Cancer DOES suck!

15 years ago today, Devon was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. She was only a few weeks pregnant with Noah and man, was it an emotional day for our entire family. But 15 year later, Devon is still going strong – taking one day at a time. As most of you know, our father also had cancer and sadly, passed away 4 years ago. He was notorious for bursting out energetically, “Seize the day! Carpe diem!”

Today, on her 15 year anniversary, Devon wrote this to me:

“Today is my official 15 year anniversary of being diagnosed. In past years, I would celebrate the day – the reason being that it changed how I view life. I still celebrate life today but will tone it down a bit due to the chemo I’m doing now. Dad and I were going to get tattoos together, but he became too sick. I got this tattoo as a reminder to why I should grab every chance in life and enjoy – the whole ‘carpe diem/seize the day’ attitude. The tattoo is my Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma ribbon colour: green with the date I was diagnosed.”

Devon’s tattoo.

Devon’s NHL tattoo.

Devon is still recovering from her allergic reaction a couple of weeks ago but is slowly getting off the prednisone in order to commence her chemotherapy and clinical trial again on Monday and Tuesday next week.

If you’d like to support Devon and her family practically, we’ve added a few more dates to the meal train calendar. You can sign up for a meal here.

The official green ribbon for NHL. Devon’s has gotten darker over the years but she wanted to share this on the blog.

Devon and her boys.