11/16/2025
Retirement
I have been very quiet on social media as well as email updates lately as I don’t know quite what to say or how to say it.
But now I have no choice.
I am retiring.
Those words are very hard for me to say.
Going to school for massage therapy was one of the best decisions I have ever made.
I put my heart and soul into school and then my career for over 20 years.
Then two and a half years ago I was diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer.
I had surgery then treatment and was in remission and feeling great, only to be told that it had come back again.
More treatment, and then back in remission.
However, when it reared its ugly head for the third time the prognosis wasn’t good at all.
The cancer has spread yet again and is labelled incurable. And while I haven’t been given a number, my expiration date has been moved forward a considerable amount. We are talking months.
The cancer has now spread to my spine, brain and cerebral spinal fluid.
It’s called leptomeningeal disease.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptomeningeal_cancer
This is a rare type of cancer and even more rare that it metastasized from ovarian cancer.
I am now permanently hooked up to a hydromorphone drip with a pump and have a cocktail of other pain killers as well to keep me as comfortable as possible.
There has been radiation, chemo, more radiation and an October with more days spent in hospital than out.
And so, unfortunately, I have no choice but to permanently close down my business and retire from the career I love.
It just breaks my heart 💔
I cry every time I think about it.
I have loved every minute I have spent with you over the years, learning and growing both professionally and personally.
Thank you so much for trusting me with your care.
It has been an honour.
(That’s me getting ready for radiation.)
