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Mommy Has Cancer @mommyhascancer.ca · 14/04/2026

Clearly I'm just sitting around doing absolutely nothing significant today... 🤫 Drop your wildest wrong guesses below! 👇 Who can guess what I’m up to today? Wrong answers only! #nkwadcancerkick

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Mommy Has Cancer @mommyhascancer.ca · 29/03/2026

Hoping for a better day today.

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Mommy Has Cancer @mommyhascancer.ca · 25/03/2026

After one chemo, we adjusted for round 2 Enhertu: slowed infusion 50% to ease intensity, capped naps at 45 min, sipped green-tea lemonade for nausea, 12‑min walk with Jon & dogs, 10‑min wall Pilates (for bloating… I’m not pregnant!). #NkwadCancerKick #MakingLemonadeAndMemories

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Mommy Has Cancer @mommyhascancer.ca · 07/03/2026

My energy from earlier today has dissipated, so we swapped our original idea of a movie for video games in my bed. :)

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Mommy Has Cancer @mommyhascancer.ca · 23/02/2026

So…. At what point do I actually think my leg will blow up??? It’s so uncomfortable I want to cry. I’m not sure I can wait for 1.5 months before I get relief.

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Mommy Has Cancer @mommyhascancer.ca · 20/02/2026

@abhealthservices.bsky.social Your Arthur Child Cancer Centre patient information card’s number doesn’t have a “0” option. The FMC switchboard doesn’t have the oncologists on call list. This is hugely problematic when you have to get urgent advice in the middle of the night.

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Mommy Has Cancer @mommyhascancer.ca · 10/01/2026

Majestic and commanding ruler of the snowy landscape.

A snowy landscape with a single tree, a majestic bighorn sheep stands in the distance, with mountains and a cloudy sky illuminated by the rising sun in the background.

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Mommy Has Cancer @mommyhascancer.ca · 29/12/2025

Last one in the books for 2025.

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Mommy Has Cancer @mommyhascancer.ca · 22/12/2025

Of course my hip will remind me that I had a hip replacement 3.5 years ago, and that that I have enthesopathy virtually everywhere in both hips, going, quads and glutes. Time for some TLC.

Patient on a physiotherapy table, with TENS cables visible from under a heat pad

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Mommy Has Cancer @mommyhascancer.ca · 12/11/2025

Some friends last a lifetime. It was great seeing my friend « Tink » tonight. We’ve seen each other twice in 30 years. That deserves a photo!!

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Mommy Has Cancer @mommyhascancer.ca · 10/11/2025

With stage 4 cancer, I’m a frequent ER guest—like Hotel California for the terminally ill. ECG tech loved my compression socks with a ❤️ rhythm & matched curtains! Labs, Urinalysis, ECG, & CT done, I have a plan to get better soon. Good news: my progression sites haven’t changed since last month!

The image shows patient Natalie Kwadrans lying on a medical examination table in ER, covered with a surgical robe and a hospital blanket. Only her legs from the knees down are visible. She is wearing cute white compression socks with blue and pink ECG patterns. The blue bands on the socks perfectly match the background, which is a blue privacy curtain creating a temporary examination room.

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Mommy Has Cancer @mommyhascancer.ca · 28/10/2025

Don’t forget to register for tonight’s free webinar “The silent threat: clots & cancer”. Kirsten and I will share our stories and will be joined by Dr. de Wit—ER physician—for this important ssssion!

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Mommy Has Cancer @mommyhascancer.ca · 11/10/2025

I’m helping share this free Thrombosis Canada event on October 28 – it’s an important conversation about blood clots in people with cancer. Awareness can save lives. Join me: thrombosiscanada.ca/Clots&Cancer #SilentThreat #WorldThrombosisDay #BloodClots #WTDay25 @thrombosiscan.bsky.social

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Mommy Has Cancer @mommyhascancer.ca · 07/10/2025

Post treatment side effects 🤢 🟰 🚫 😴 until 2:00 am 🟰🚫 🏋️‍♀️ this morning. On the flip side, after each 🚽 visit, I drank lots of💧 I wanted more but had to 🛌 had an appointment at 8:20 a.m. Hydration made it easier to access my veins and 💉🩸. I’m just finishing a ☕️ before my next appointment. Time to 🚘

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Mommy Has Cancer @mommyhascancer.ca · 26/09/2025

Cancer sucks, but the cancer community is incredible. I’m so proud to be part of MOHCCN, which includes patients. Thank you to @terryfoxfoundation.bsky.social researchers, clinicians, donors, and the @marathonofhope.bsky.social team. I have no doubt that together, we can Finish It!

