HeyJaredMy Not Chosen Adventure: A Medical Mystery and Love Story
Welcome to a front row seat to my cancer journey. I write with sparkly honesty about bodily functions not functioning, wrestling with and embracing disability, and the wild ups and downs of being told I have a year or so to live.
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- Sep 9, 2026
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March 9: Freaked Out (opens the original)
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It’s now a few days after the surgical biopsy.I gotta say, this week was hard.And the whole thing about being ok with dying, I’m taking it back!!! I don’t want to die. I want to live!!! Today a friend said I have a lot of life force. Yup, I do. And I want to live.Surgery: The day before surgery was fun. We went down the night before. Matt is good at making things fun. We walked around and ate dinner. We pretended we were on vacation.The next day was not so vacation-y. Nine hours in the hospital.
March 3: The Day Before (opens the original)
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Today Matt and I head down south to stay the night. Early tomorrow morning, at 5am, we arrive at the hospital for the surgical biopsy. I’m a morning person. It’s ok.I need to take a week off from teaching, for recovery. But of course I’ll be back the following Tuesday. Of course I’ll be back. I told the kids, “I’ll be back.”My hope is that my cancer was found early enough. And that it is a curable cancer. Please please be early stage, and curable. Please.And while I’m hoping, I’m also holding th
Cancer (opens the original)
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I’m really glad the kids know.As February goes on, the “something” gets more intense.One day, during my lunch break, the results from one of the tests comes back. My PCP calls me right away. She is like that.I go outside to take the call. I’m sitting in the school garden, one of my sanctuary spaces. By myself, there in the garden, I find out – it is cancer. For sure.Thank goodness, that day, the two most highly fabulous volunteers and also my dear friends are there in the classroom with me. I as
Book is Out (opens the original)
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hi you all, My book is out on Amazon!! It’s My Not Chosen Adventure, from Day 1 to the night befor
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