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Handmade wooden spoons, made with love, an axe, and some knives from local, sustainable wood.

Please donate to my recovery through chemotherapy https://gofund.me/c744c8dfa

10/12/2026

Good morning dear ones.

I've been home for the last two days, slowly and steady recovering. Surgery is no joke and I've had quite a few in such a short span of time, my dear body needs all the support, love, and care I can give her.

It's been painful because the digestive system is slow to come back to a normal rhythm after the surgery itself, so many more antibiotics and me moving much less, hence bloating and stagnation in a tiny belly full of scars.

I'm making an effort to stay upright as much as possible, move as much as I can with ample permission to lay down if I get tired. I use mild pain killers if I need to, arnica cream and self massage my back. It mostly hurts there (besides the surgery sites)

Food, I do better with puree foods right now, so creamed vegetable soups, oatmeal, soft fish, stewed pears, protein powder, for now. Small portions and often.

My nervous system is very much in fight or flight and I've been gentle with soothing it and gently bringing my body in a state of safety.

I don't know when I will start chemo again. Most likely after I heal a bit more. Meanwhile I will continue the alternative treatments and also look at other clinics to see what I can do o shrink the tumors.

If you are able to donate anything to suport me pay for all this as I traverse this journey, I appreciate you so. It's expensive and exhausting and I am doing all I can to stay optimistic and move forward. Your support has made it possible and I am so grateful for you. Thank you dear friends.

You can find the info in the bio .

I love you.
Andreea

10/09/2026

Hi, friends. 💛 As I navigate cancer, I’d love to have a little circle of people I can lean on for love and encouragement.

My friend Ethan is organizing a support team for me. If you’d like to join, sign up here:

https://forms.gle/pfMuTXTJSgHGSHJq8.

It could be as simple as sending a little note each week, a funny photo, or a “thinking of you” message. There’s also space to offer other kinds of help.

Ethan will help coordinate everything and share occasional updates from me about how I’m doing. I may not always have the energy to reply, but knowing you’re there means so much.

No perfect words or big gestures needed.

Thank you for being in my corner 💛

10/03/2026

Hello dear ones.

I am reaching out for your support.

The tumors came back after the initial chemotherapy treatment and they are obstructing the intestines making them unable to eliminate the stool. I haven't had a bowel movement for a week now and my abdomen is extremely hard, swollen and painful. Unable to eat and losing weight so rapidly it scares me.

I already had a surgery for this less than two months ago, but that hospital couldn't do much as they were not properly equipped for more complicated surgeries.

So this time I reached out to a doctor that happens to be the best in the country. He has agreed to see me and I am so grateful for this chance.

This however is a private hospital and very expensive and I hope with your help I can pay for all the tests, treatments, and yet another surgery.

If you can donate, however small, however big, 5, 10, 20, 100 or more, please do. I hope to gather the funds to cover the costs. And if you can share the fundraiser maybe that will help too. (The link is in my bio)

I am feeling hopeful and I pray there is support for me out there, in you, in the doctors, in the universe.

I am grateful for you and thank you from the bottom of my heart.

All my love and blessings,

Andreea

09/18/2026

The first day of chemo and I feel better in some ways and worst in others. Better because of less pain, I can feel clearing happening, and worse because of the deep-to-the-bone-tiredness and the load on the body to deal with on to of it all that chemo brings. Like taking a heavy weight off my hand but replacing it with something slightly heavier, but my body can somehow hold it? It's very strange.

After treatment I came home to this cute munchkin that has been loving on me with all her little big heart and I feel so grateful for her love.

In the afternoon I was able to stand long enough to make myself some food that I've been eating for the past two days. I will attempt to make a soup today too.

Also, I went for two walks. Incredibly slow ones but I was moving my body and that helps me so much, no matter how difficult it is.

Thank you dear friends. For your messages and wishes and prayers. I feel stronger because of them. Held and seen.

I am sending you so much love.

09/16/2026

I am starting another round of chemo. Just one of the two that I did last time. Today is day one.

I feel tired but better. A bit stronger. I don't know how to explain to you but every time you dear souls, friends and people I've never met, send me prayers, good thoughts, encouraging words, it makes me feel so much stronger. It's helping me so so much. So please keep me in your thoughts. Whisper a good word my way. See me strong and healthy. Something I do as well.

