It was 8 weeks yesterday that I said, "farewell" to my stomach and to celebrate, I tried to eat a piece of steak again. After cutting the beef down to tiny, delicious teriyaki marinated morsels of skirt steak and a good amount of chewing, the meat went down and stayed down. Sweet glory! The steak put up … Continue reading Cooking? #YOLO Homie.
I Still Have a Torso
One of our amazing middle school students this past Wednesday gave me a hug, but thought removing my stomach would leave me without a torso. This is hilarious, but I definitely see the confusion. We often refer to and think of our torso's as our stomachs rather than the organ itself. The two most common comments as I've … Continue reading I Still Have a Torso
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Stats can be Brutal, Orange Sauce Heals
It's week 5 of my recovery and this week we found out that my little brother Austin also came up positive for the CDH1 gene mutation. In a couple weeks we start the process of meeting with doctors and surgeons at Stanford. I think going through this process first helps, but it is strange on … Continue reading Stats can be Brutal, Orange Sauce Heals
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Week 4: New Pants and Re-Learning the Basics
Today marks the 4th week since I went into surgery and this week seems like I've turned a little bit of a corner in my recovery. I've also discovered that I need some new pants! I feel like one of those people in the weight loss commercials who put on their old pair of pants … Continue reading Week 4: New Pants and Re-Learning the Basics
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The Best of the Farewell Stomach Tour
I'm in a good mood today because I found out yesterday that my little brother Ray, tested negative for CDH1 which puts him in the clear! Now, we're just waiting on the results for my other little brother, Austin. I think his results should be in soon. With that said... Kate called the rest of … Continue reading The Best of the Farewell Stomach Tour
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Changing the Story
A couple days ago Kate and I were going for a walk which has become a beautiful regimen in the Dang household. I have to walk at least three times a day to keep my bowels moving. When we walk, we walk incredibly slowly taking in and talking about life. The other day we were … Continue reading Changing the Story
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5 Reflections from the Hospital
I wrote most of this post while I was still laying in a hospital bed taking a bunch of naps in between so please excuse spelling errors and ranting. Hopefully I won't have to go through this again, but here are a few things I learned about my experience if there is ever a "next … Continue reading 5 Reflections from the Hospital
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An Open Letter to My Stomach
Dear Stomach, We've been together since that crazy day in the 4th week of conception. You were developing inside of me probably before mom even knew she was pregnant! Those were some crazy times I tell you. It's almost as if we were meant to be together from the beginning. In fact, I actually believe … Continue reading An Open Letter to My Stomach
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Warning: this post will make you drool a little bit…
Well it's official! Yesterday Kate and I went in for one more meeting with our surgeon and the team of interns who will be cutting me open and straight piping my esophagus to my intestines. My surgery is officially scheduled for this coming Thursday, March 6th at 12 PM! We didn't really receive much more … Continue reading Warning: this post will make you drool a little bit…
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Sunrises and Canadians
It's our last day in Maui and today we're just soaking in our last few rays of sun as we start the countdown to surgery. I don't know if it's the time change here or if it's all starting to catch up with me, but most mornings I've been waking up way before sunrise, which … Continue reading Sunrises and Canadians
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