Hi! I'm Nico and these are my stories as a third culture kid who calls Sri Lanka home.
After speaking to my Oncologist, I have decided to not move forward with any treatment options and will now focus on palliative care. This is something I needed to think about long and hard but ultimately, this is what is best for me moving forward. Naturally, this begs the question: […]
In another setback to my cancer treatment, the biliary stent procedure I underwent earlier this week was unfortunately not successful. Laying on the procedure table on my side, my body was contorted like a pretzel. My right knee raised while my leg below was fully stretched out with my butt […]
We’re off to a bumpy start.. The night before I was supposed to check in to the hospital to start my new round of chemotherapy, I came down with a fever so I got permission from my Oncologist to push back the chemotherapy a couple of days to hopefully shake […]
This story begins earlier this year, in February to be exact. At this point, it had been just over a year since my chemotherapy was halted. Let me now rewind this story to February 2021 to catch everyone up. I’m so sorry for the big gap with updates here. You’ll […]
Merry Christmas! Vlog update after 5 rounds of chemotherapy.
Navigating through the different waves of emotions after finding out I have cancer at the age of 32 has been, to put it simply, much more difficult than I originally thought. Stage 1: Shit! My cancer journey first began when I discovered a bump on my neck in early August […]
Fresh out of my first chemotherapy treatment, I’m feeling a lot better than I thought I would!
The road ahead is going to be long for me so here are some ways you can support me during this journey!
I felt something on my neck one evening after a really long day of work. After I got examined, I was told it may be cancer. 2020 started off on the track to be one of the best years of my life. I tied the knot with the love of […]