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Shawn’s Cancer Road, 308 E 10th Street, Northampton, PA (2025)

01/31/2024

Chemo and the bag was cancelled today due to lack of blood counts and blood clots.
So everything has been cancelled for 2 weeks and my next appointment is February 13th and 15th and hopefully the medicine I am on until then works. And helps me get to where I need to be.
Yeah it sucks to cancel and push everything back the 2 weeks, but it wasn’t safe for me to do it and could’ve made me sick if we went through with it today due to everything so low. Sadly it’s common with chemo and with this being a harder chemo it’s going to make my numbers lower than usual. So I’ll be going for weekly bloodwork to keep eye on everything and if I need blood, medicine or anything else.

01/12/2024

Well starting Tuesday I begin my next round chemotherapy that is 3 hours in hospital hooked up and then I come home with a chemotherapy bag for 48 hours hooked up to help keep liquid flowing into my body.

I won’t be able to go outside in the cold anymore, touch, eat or drink anything cold as well. Only way I can leave house is with face mask covering up to my eyes and gloves to protect my hands from the cold air.

It’s a 3 month process with 6 rounds of this. Every 2 weeks. And they believe this is the best thing to attack my liver numbers cause this is the strongest chemo they can give someone. So should help and we will know at the end with a scan.

With that being said I probably won’t see many people over the next few weeks to as I can’t go out without everything and don’t wanna risk anything happening.

So if anyone wants to just stop by the house feel free, I’ll most likely be home. Text or call away and I can tell you what I’m up too. If you wanna FaceTime or just call to check up on everything, again I’ll always answer. Unless I’m napping cause rest is a key part in all of this to help my body relax and help it flow through.

Im gonna stay strong through all of this, and make it through in the end. And beat this fu***ng disease. It won’t beat me.

Love everyone for all the support.🫶🏽
We are all

01/03/2024

Update
Well I went for scans on Tuesday for my side pain. And the pains I’ve been having. Doctors called today to tell me that everything’s grown and the radiation isn’t working at all and after 2 rounds that will be cancelled and the next plan of attack will be inserted. What that plan is? I have no idea until tomorrow when I get the next phone call from my main doctor as he goes over everything and explains what he wants to do next. And what the plan will be going forward. My biggest question is going to be surgery and if removal of the cancer is an option or reversal of my bag is an option to figure out what the issue is.
So at this point I’m scratching my head on what’s going on. And what the game plan is. But it could be possible getting more opinions from different hospitals at this point as a best option, lot of thinking to do.
Plan A was chemo pills, didn’t work after 2 months.
Plan B was chemo and it helped my colon but not my liver after 8 months.
Plan C was radiation and after 3.5 months it didn’t work and now we move onto plan D.
So for now we wait til tomorrow and go from there.

11/08/2023

Today’s day 344 of finding out I had cancer.
In those days, has it stopped me from living my life? At times, yes.
Has it stopped me from being myself? At times, yes it has. But I’ve learned to live past everything. Stay strong, and keep fighting for everything.
I’ve accomplished a lot over the last 344 days.
Got married to Jessica Marie. Had a beautiful daughter with Hailey.❤️ seems multiple concerts along the year with Mark, jess, and Shelby! Got to see Atlanta Braves play in Philly row 1 with Jess, Shelby and Cecelia! Got to enjoy a lot of family time with Susan and James along the way! Got to find out I’ll be an uncle again with mark and Alexandra welcoming a beautiful girl in a few weeks! Watch my best friend Zach and Laura get married! Planned a vacation for January to see my UNC Tar Heels in person!
And just growing closer to my family, and my friends!
As a year approaches in 21 days, it feels like yesterday when the doctor broke the news to me about my blood results. And not even knowing what to say to what I just found out.
But in the end, cancer may have kicked me back a few steps. Thought it could defeat me. Thought it could beat a Staudt, and make me quit. But I’m stronger than that. I won’t ever back down from a fight, a battle and soon an ass locking of cancer!
I will defeat cancer. May not be today, may not be tomorrow. But it’ll be soon! And when I do, it’ll know it picked the wrong family to mess with cause m one strong person!
WE ARE 🩵💜

10/19/2023

Radiation round 1 is all done. Went smooth.
Numbers had to be at 2 or below to go home. And I was at 1.7 after first hour. Then 1.4, and and 1 on the last hour. So they said my numebrs were amazing! And blew them away how low they were. But said my ostomy bag actually helped it clear my body faster which is positive!
Go back December 14th for round 2.

I’m thankful I got to have Jessica Marie sit there with me from a distance and my main nurse is a Vikings fan. And goes to games in minnesota. So even better!💜🟣🫡😁

10/19/2023

Radiation day has come and begun. Got 2-3 inch needles in my wrists and process goes until like 2pm ish. 3 more times of doing this. December, February and April.

