Mitch ShepardSwitzerland and other Updates!Hi all! This is Switzerland and the incredible group of women who joined me there in September!!6 min read·Dec 6, 2023----
Mitch ShepardWhen Life Throws Curve BallsIt’s been a Curve-Bally kind of week. I had two trips to the ER (last Monday and Wednesday) and one trip to the OR (last Thursday) for a…7 min read·Jan 21, 2023--1--1
Mitch ShepardMuddling Through Darkness (With a Few Sun Breaks)This post started as a 5 sentence update, inspired by several people checking in over the past week or so to ask how I’m doing. It ended in…11 min read·Dec 9, 2022----
Mitch ShepardThe Walk-er of ShameThe surgery I got this time is the reconstruction part. I think I might have referred to it at one point in a past blog as “the fun part”…6 min read·Sep 5, 2022----
Mitch ShepardCancer Broke My FilterLately, I feel like I should slap a bright satin sash across my chest. The kind that beauty pageant contestants wear. Only instead of Miss…14 min read·Aug 16, 2022--1--1
Mitch Shepard12 Down, Zero to Go!When I first found out I needed chemo I was scared but curious. Brad remembers that one of the first things I said was “well, at least now…5 min read·Apr 5, 2022--1--1
Mitch ShepardCemo is NO JOKEI hit a low yesterday — not in my spirits but in the way I feel physically.4 min read·Mar 25, 2022--2--2
Mitch ShepardCalling in BaldEvery week at chemo I’ve asked the nurses the same question: What percentage of people lose their hair? Every week I’ve gotten a similar…7 min read·Feb 16, 2022--3--3
Mitch ShepardCancer, Chemo, and Other Things…Chemo starts tomorrow morning at 7am and I’m sorting through a lot of fears and anxieties about that and plenty of other things too. It’s…8 min read·Jan 14, 2022----
Mitch ShepardEviction DayIve been up since 1:45am, unable to sleep. Thankfully surgery begins early because I’m impatient. After weeks of tests and planning, I…2 min read·Nov 23, 2021----