I have looked into cancer clinics. I feel called to go to an integrative cancer clinic if they can help. There is one in Turkey and one in India that I want to speak with. The one in india looks more thorough, working with both standard treatments and many alternative ones. What I particularly like is that they so. Lots of tests to see what treatments would work best for me. I am speaking with them on Saturday. It's called The Art Of Treating Can cer.

It would cost about 35K all together, I think, if they can help.

If so, I will start a fundraiser asking for your help to be able to go.

Meanwhile I am here, one day at a time, doing all I can to get stronger again, as I lost 20 lbs and feel pretty weak.

Thank you dear ones. You mean so much to me and I am immensely grateful for having you next to me through this journey.

Love
Andreea

09/14/2026

I don't even know where to start.

I've been quiet because I've been in constant intense pain since the surgery on the 17th.

Also sad and exhausted. The marker went up to 772 from 35 where it was after chemo.

The constant physical pain over the last two weeks, and loss of weight have been very hard to be with.

The oncology team is wanting to do more chemo.

I am feeling overwhelmed dear friends.

If you can hold me in healing thoughts, I feel it would help.

I'll write some more soon.

Loving you

08/26/2026

It's been a week and a half from the surgery.

Healing is much slower after chemotherapy and I hope infrared light therapy will help.
Under deep belly breaths and lots of rest, it's been quite painful.

I keep whispering to myself 'I can do this. I will do this. I will survive' to stay strong. To gather energy to do some of the day to day things, make some food, walk the stairs in my building up and down.

More than anything I remind myself of all the things I am grateful for in my life. It's been feeling good to have a loving heart through it all.

And the times I feel tired, or scared, I pray, I look outside at the trees in the wind, I breathe deeper. Today I asked dad with tears in my eyes, if he would caress me sometimes. It was a difficult ask for me, but we both cried and I hope he will. Because my body feels the need to be hugged and caressed.

Until then I let myself melt under the purrs of the kitties. I feel so grateful for them.

I feel so grateful for you.

08/20/2026

Hello friends.

I am still in the hospital. New scar on the old one. Healing.

Tumors in my abdomen have produced an intestinal blockage that has been cleared.

I'll be here a while longer to be well on my feet to go home. Once there I will start addressing the tumors.

I want to do radiotherapy and restart the oxygen therapy alongside what the oncologists recommends.

I need your help with any funds you have to spare.

The gofund me is in my profile info. Please help if you can. Every bit helps me with these treatments and food and all.

Thank you dear friends.

All my love.

08/06/2026

Hello friends.

It feels like a long time since I wrote a post.
Two weeks of kitten care. They've grown and are ao playful and affectionate.

And yet, I feel sad and tired. The last few days I've had a lot of pain in my abdomen, ended up in the emergency room. Felt better while there and back home I feel the pain again. A familiar pain that has me worried and has my mind wondering what if it's back.

I'll try to get answers as soon as I can, and also get relief. It's a constant pain that has me tired and a little sad.

Please keep me in your thoughts and see me get well, get strong, and live a life full of love and joy. I would so like that.

Thank you, friends.

07/27/2026

It's been a week since the kittens came into my life. I've been covered in kitten formula and running low on sleep. Also, smiling must of the day as I get to see them grow and learn their personalities.

I've never had female pets. Except one turtle that dies when I was little. Males since. And I was looking to get another male kitten. Almost did, but one day, after many failed attempts, I thought, what about a girl? I felt intimidation at a thought, the same intimidation I feel when making new girlfriends.

But it was clear to me. I want more female energy in my life. And that evening I said it out loud. I am ready for one or two girls kittens to come into my life. And they did. The very next day. Found by someone on a running trail in the middle of the mountains. They were just three weeks old.

And today they're eating like there is no food left in the world, and playing hard. Learning boundaries, learning to groom themselves. And they have the loudest purrs. My heart is full of love.

I have been making slowly, in between their feeding times. Mostly fork and spoons. Many cups are soaking in the tub.

And here is one of the ones on the website. A large one. For lattes and big cups of chai or hot cocoa. Such beautiful ripple in this maple.

Adding to the joy of the day.

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