IN THE BEGINNING, THERE WAS CHASE. NAH JK, HERE WE GO.

WE’VE ALL FACED ADVERSITY; HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED HOW YOU’D MAKE IT THROUGH?

I GREW UP IN A DIVORCED FAMILY, ON MY MOM’S SIDE, IT WAS ALL ABOUT SPORTS AND SCHOOL, AND ON MY DAD’S SIDE, IT WAS ALL ABOUT DRUGS AND ROCK AND ROLL. I LEARNED TO LIVE A DOUBLE LIFE EARLY ON THAT TAUGHT ME HOW TO PAINT A REALLY GOOD PICTURE ON THE OUTSIDE WHEN THINGS WERE ACTUALLY FALLING APART ON THE INSIDE.

I started not feeling well in the summer of 2021. I started feeling intermittent nausea and occasional pain in my abdomen. A week before my son was to be married, I was admitted to John Muir Concord. Numerous tests were done. My white cell count had skyrocketed, intense pain but no answers. I underwent an ultrasound because my marker for ovarian cancer was high and continued to rise. I released myself against medical advice because doctors wanted me to undergo more testing.