u/sageandmoon

Hello all!

I wanted to update sooner, but my mother unfortunately passed away on the 18th, and it's been a really rough June. She had a fall in the kitchen, hit her head, and ended up with a cervical spinal cord injury which resulted in emergency surgery, but she just didn't recover well over all and opted to go into hospice where she spent her last 5 days.. at home surrounded by all of us. It's where she wanted to be. She was a really good sport about everything though, she felt she lived a very good life and at that point she was 'bored of waiting to pass', she was so light hearted about it all at the end of her life. I'm gonna miss her so much! She was 78 years old and we'll be having her wake/funeral this coming Sunday/Monday. ♥

Context: Diagnosed with Stage 4 Cervical Cancer in February 2025. Did chemo radiation from February until mid April, was in remission until December, where they found a localized mass. Was offered to do surgery (TPE) with curative intent, or try treatment to just keep it under control until treatment decides to no longer work.. then I just pass away. I went the surgery route. Got a 2nd opinion at MD Anderson in Houston and they agreed with surgery. Got it done March 16th, and.. now I'm here!

I had an appointment on June 13th for my first CT scan at MD Anderson and the main thing that matters is: * No metastatic disease identified in the chest, abdomen or pelvis. *

So far, so good!

Double ostomy life has been pretty chill. I've found that joggers are the best thing to wear with 2 ostomy bags, I also found a brand of shorts that also fit extremely well. Already completely comfortable with managing my colostomy and urostomy, the only things that suck lately are my labor-like abdominal cramping! The whole thing with my mom's hospitalization, then hospice, then passing was SO hard on me.. extremely stressed out, depressed, barely eating.. then coming to terms with everything and going back to normal eating and what not, my poor digestion has been completely thrown off and it's definitely going through it haha. Hopefully the next few days things balance out.

My oncologist has me scheduled for scan every 3 months at this point.. so I'll have another CT scan in September + a physical exam. But other than all that, no cancer currently detected!

I was also glad that I was able to tell my mom "I had my scan and the cancer is gone!" even though I know no one's really ever out of the woods until you hit that 5 year mark.. but I'm happy she passed knowing her baby is 'cancer free.'

Hope everyone else is doing well on their journeys and I hope my journey helps others! ♥

i've been wanting a bezel elongated cushion for almost 2 years, my husband told me to wait, of course. ended up with cancer diagnosis february last year and had a recurrence in december which led me to do the last thing to try and save my life: surgery. now i'm living life as a double ostomate, hopefully cancer free but not out of the woods just yet. need 5 years of clear scans to be 'cancer free'.

our anniversary is actually in november, but since the whole surgery ordeal, my husband told me to go ahead and get my ring. worked with fiorese (as always) and got my ring in about 1 month.

she's a 4.52 carat, size 6us, E color, VVS2, omc elongated cushion in 14k rose gold bezel setting. i originally was looking for a brilliant, but decided to give omc a try since my original ering is brilliant already. love the chunky white and rainbow flashes, definitely a different feel from brilliant.

my og ring (on the top) is a 3 carat brilliant oval, H color, VS1, Ex/Ex on 14k rose gold solitaire setting. ♥

i love both of them and do plan to wear them interchangeably!

my original ering is a 3 carat oval solitaire with a hidden halo in 14k rose gold, vs1, h color, ex/ex and.. almost 2 years ago, i fell in love with a bezel elongated cushion and kept telling my husband i wanted it, but he told me to wait.

last year, i was diagnosed with cervical cancer. treatment shrunk the tumor to where it wasn't showing up on scans, but december 2025 i had a recurrence in the same spot. so, in hopes to be cured, i ended up having total pelvic exenteration surgery and am now a double ostomate as of march 16th this year.

so my husband told me to go ahead and get the upgrade i wanted a bit earlier than expected. our 5 year anniversary is in November, so getting this new ring this soon is kind of like.. 'I'm proud of you for doing such a drastic and life changing surgery and getting through it' on top of our 5 years together.

anyway, this new ring has a whole lot of meaning behind it for me 🥹

she's a 4.52 carat OMC elongated cushion, VVS2, E color, Ex/Ex in a 14k rose gold bezel solitaire setting. i originally wanted brilliant cut, but decided to go with omc since it's different and still looked really pretty to me. plus they were on sale haha

this is the video they sent me! i will definitely post a video of my own once i get it later this week, i can't wait to see the sparkles!