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34 My year of cancer A year I hope stops by my artificially placed deadline. A year filled with 3 ER trips, 4 hospital stays, 11 rounds of FOLFOX, 9 of Panitumumab, and 2 surgeries. A year mostly on medical leave which I'm so thankful for, but could have handled sticking to my previous life's routine A year I'm reflecting on while sitting in my step down ICU room post CRS/HIPEC and resection. I got to enjoy many things, while taking in the rough times. A year filled with high points like my expanded support system, time with my parents, house projects being completed, reengaging in photography, a new kid who picked me, and learning to read my physical signs. A year filled with low points like side effects, uncertainty for now and in the future, and struggles finding working pain meds after surgery. A year refocusing my life on what matters. A year I only survived cause of my faith in God and learning to give it all to Him. ...