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Teresa's Cancer Journey

One Year In

So, while Teresa's journey ended a year ago, mine continues. It's been a tough year for me. Nothing else bad happened, but finding myself bereft of my best friend, my sounding board, and my calming influence when I wanted to rage against the world has been

We have reached the end of our Journey

We have reached the end of our Journey

Late in the evening of July 2, Teresa Jan Perryman Nials died of pancreatic Cancer. Services for Teresa Nials: The Trisagion and Memorial will be Thursday July 7th at 7:00PM Beck Funeral Home: 1700 E Whitestone Blvd, Cedar Park, TX 78613 The Funeral will be 10:00 AM Friday,

With him who fears the Lord it will go well at the end

With him who fears the Lord it will go well at the end;on the day of his death he will be blessed. - Sirach 1:13

Overdue Update

Sorry about the long time between updates. It's been kind of crazy in Casa Nials. First, a quick statement on where we are at, and then I'll go into other things. Teresa is doing OK, but just OK. Currently the chemotherapy has caused the main tumor

The Best-laid Schemes

The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft a-gley Robert Burns in the poem To a mouse Teresa's surgery went badly wrong. She's recovered mostly now, but apparently some of her lung tissue adhered to the pleural wall and the attempt to insert

A New Hope

Sorry, couldn't resist the Star Wars reference. There is a lot of news here. Instead of going to New Orleans, we spent a week in Houston, with Teresa working with the doctors at M.D. Anderson Hospital. They ran several new tests, as well as gene-sequencing the tumor

End of Chemo

Teresa had her last chemo Wednesday (October 13, 2021). Her doctor determined that the current treatment was no longer effective. The cancer has spread to some small nodes on her liver, as well as a larger mass on top of her stomach. Her doctor is now consulting with two different

Teresa's Encouragement book

Long Overdue Update

So, I want to apologize for the length of time between updates. We've been busy. Busy working on Teresa's treatment, busy helping out our kids, busy travelling. So forgive my tardiness, and forgive anything I overlook. First and foremost, we've been through three more

Chemo #7

So, lots of stuff happened during this update. We travelled to Nashville to spend some time at a science fiction convention. The first day of the trip, we spent most of the day in Dallas with Teresa's godparents and their family. It was a wonderful time of fellowship

Chemo #6 update

Lot's of stuff going on. Finally got all my computers working again, just in time to have problems with my work computers. Yay! We've been busy since the last update. We finally got to take the trailer out right before Chemo #6. We made 2 trips.

Chemo #5 Update

Teresa is in the midst of her fifth chemotherapy treatment. It ended up being delayed by a week and a half due to problems with insurance. We are not happy about this, but it is finally resolved. The delay was due to trying to get the tests approved that the

Chemo #4 update

So, I still haven't gotten the pictures edited from our Alaska Trip, so that will be another post. Suffice it to say we had a great time, and thank you all for making it happen. After we got back, we were both exhausted. Once we had the house

Chemo #3 Update

Sorry for delaying this update. We've been busy. Teresa is doing well with Chemo. Kudo's to the treatment team at Texas Oncology. They have done an outstanding job at keeping the side effects of chemo at bay. Her third chemotherapy session went well. She's