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Boobie Troopers, IM BACK.

Hi troopers! I know it’s been a while since I’ve last posted but honestly, I almost didn’t know how or when to come back. But after a much needed time away from social media, I’m here to check in and hopefully make my way back.

I’m sorry for not being active these past few months. I’m not sorry for taking a much needed break, but I’m sorry for the worry it has caused many of you. Life in general is chaotic, but throw in a metastatic diagnosis, and life gets even crazier.

The reality is, I didn’t have the mental or physical strength to scroll through social media, let alone post. I continue to battle exhaustion and I’ve been dealing and focusing on my physical and mental health issues. Not to mention the holidays, in what should be a happy time of year, put me in a funk, making me question if this holiday would be my last. & to top it all off, I am going through the loss of my first furbaby.

I want to thank each and every single one of you who have reached out, checked in, or who have sent me endless love. I love you all. Please send hope and prayers my way.

Xoxo 💕

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A huge thank you to everyone that has reached out

A huge thank you to everyone that has reached out to me whether it be through texts, calls, or prayers in anticipation for todays treatment. Session number 5 really knocked me out this time around, so if I haven’t responded yet, I sincerely apologize. I have read all the messages but don’t quite have the energy to respond individually. I love and appreciate you all. 🍃 ✨

Xoxo,

Mari

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Friends and Family, This year I wasn’t really s

Friends and Family,

This year I wasn’t really sure whether I wanted to continue my annual Friendsgiving tradition. Life was crazy, I was busy, and I didn’t feel up for it but I was reminded that I would look back and wish I had those memories and that person was right.

I just wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone that was a part of this years Friendsgiving. Whether you helped set up, brought an amazing dish, beautiful flowers, and cards, or shared a laugh with me, I am truly grateful for each and every one of you. Every year I am reminded of how truly lucky I am to be surrounded by the most amazing friends and family.

Thank you, immensely. 🧡

& while everyone will be prepping for Thanksgiving this week, I will be receiving my next gamma knife treatment on Tuesday, Nov. 22nd to zap away the newest lesions. Please send prayers and positive vibes my way! 🍁 🙏🏼 ✨

Xoxo,

Mari

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Troopers, It’s that time again where I update y

Troopers,

It’s that time again where I update you all on my latest scans. As most of you know and saw, I recently had both a brain MRI and a PET.

Although I haven’t yet processed it all, I get a lot of questions that I prefer to answer all at once. It probably seems like my posts are like a rollercoaster. One day its positive, the next its not and that’s just the reality of my journey. Sometimes, its me taking one step forward, and others falling three steps back. So, with that being said…

My PET (which is my neck to thigh scan) came back clear, which is amazing. However, my brain MRI showed five new lesions. They are small, but I won’t lie, I’m aggravated that there are any new ones at all. Some of you will say that “there’s only five this time” and I get it, it has been worse but when you walk in my shoes, all you see is yet another obstacle. My faith is in question, I’m angry, and I fully understand that this is what I have to go through and these are the ups a downs of having to live with a cancer diagnosis but it sucks.

In the next few weeks I will be going in for a whole spine MRI and once again, gamma knife radiation session, for the fifth time. I’m trying my best to stay positive but those of you in similar situations as mine understand my frustration. It’s not fair.

So as always, I just ask you Troops to keep me in your prayers. 🙏🏼

I’M STILL HOLDING ONTO HOPE FOR MY MIRACLE ✨

Xo,

Your Boobie Trooper,
Mari 💕

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10 days & 80,000+ steps later ✨ #mbc #thriving

10 days & 80,000+ steps later ✨

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My facial expression says it all! This is my 1am

My facial expression says it all!

This is my 1am look that my husband captured 🤣 This is the look of EXCITEMENT of being able to put my little hairs up in a pony tail for first time in what felt like ages. They say third times the charm, right? I was told I resembled Poppy from the Trolls, what do yal think?

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Good morning my Troops, I just wanted to take a

Good morning my Troops,

I just wanted to take a moment to give a huge shout out and an immense thank you to @nancybluelovesherkids for putting together this amazing event. It truly takes an army to put together an event of this magnitude! Thank you to Remax Select Group of Florida for your huge show of support throughout the entire night. A special thank you to @crazyunclemikes for opening his doors to us and welcoming us all in with open arms. And last but certainly not least, thank you to my family and friends who showed up to support not only Boobie Troopers, but me. There aren’t enough words or space to thank each and every single one of you who donated gift baskets, care bags, purchased merchandise, or simply donated, but I am truly grateful. I love each and every one of you for sticking by my side through it all! 💕

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Hey troopers, Truth is, I’ve been emotionally

Hey troopers,

Truth is, I’ve been emotionally struggling for the past few weeks, a lot more than the usual to be honest, especially these past few days alone. I’ve been battling some really dark thoughts lately, so I figured why not make a combined post about Mental Health Awareness Day, which recently passed and Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day, which is today. To me, they are one in the same.

I’m going to share with you all a little of how this diagnosis affects not only myself, but the loved ones around me as well.

Never have I allowed this metastatic diagnosis to define me, but truth is, it is a constant trigger.

So many lives have been taken away, far too soon, to this “incurable” deadly disease. We shouldn’t have to watch our friends die, we shouldn’t have to even question, who will be next. & it dam sure shouldn’t make us feel like a ticking time bomb.

I think about how unfair it is, how every time I look at my daughter with all the hope and faith in the world, there is still that fear within me, that I might not be there for her one day.

I hate thinking this way.

I hate that I had “that” talk with my husband about me not being here one day. Telling him what I would want for him and Ollie. I understand this is a conversation everyone should have, BUT, not at 32.

A Metastatic Breast Cancer diagnosis shouldn’t trigger someone to ask how much time they have left. We need to fight harder and do better so no one has to think this way. I ask that you all not only educate yourselves and your loved ones, but also advocate for the Metastatic Breast Cancer Community. WE, our community, ask that you be proactive and help the right organizations make a difference. Funding for MBC is scarce. If you’re someone who can donate, a great MBC organization is @metavivor.

Thank you all for being with me on this journey.

Xoxo

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