always something I can find to advocate for during hospital excursions.

So…. At what point do I actually think my leg will blow up???

It’s so uncomfortable I want to cry. I’m not sure I can wait for 1.5 months before I get relief.

Thanks so much Sherri! I’m getting a little nervous with the little options available to me after Enhertu. So I have a super teensy tiny favour to ask… can you figure out this breast cancer metastasis process and cure it? Ideally, really soon? In the meantime, I’m working on ⬇️ my fat. 😂

To friends who haven’t read my latest blog: life changes next week. I’ll need your support, love, and encouragement. If local, help with premade meals, housecleaning, etc., DM or send a gift via my website below. New blog post 👇

Right?!? :(

Mystery solved. Apparently a few months ago, this was cut from the budget. Patients can no longer have access to oncologists-on-call. We must call Health Link (who can’t access them either!), or simply go to ER.

Maybe this is how the kids popsicles got funded again?

@abhealthservices.bsky.social Your Arthur Child Cancer Centre patient information card’s number doesn’t have a “0” option. The FMC switchboard doesn’t have the oncologists on call list. This is hugely problematic when you have to get urgent advice in the middle of the night.

Yes, the kids are excited. Appt is Thursday to cut & donate hair, then will buzz it off. Then 1st Enhertu infusion 5 days later. Gulp.

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For This Next Dance With Chemo, I’ll Be Wearing My Blue Suede Shoes Follow Natalie Kwadrans, who is living with terminal breast cancer, through unexpected complications, new treatment plans, and unwavering hope. Learn about managing IVC compression, advocating for car...

It’s been a rough week and a tough birthday. Read about my recent hospital stay, emergency angioplasty, and changes to my cancer treatments. kwadrans.ca/blue-suede-s...

Check out episode 3 to hear my mom’s story of how a car crash, that 2 lives, almost taking hers, and 60+ years of advocating to not to amputate her leg. A recent treatment has had such a positive impact on her quality of life.

Episode 3 tells her story. 🔗👇

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Majestic and commanding ruler of the snowy landscape.

Take a peak at my latest blog: what do you want to leave the world? Spoiler alert… I’m not talking about money.

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Last one in the books for 2025.

Patient on a physiotherapy table, with TENS cables visible from under a heat pad

Of course my hip will remind me that I had a hip replacement 3.5 years ago, and that that I have enthesopathy virtually everywhere in both hips, going, quads and glutes. Time for some TLC.

KwadKids 2025 are Running to Help Finish It for Terry Fox In 1980, Terry Fox started his Marathon of Hope to fight cancer. My mom remembers watching him on the news as he kept going. Terry has now inspired us since we learned about him in...

Tic tok! Tic tok! Time is running out to donate to life saving cancer research. My kids want to raise $15K to support their Terry Fox School Run. Don't wait and donate today!
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RIP @anguspratt.bsky.social The advocacy work you did has moved the needle for cancer patients in Canada. 💔

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All he needs is a VPN.