Some days change you forever, not gradually, but all at once.

When you're dealing with cancer, you'll encounter many days like that. In this episode of I Saved You. Now, Do the Dishes, I discuss a few tough days for my husband and me.

As my husband lay still inside a PET scan machine, which would light up the cancer cells in his body, I was across town on the floor of the vet's office, putting our beloved dog to sleep. Two rooms. Impossible grief in both.

I discuss the impossible weight of grief we endured while still having to continue searching for hope, laying our dog to rest, and my first taste of advocacy to ensure my husband started treatment as quickly as possible.

I offer caregiving and advocacy tips to support you and your loved ones along your journey. I pass along a tip a surgeon told us when we first started Gavin's cancer treatment plan.

This episode touches on love, loss, and the way life sometimes demands more from us than we think we can give. And yet, caregivers have to continue giving.

In the second episode of the I Saved You. Now, Do the Dishes Podcast, I take you back to a bittersweet chapter of our lives —our first Thanksgiving in our new home.

My husband and I poured our hearts into creating a special celebration for our families, even as we anxiously awaited the results of his biopsy. We hadn't heard about his text for two weeks by then. Each day felt like a year.

I share the shockingly insensitive way we finally learned my husband's biopsy results came back malignant nearly three weeks after his test and how he advocated for himself to get a CT scan to learn what we were dealing with.

In every episode, I also share a caregiving, advocating, or marriage tip.

This episode is about the strength and compassion we found in each other and the complexities of facing life-altering news.

Join me as I share what I've learned about burnout recovery, caregiver, resilience, hope, and love.