Season 3

Sept. 17, 2024

Day 326: It’s a Reminder I’m Alive [Dr. Tita Gray]

Returning to life cancer-free hasn’t been easy, but Tita stays positive and isn’t letting anything take her spirit down. Her chest is healing, and she doesn’t feel like any less of a woman without breasts. Rather, it reminds her that she's alive and...

Aug. 27, 2024

Day 233: I'm the Most Happy & the Least Happy [Dr. Tita Gray]

When she first looked down after her double mastectomy, Tita didn’t panic. But adjusting to life without a bra has been strange. Nothing could prepare her for the emotions of losing a part of her body. But her tumor is gone, and no cancer was found...

Aug. 20, 2024

Day 220: The Pizza and Pasta Phase [Dr. Tita Gray]

Tita's finally starting to feel like herself again after six grueling months of chemo. With no more nausea, she can actually enjoy pizza and pasta without feeling sick. Her mastectomy is coming up soon, and her oncologist is calling for radiation....

Aug. 13, 2024

Day 178: I’ll Be Replacing My Breasts With Tattoos [Dr. Tita Gray]

Tita's latest MRI shows her tumor is shrinking. She's planning a butterfly tattoo after her double mastectomy to symbolize her metamorphosis. She shares what keeps her strong and optimistic: a job focused on helping others and a supportive circle of...

Aug. 6, 2024

Day 117: It Is What It Is [Dr. Tita Gray]

Tita’s white blood count drops so low she has to reduce her chemo infusions to every other week. Zarxio injections and immunotherapy help keep it in a healthy range. The new schedule extends her treatments through May, leaving her mentally drained....

July 30, 2024

Day 73: One of Those Mondays [Dr. Tita Gray]

Feeling worse than usual and suspecting her chemo dosage might be too high, Tita asks her doctor for another mammogram and ultrasound to check visually for signs of cancer. Dismayed to find out she needs two more months of chemo than expected, she...

July 23, 2024

Day 45: It’s Too Much [Dr. Tita Gray]

After her second triple infusion of chemo, Tita is feeling worse than ever—no appetite, headaches, achy joints, the whole side effect shebang. The silver lining is that her oncologist can no longer find the lump. She checks herself regularly, hoping...

July 16, 2024

Day 25: Stop Asking Me How I’m Feeling [Dr. Tita Gray]

Triple negative breast cancer means aggressive chemo, and for Tita, dealing with everyone else's worry on top of it is too much. With her first chemo session completed, she's determined not to let cancer overshadow her gratitude for the good things...

July 9, 2024

Day 1: A Horrifying Diagnosis [Dr. Tita Gray]

Following the loss of her mother and some traumatic family drama that came with it, Dr. Tita Gray discovered a lump in her breast. Scared but determined, she moves quickly to get a biopsy and finds out she has breast cancer. Further scans show it’s...

June 27, 2024

Kristen Update: I’d Prefer to Have a 2nd Type of Cancer

The results of Kristen's PET scan showed two lymph nodes lighting up, one in the gastro-hepatic area of her abdomen and the other in the lining of her esophagus. While it could just be inflammation, Dr. Ali wants her to see a gastroenterologist but...

May 29, 2024

Kristen Update: Shouldn’t I Be in the Hospital?

After a fiasco in Escondido involving multiplying rodents and toxic air quality, Kristen’s on the move again. The pulmonologist found ground glass lungs and an enlarged heart, then Dr. Ali found an enlarged lymph node between her liver and stomach...