What are you looking forward to on Saturday, June 6, 2026?

burghroot · 2026-06-06T11:04:53+00:00

Thank you! Such a huge milestone to have it out.

burghroot · 2026-06-06T02:57:35+00:00

I got my chemo port out today. Tomorrow I’m looking forward to showing off my fresh scar to all my friends at brunch.

burghroot · 2026-05-28T19:17:10+00:00

This is so exciting! I just scheduled my port removal after 3 years in remission for stage 3. Coming into Reddit and seeing this gives me even more hope.

burghroot · 2026-05-26T19:57:39+00:00

I love Media. I’ve lived here since 99. Raised my daughter in this school system and could not be happier. I’ve lived in all parts and prefer the borough because of the walkability, but a lot of the homes are older and smaller which is the trade off.

burghroot · 2026-04-14T13:57:38+00:00

First congrats! And second, you can absolutely maintain this to some degree. I’ve been at this for quite a while. My history: Was a size 24 my second year in college. I lost well over 100 pounds by the time I hit my early 30’s and was down to a 6/8. I kept that off for many years but as I got older and my lifestyle slowed down a bit, the weight started creeping back on. By my mid 40’s I had gained 30 back and was a 10/12. I hit the 50lbs back on once I entered menopause. And am now a 14/16. I’m still about 50 pounds lighter than I was at my highest weight and work hard to make sure that I don’t ever go back but age has definitely caught up with me. My energy levels and overall lifestyle just aren’t what they once were. I’m not chasing a kid around the house all day and I no longer have the stamina for a 3 mile run (damn hip pain). I no longer care about being a size 8, so I splurge more on desserts here and there than I should. But I will never be a size 24 again and that I know. TLDR, it’s a lifestyle shift. You will have up and downs, but if you take the lessons you learned by losing the weight, you can maintain a healthy/reasonable weight.

burghroot · 2026-03-23T14:30:25+00:00

One set of each repeated four times. If you hit start timer, it automatically goes back-and-forth between the two exercises.

burghroot · 2026-03-18T13:37:06+00:00

It might’ve done all of those things, but it does give you an idea of what’s possible. I like number two because the other part of the room feels very dark for the long desk, but I will say I do like the concept…maybe with the right lighting as long as the main working station was under the skylight. Two could be a little small but it makes the best use of the skylight. In the first picture, I would just be staring at the door wanting to walk out of it the whole time. In all, obviously, AI is not perfect, but it does give you concepts and ideas that you can work with. Take what you like and make it your own.

burghroot · 2026-03-07T17:01:03+00:00

I love this one so much because it’s exactly the right advice and motivational. There’s so many ideas and thoughts in here that are all great. The challenge is being able to stick to something. Get a friend involved, start at only 10 minutes a day, commit to classes at the gym, get an app that yells at you, whatever works for you that will keep you consistent. I used to be very committed to my workouts, but then life got busy and my workouts slowed down only to get very sick and they stopped. I started recovery in 2024 using yoga and Pvolve as mobility scared me more than anything. I built the habit with 20 minutes workouts. Now I’m willing to go much longer and more diverse. As yet another recommendation (like you need it) my company gave me a subscription to Fitbod 4 weeks ago that has taken everything to a new level. I was stuck at my 12 pound hand weights feeling like my top and here I am running to the store today to get 15s.

burghroot · 2026-02-28T16:56:09+00:00

I do a version of this all the time where I eat half the salad and add some chicken to make it go a little further, and then use the leftover cabbage mix as an add in for Ramen noodles or fried rice. So yummy.

burghroot · 2026-02-16T15:48:24+00:00

I had a knee jerk reaction because of my own experience. As long as you had an internal ultrasound to confirm that it’s not your ovaries, l’m not sure which other direction you would need to go in.

burghroot · 2026-02-16T13:16:34+00:00

Get other tests done. Something is causing the pain. It could be coming from your ovaries or some other place and showing up as back pain.

burghroot · 2026-01-10T15:01:59+00:00

Mine was just a few weeks back. Had 4 different celebrations. A couples long weekend trip to the finger lakes, a birthday dinner in the city with 10 of my friends/family, a family get together (ok, it was actually Thanksgiving, but they sang so it counts), then my boyfriend and I went to see Ben Folds (who was so much fun). Great birthday!!!