10/19/2023

Had my checkup today for my scans I had last week.
My weight is up little bit from last time. Which is positive.
But then they hit me with the lesions have grown a little bit from the last time I had scans. He expected it to happen he said cause he didn’t think the lesions would go away completely with the chemotherapy. But he’s very optimistic that the radiation treatment over next 8 months, 4 appointments every 2 months will help it out. Will have scans done again in 3 months after the second radiation appointment. I’ll do normal chemo every other month just to keep my body up to date on everything.
Now the downside to all the radiation, I can’t be close to Jessica Marie and Hailey for 3 days. Which will definitely stink for sure. But I’ll be chugging my water and fluids next 36 hours to help get it through my body faster and help it.
But I’ll get through this every 2 months of sleeping in the living room, and staying away from them if it helps me in the end. It’ll be a struggle but I’ll push through it for Jess and Hailey to see me healthy shortly hopefully! And 100% again!
I will get through this, and I will with the team behind me of course and my daily support team with Susan, James, Mark, and Alexandra!
We are all 💜🎗️

09/27/2023

I got my first appointment. They haven’t called me but it’s in my app for 30 minutes before then 2.5 hours in a chair. So I’m not sure how official it is yet. But if it is, then that’s when it begins. And I’ll be ready to go rounds again with it. And kick it’s ass again and give it the Staudt KO it deserves! No backing down from a fight I’m going to win!🥊

09/18/2023

🔸Weight is up to 140.8
🔹My cancer team says he is very happy with everything.
🔸The lesions are getting smaller and shrinking.
🔹The plan we have decided to go with is radioactive chemotherapy. I will go every 2 months for an appointment. I’ll get hooked up and they’ll basically give me stuff that goes in and attaches to the cancer that is left.
🔸I will have to attend a class before it begins to go over everything and learn every single detail and such.
🔹I will talk reversal after a round of the treatment. So once it begins after 2 months, and a scan they’ll see if it’s time to do it or not.
🔸They would’ve loved to give me more chemotherapy cause how it’s reacted and well it has gone over 6 months, 8 rounds. But he said he doesn’t want to give me more treatments and risk possibly damaging my body or side effects.
🔹The only side effects with the treatment im going to be getting that is a 2% side effect in the world is leukemia possibly, or kidney failure. But he’s not dealt with it in any of his patients he’s said yet. So he is very optimistic this will work for me.
🔸Overall the appointment went well. And I’m ready to begin the next step of defeating cancer and beating this sh*tty disease. There is no stopping, and I won’t stop fighting it until it is completely gone and I’m healthy again.
💜🥊🎗️🫶🏽

09/14/2023

Scan day.
See what the results are Monday morning with Jessica, Mom and Dad attending to hear what the update is. And how it’s been going since the last scan 2+ months ago. And hopefully hear that it’s all done and finished up.
Closing in on 10 months already since hearing the dreaded words “You have stage 4 cancer” but that hasn’t stopped me from living my best life. Having a beautiful daughter, getting married and living each day like it’s the best day ever.
Jobs not finished yet. Going to keep my head up. Boxing gloves on, and keep up this fight until it’s all finished up.
Can’t defeat a staudt now! 💜🎗️🥊

08/23/2023

Update time for everyone.
Todays the last first day of chemo. Round 8 has finally arrived.
🔺Weight is up from 134 to 137.8 so really improved there. In 3 weeks went up a lot.
🔺blood work came back amazing. They are beyond satisfied with that.
🔺this is the final round of chemo.
🔺I didn’t see the main doctor today, but did see his second and person and she was very optimistic surgery could be on the table soon for me to get the reversal. She said she’s liking the scans from the last 2 times and the improvement. And with how I look and feeling she goes that’s beyond amazing.
🔺scan is going to be scheduled for 3 weeks from now. I will get the results shortly after and have a sit down meeting with the doctor, jess and dad will be attending cause of them knowing what is going on and to understand and ask any questions that I don’t have myself. Or if they have anything to ask.

That is all for now. Onward with kicking cancers ass. And keeping the foot down and fighting forward. It won’t be defeating me that’s for damn sure. 🎗️🥊💜🫶🏼

08/23/2023

Well today marks my final first day of chemo. Round 8 has finally gotten here. And Saturday will mark the end of the normal chemo I get for my cancer.
It’s been a long road for sure. But I couldn’t do it without my family and friends at my side and of course Jessica who kicks me in the ass daily to make sure my mind is right and I keep up the fight not only for her, but for Hailey as well.
I’ll share the news on how my visitation goes today from the doctors later on. So everyone gets a update!
🫶🏼💜🥊🎗️

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