Rectal cancer, mental health, and the pursuit of happiness
I’m 37 years old, and I live in Columbus, Ohio with my wife Alexis and four-year-old daughter Addie. I was diagnosed with rectal cancer in August 2020, and underwent successful surgeries at University Hospitals in Cleveland in September and December of that year. This is my blog about my experience.
It’s been a long time since my last post. Honestly, I’m not really sure why it’s taken me so long to come back to Check Your Butt. Every now and then I’ll think, “I really should knock out a quick blog post,” and then I’ll find a reason not to. Maybe it’s because I’ve felt…
Last week I sat down with Dr. Dietz’s incredible nurse Vicki for a follow-up appointment. She asked how things are going, and I answered that it’s been a little rough. I explained how one day, I won’t poop at all. (For those with the misfortune of knowing me well enough to know my bowel habits…
Today I had the opportunity to give my first-ever commencement address, at the winter graduation for business department students at Misericordia University, a place near and dear to my heart. While it was a little weird to give a graduation speech over Zoom, in my current physical state it probably couldn’t have happened any other…
Or more pointedly, “Did I learn from this what I was supposed to?” Now that I’m all put back together, that’s a question I’ve found myself asking a lot. With my last procedure in the rear-view, I suppose it’s natural to wax a bit philosophical. Life may still be a few months from normal –…
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