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April 5, 2024
Radiation treatment is done!!!
It’s been a long tiring road, but God has provided everything for me and my family through this journey.
The next step for me is some much needed rest, I have about a month off to heal up, I’m completely done with the radiation, the chemo treatment will get a break, and well be on a much easier schedule moving forward, basically one week on, three weeks off for six treatments worth. The test in about a month will be a big one cause that’s where we’ll find out if any and how much cancer is left. Now I get rest, build up some strength, and treasure every second I can with these three.
Thank you all for the prayers, words of encouragement, emails, texts, calls, etc, they have been a huge source of strength in a time of need. I truly do appreciate every one of you.
April 2, 2024
Only three more days of treatment left!!!
March 25, 2024
Four out of six treatment weeks in the books! Fighting cancer is a strange thing to prepare for. I grew up as someone who enjoyed competing and trying to find a way to win, but this has brought in a very different kind of challenge, one that I have no clue how to train for. And though I trust God, it has still brought fears and doubts like never before. This fight has brought me to some of my highest highs and lowest lows. Recently hitting the stage in my radiation treatment I started to lose a small chunk of hair. Then about a week later a pretty large chunk followed. Personally, I don’t care at all about my hair but I do see hair loss in a new way and have a much greater understanding of what it’s like for others going through something like this and how hard that can be. I’m grateful to have had a lot of friends and family here for me along this journey, and I’m grateful to tell you that my journey, and whatever struggles you have been through be it cancer or a paper cut, YOU CAN DO THIS! But I have a spoiler alert, it’s not because I’m so buff or deserving, but because we have an amazing God, that through His perfect plan put the right doctors, in the right place, at the right time. Why is God’s plan for me to have cancer right now? I’m not sure, but I do know God has thought this through a lot more than I have, and I’m excited to see what God has in store for me, Amy, and both of my boys. I am very much looking forward to cherishing every second I get with this family in my life, through sickness and in health. Thank you Lord for EVERY step of the journey you give me!
March 2, 2024
Step one done, I finished my first week of chemo and radiation treatment, I had a few rough days in there but overall it went well, I’m done with the chemo for about a month now so that will be a nice break from that. The radiation will go five more weeks straight, I guess it will be nice getting it over with.
“Grateful when I am weak He is strong.”
February 26, 2024
Prayer request, I start my first day of chemo and radiation treatment today, praying it is effective, successful, and that no side effects prevent me from enjoying time with my wife and boys.
January 26, 2024
I’m finally home! I spent ten days in the hospital, the surgery was pretty obnoxious, but my surgeon was able to accomplish more than we expected so I am incredibly grateful. I still have a lot of work to do but I’m loving life right now.
January 13, 2024
Update from Amy: Hello everyone, I wanted to give a quick update on here. Ryan had his brain surgery on Thursday and the surgeon said it went really well. He said he got as much tumor as he could see and that he was able to. Praise the Lord for that news. When he came out of surgery, his speech was great! They had avoided his speech centers perfectly. He is in ICU right now recovering. Unfortunately, because of the brain swelling, he is having some temporary speech issues. He is also exhausted! Because of these things, he requested that only family visit him for now. Thank you so much for understanding. We are celebrating the success of the surgery while at the same time, knowing recovery will be long and difficult. Please continue to pray for Ryan. Your prayers have meant the world to us. I will definitely update with any major change, but right now it looks like it will be just a slow and steady recovery.
January 6, 2024
I finally have it, after over five months of waiting and wondering I now have a surgery date planned, and it’s way sooner than we expected, my surgery will be Thursday January 11th, (yep that’s less than a week away) a little faster than we expected but the surgeon is ready, there was an available spot so we took it. I’ll get the run down on Monday the 8th about how things will go and what to expect, we already know the surgery itself is an all day process, approximately 10 or so hours, me or Amy will give an update as soon as possible but please remember it’s a long process and I might be pretty loopy for a day or two.
For anyone willing this week and especially Thursday a few extra prayers would be very much appreciated, as I’ve learned going through this journey one of the few things harder than going through cancer is watching a loved one go through it and knowing you can’t fix it or do anything about it, Amy has been the absolute best along this road but as I’m sure you can imagine it’s been a difficult process for her at times, prayers for her strength and peace of mind would go a long way.
Thank you again to all those that have reached out to check on me, been praying, etc, can’t tell you how much we appreciate that. I am very much looking forward to updating all of you Lord willing on Friday the 12th.