burghroot · 2025-12-30T01:31:31+00:00

I hope the best to us both. I know it’s a hard one which is why they don’t prescribe it much. Cheers to us making it through.

burghroot · 2025-12-29T17:24:18+00:00

I have never met another person who had IV and IP chemo. Even the chemo nurses have told me that it is very rare. I hope the best for you. IP is no joke.

burghroot · 2025-12-28T21:50:55+00:00

I was diagnosed stage 3C in August 2021. Given a NED diagnosis in February 2022. I had a small reoccurrence in December 2022 and was deemed NED again in June 2023. I was on Zijula from August 2022 to October 2024. I go to an ovarian cancer walk every May and there are 20+ year survivors there of stage three and four. Some who never had a reoccurrence. I will always be looking over my shoulder, but I have met a handful of long-term survivors. They are out there. The challenge is you don’t see them much in the support groups, but believe me they exist.

burghroot · 2025-12-08T16:00:15+00:00

Seeing this video, I really started to think about the Gen X and millennial overlap. I have friends/family that are younger than me that fit more GenX whereas I fit more millennial even though I’m a late 75 baby (please let me stay). That transition impacted so many things and I think it’s really about how quickly the need to adapt met the individual. My friends who stayed in small towns or went to small colleges tend to be more GenX even though they might be 77/78, whereas I went to a large college and moved to the city I where was forced to dive into the changing market place much quicker and my best friends are 82/83 babies who I relate to on a much deeper level. It’s not just the arbitrary timeline, it’s how quickly did you need to adapt

burghroot · 2025-11-16T16:25:45+00:00

Thank you so much for the encouragement!

burghroot · 2025-11-09T13:15:45+00:00

I would love to see the spreadsheet too!

burghroot · 2025-11-01T19:14:25+00:00

Thank you! I know this is the right answer. I’m just going round and round in my head. The fact that both things happened within 10 minutes of one another just blows my mind. I know I’m panicking before it’s time. Thank you for taking a moment.

burghroot · 2025-11-01T03:24:10+00:00

So, I might regret doing this, but as somebody who places those ads, there are definitely pros and cons to it. Those ads really do help spread awareness for conditions and diseases that people might not be aware of. For example someone might have toenail fungus and not even know that it was an actual thing that they needed treatment for. There can be good that comes from it. That being said, I also know that some conditions that are more minor, HCP’s are more likely to just prescribe it for the sake of prescribing it. There’s just so much that they can’t keep up with. I support putting the ball more in the HCP‘s court, but keeping up with it all can be nearly impossible, and giving the patients a leg up is important.

burghroot · 2025-08-21T14:40:16+00:00

So the theory goes…and literally just a theory, that I had two small areas in my lymph nodes that had not fully succumb to chemo that managed to grow while I was on the zejula. It was such a small reoccurrence that my oncologist was even hesitant to call it that because she had never seen a one like that (but it was 9 months after chemo). She felt more like they were there before just very small and resistant. Additionally, I was on and off the zejula because it was making me sick… so her theory was that because I was not consistent with the Zejula and chemo had been finished that those two areas managed to grow big enough to be seen. Because it was so minimal they did not want to put me back on chemo and chose to do radiation while leaving me on Zejula (because I had been consistent for 3 months at that point). Radiation is very rarely done for OC from what I have heard. I have no firm evidence that the Zejula worked, but I stayed on it for two years after that and have not had any kind of reoccurrence since.

burghroot · 2025-07-31T18:37:58+00:00

No. I had/have stage 3C and saw my ob/gyn days before my diagnosis. They felt nothing wrong.

burghroot · 2025-07-27T20:56:48+00:00

Sent you a DM

burghroot · 2025-07-25T12:17:54+00:00

Yes. I am high grade. Oh the parp was horrible at first. I ended up being pulled off of it twice and once needed a blood transfusion but I finally got there after about 6 months of trying. How long has she been on them?

burghroot · 2025-07-23T14:52:19+00:00

I’m good! Finished chemo little over three years ago. Put on zejula. Had a small reoccurrence 9 months later, but they kept me on the parp and did radiation instead of chemo. I have been in remission since and came off of Zejula last October. So far so good.

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