I don’t even remember which surgery this was from. It definitely wasn’t my first, because by then I knew the drill. One of the main things they push after surgery is to get up and walk. No matter how awful you feel, no matter how badly you want another hit of morphine to melt the read more

I awoke to the sound of my cell phone’s alarm going off. I picked up my phone, and with blurry eyes, I saw that it was 4:00 a.m. As I slowly woke, I looked around the hotel room and reoriented myself. I was filled with excitement but also a huge amount of trepidation. “How do read more

Sometimes I come out of surgery with a surprise. This time it was tubes hanging out of my back that go into my kidneys. This happened in March 2025 and I felt a bit concerned as I had another ultramarathon to run in May. May came, and somehow I managed to rally and run the read more

Cancer is fucking brutal. In the middle of it, I try to stay steady, or simply lean into the absurd. My wife caught this moment on camera, along with others: me twerking during chemo, attempting a ‘Fatal Attraction’ leg-cross, and dancing through the mess of it all. read more

While recovering from a right hemicolectomy, which due to complications turned into two major surgeries in seven days, I asked my surgeon when I could start lifting 50 pounds again. She advised in about six weeks. Lying in the hospital bed, fueled by morphine and dilaudid, I decided to make those six weeks count. I read more

This is a picture of my colon cancer. My surgeon showed it to me with excitement lol. I on the other hand was a little less excited. Still it was kind of cool to see what mortality looks like. read more

Preparing for surgery became routine. There was always some amount of fear involved, but more often than not, I chose excitement. Getting wheeled into the operating room, especially for my neobladder surgery, was clearly a big deal. It felt kind of special. I was the center of attention. My colon cancer surgery was laparoscopic, and read more