Author Archives: Sarah Franz

It’s 12:21am on Thursday, June 10th. I have to be at the hospital by 6am to surgically have a port placed in my chest for my upcoming treatments to fight cancer. …and I cannot sleep. Honestly, I felt like I have kept it together fairly well since the week of my diagnosis (which was sixContinue reading “The beginning of the end of this nightmare…”

C + 8 = eight days post chemo treatment. Funny (and sad) how you start to mark your days as you journey through cancer. But here I am, eight days after my first chemo treatment (and port placement). Fighting. Surviving. Desperately wanting this journey to be over, if I’m being honest. But it’s here –Continue reading “A C+8 brain dump”

This is a topic I prayed I would not experience and therefore would not have a need to capture and/or share thoughts on with others; however, the last few days I’ve had a run-in with this topic on multiple occasions. So allow me to share some thoughts (knowing I hope you’ll keep these in theContinue reading “To share or not to share: a lesson on consideration during cancer (and other tough life seasons)”