NOVEMBER IS STOMACH CANCER AWARENESS MONTH

NOVEMBER is Stomach Cancer Awareness Month

#nostomachforcancer

#nostomachnoproblem

I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO IT...WASN'T GIVEN A CHOICE

RISK ASSESSMENT FOR HEREDITARY CANCER

LOVE that genetic testing is becoming a norm...

Also, CDH1 is something my hometown Clinic is including in the testing and my doc said 

it’s become very affordable as of recent!!! 

YOU HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED THIS MOUNTAIN....

BABY

My kiddos at school sure keep me on my toes. One of my 6th graders asked if I could still have kids without a stomach. I explained that I can, but it’s a bit harder as I’m trying to get as many nutrients as I can, let alone trying to give a baby nutrients. He said, “No, I don’t think you get it. Like you don’t have a stomach and a baby grows in your STOMACH!” 🤦🏼‍♀️ I informed him that he would need to discuss this with his parents. 😂😂😂

EXCUSE THE LANGUAGE, but.....

YEP!

MUTANT FAMILY

My stomachless family in the first picture and my mutant family in the 2nd (two still working on scheduling for TGs, one day). Hate that we are on this journey, but wouldn’t want to be on it with anyone else.

Dr. Michael Kendrick at Mayo Clinic has been/will be all of our surgeon. 💜

Cousin Stacie, myself, Cousin Eileen, Aunt Vera

Sister Courtney, Cousin Stacie, myself, Cousin Eileen, Aunt Vera, Cousin Erin

EATING, EATING, and more EATING

Borrowed this from my friend, Chris Martin, who has been on this same journey with me.  

She NAILED it!

CBS NEWS

THANK YOU, Aaron Rosenberg, for getting this information out there...

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/genetic-testing-stomach-cancer-early-testing/

TWO TRUTHS, ONE LIE

I was meeting with my 6th-8th graders the first week of school (there are 4 in total) and we did the game where you write down two truths and one lie about yourself and they have to guess the lie.

These are what I wrote down and it’s clear what they thought was my lie. IN FACT, I heard, “Geez, Mrs. Huus....you couldn’t have made this any easier!” “It’s pretty obvious people can’t live without their stomachs.” “You would be DEAD if you didn’t have a stomach!”

Well, guess who got a nice lesson on living the non-stomach life today?? Haha They were enthralled and had about a million questions!!!!

(PS- the lie?? My middle name is NOT Dakota, but is Dacotah 😉)

FIVE BEST THINGS ABOUT NOT HAVING A STOMACH

The FIVE BEST things about NOT having a Stomach....this video is great!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wibeo2fRErM&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR27dDRShhiFNXMMXEh4hqWadZtQJjsdPW1W0bZRf-aUjocJmEgTEFopg4U&app=desktop