Faith, strength, and hope through the storm through my cancer journey.
👋 Welcome, friend.
If you’re visiting my blog for the first time, I’m so glad you’re here. This space is where I share my journey with Multiple Myeloma—a form of blood cancer I was diagnosed with July 28th, 2025.
This blog is part journal, part processing, part faith journey—and it’s deeply personal. If you’re navigating something hard, I hope what you read here brings a little comfort, clarity, or connection.
A Personal Note to Those I Haven’t Told Yet
There are so many people I care about—family, friends, mentors, colleagues—who I deeply wanted to tell about my diagnosis in person. But the truth is, this journey has been overwhelming in ways I didn’t expect. The conversations are emotionally heavy, and sometimes, even when my heart wanted to reach out, I just didn’t have the energy or the words.
If you’re reading this and learning about my condition here for the first time, please know this:
It’s not because you’re not important to me.
It’s not because I didn’t want to tell you personally.
It’s just that some things are hard to say, and even harder to repeat over and over again.
This blog is my way of opening up and letting you in—of sharing the story when my voice may falter or my timing may be off.
I hope you’ll receive it with the love it’s written in. And I hope you’ll walk this road with me through these pages, knowing you are seen, valued, and appreciated more than you know.
With love and sincerity,
– Cynthia
To walk through the story in the right order, I’ve listed my posts chronologically below:
📅 My Story in Order
⚓ Post 1 – Why I’m Telling This Story
⚓ Post 2 – Before I Knew: The Pain That Didn’t Go Away
⚓ Post 4 – The Night Everything Changed
⚓ Post 5 – The Hospital Days That Followed
⚓ Post 6 – The Space in Between
⚓ Post 7 – When the Helper Needs Help
⚓Post 8 – The First Chemo Visit
⚓Post 9- The Week After Chemo #1
⚓Post 11- Preparing for Kyphoplasty – Another Step in the Fight
⚓Post 12- Living with Fractures
⚓Post 13- The Kyphoplasty Procedure – Bones, Bravery, and Balloons – A Day I Won’t Forget
⚓Post 15 – Chemo Journey – Halfway Through the First Milestone
⚓Post 16 – The Unexpected Side Effects
⚓Post 18 – Chemo #7 – The Unexpected Conversation
⚓Post 19 – Feeling a Little More Like Me Again
⚓Post 21 – The Neurosurgeon Appointment
⚓Post 22 – The Consultation That Changed Everything (Part 1)
⚓Post 23 – The Consultation That Changed Everything (Part 2)
⚓Post 24 – Chemo #14 – Graduation Day
⚓Post 25 – Thankful: A Pause Before the Next Chapter
⚓Post 27 – Half Way There, Not Quite Yet
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Thank you for being part of this journey.
With hope,
– Cynthia
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