December 23, 2023
Hey there friends, so I am way over due on a health update, it was way back in August I found out I was diagnosed with a brain tumor, I have been back and forth from this doctor to that specialist and waiting for some odd tests that took quite a while to schedule, after about 3 and a half months on the waiting list I finally got my last important test done this past week, that’s huge because now my doctor and surgeon have access to all the information they need to move forward, it will still take some time, it’s a lot to go over for the surgeon and he doesn’t want to rush this, but now we just wait for a call from the office to schedule a surgery date. (Probably still a month or two away)
So grateful that during this process my body has been holding up better than I expected, I have some rough days but for the most part other than being a little week and getting tired faster I’m holding up pretty well.
Also incredibly grateful for all those that have reached out to check in on me, seeing how Amy and I are holding up, letting us know your praying for us, we’ve been blessed by a lot of people in many different ways over the last few months and I can’t tell you how grateful I am for that.
Even knowing I’ll have my surgery coming up soon that still won’t be the end of the journey, the doctor already told us they can’t remove everything based on where it is, they’ll remove what they can then eventually I’ll still have chemo and radiation, but that’s down the road a bit. Right now I’m excited to spend Christmas with my family, eat way too many holiday cookies, and thankful to God for finishing of another overall blessed year, (even with some curves along the way) and looking forward to new adventures in 2024.
September 8, 2023
I’ve officially been diagnosed with what’s called “grade 2 Oligodendroglioma.” Big fancy word but the good thing is we know what it is, and the doctors know how they want to treat it. A lot of information was thrown at us but the summary is they are considering it “very treatable.” With that they also mentioned this will likely be a long, difficult road. My first course of action will be surgery, with the goal to remove as much of the tumor as possible, date still to be determined. I have a few more tests but hopefully will have dates for you soon. After surgery my next stop will be chemo, then radiation. We were hoping it wouldn’t take all of the above but the doctors are confident this is the best option for us. Timeframe for both of those will partially depend on how well the surgery goes.
On a totally different note, I wanted to say thank you for all the help, support, prayers, and love we’ve received. So many people have been there in so many different ways for us and I can’t thank you enough for that. It’s been a huge blessing for me and my family at a time when it was unexpectedly needed.
August 28, 2023
I have had a very challenging two weeks. This post is going to get depressing and I won’t be offended if you prefer to ignore it, but I know a handful are waiting for an update.
Life had been getting a little hectic just trying to get our karate business to finally become full time, also doing that right as the birth of our second son was approaching it was a blessing but also a lot, and things started to just fall into place for us. We were seeing God’s blessings and so grateful.
I was literally in the first week of new classes and on Thursday August 17th as in class I started feeling pretty tired. I didn’t think to much of it, just figured it been a long week but thought I’d be fine. I asked my brother to lead one of the classes for me just to give me a short break, I was able to take over later but by the last class of the day I was feeling miserable. A few minutes after the last of the group had left my body shut down. I lay down on the floor and couldn’t do pretty much anything for well over an hour. Thankfully Amy was there with me and by that point she knew we couldn’t wait any more and she call an ambulance.
The next 48 hours I honestly don’t remember many details but I know they ran a lot of different tests and I was eventually told I have a pretty good size tumor on my brain. I’ve had a bunch of tests taken and still have a whole lot to come over the next few weeks but as of now the doctors believe it is a very slow growing tumor. But based on the size of it and the type, as weird as it is, they think it’s probably been there anywhere from 10-20 years. (Still a little weird trying to wrap my mind around that.) I will have a team of doctors and cancer specialists meeting on Friday September 8th to help determine the next course of action for us.
It’s most likely going to be a long road but I feel incredibly grateful for the support from family and friends we’ve already received. I’m so thankful for those that have already reached out to help with the big things and the daily little stuff. Simply saying thank you doesn’t come close to show how grateful I am that so many were there for Amy and my boys when I couldn’t be. I will send out more updates as I learn more. I will throw it out I’ve never been one to turn down someone’s prayers, and this week has been a little more challenging than most.
Amy has been the most unbelievable servant this week already taking care of a energetic almost 3 year old, and our 2 month old, and now she mostly has to babysit me through out the day. She has a lot on her plate. She will never complain about it but she is going to be taking on a lot. Please pray for her strength and energy, and for myself that I can see God’s plan through this all. This is still sinking in for me and I know He has a plan but right now it’s very likely I’m going to have a lot of fears and emotions running through my head. I don’t want to doubt God because I’ve seen so many blessings throughout my life, but this new challenge in life is a very different and unexpected one.