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Mommy Has Cancer @mommyhascancer.ca · 14/09/2025

I was trying to keep under a 10.5 minutes per kilometer. I did it! 10’49”!! Keep the donations coming for the kids’ run, which they do in a couple of more weeks’. 🔗👇 schools.terryfox.ca/page/kwadkids

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Mommy Has Cancer @mommyhascancer.ca · 14/09/2025

Guess what we are doing today? I’m doing it to support my kids’ fundraising for cancer research. Donate here: schools.terryfox.ca/page/kwadkids #FinishIt #TerryFox #terryfoxrun #terryfoxfoundation #terryfoxschoolrun #CancerResearch #TerryFox2025 #TerryFoxRun2025 #TerryFoxSchoolRun2025

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Mommy Has Cancer @mommyhascancer.ca · 06/09/2025

Ever wondered what keeps a late-screened cancer patient alive? This + meds only from hospital: Trastuzumab (Herceptin), Pertuzumab (Perjeta), and zoledronic acid (Zometa). Thanks to cancer research, I’m still alive @terryfoxfoundation.bsky.social, I’m still alive. But we need to #ScreenBetterCanada

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Mommy Has Cancer @mommyhascancer.ca · 25/08/2025

Some days hurt more than others. It was a 3 poke process today.

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Mommy Has Cancer @mommyhascancer.ca · 21/08/2025

Proud to wear my @buffalo-bills.bsky.social Intercept Cancer Hoodie! Too young for a mammogram, yet it was terminal from day one. I had 2.5 & 5 y/olds. I’m a unicorn—only 22% live 5+ years. Now 6.5 yrs in, I’ve > doubled my life expectancy. @buffalo-bills.bsky.social @billsmafiababes.bsky.social

@MommyHasCancer shown wearing her Buffalo Bills Intercept Cancer hoodie, leaning against a balcony. She is smiling with lush green grass, a crabapple tree, and the silhouette of mountains can be seen the background.

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Mommy Has Cancer @mommyhascancer.ca · 01/08/2025

💔 This ~2000 beach volleyball photo in Kitsilano. Today was Kelly’s last day on 🌎. We were diagnosed with stage 4 cancer within a month—hers lung, mine breast. We’re the blondes (hers long). She’s my 3rd friend to die in a month. I’m shattered. 😭

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Mommy Has Cancer @mommyhascancer.ca · 01/04/2025

Here is my “gong show” to celebrate my 150th cancer treatment infusion today!

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Mommy Has Cancer @mommyhascancer.ca · 01/04/2025

Bluesky doesn’t do rounding like I was taught in grade school. 😆

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Mommy Has Cancer @mommyhascancer.ca · 31/03/2025

My dogs—my Jack Russell and my boyfriend’s Golden Doodle—take their job in my post-treatment recovery very seriously. They smother me with cuddles, wrapping me in warmth like a living, breathing blanket. I’d much rather have their job than mine (a terminal cancer patient) any day!

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Mommy Has Cancer @mommyhascancer.ca · 31/03/2025

Today is my 150th infusion: 20 chemo, 30 zoledronic acid, & 130 of my two immunotherapies. I told my nurse my veins were in good shape (no port!). She pulled out a tool—like a stud finder but for veins! It’s cool to see it work. To mark the occasion, I took a selfie. Love the purples and pinks!

Natalie Kwadrans receiving her 150th cancer treatment infusion.

My nurse used a “vein-finder”—similar to a stud finder but for veins—on my arm.

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Mommy Has Cancer @mommyhascancer.ca · 19/03/2025

I met with my MP, Tom Kmiec, to discuss how @marathonofhope.bsky.social is uniting 🇨🇦Canada’s cancer community to expand access to #PrecisionMedicine for all Canadians. Excited he’ll advocate for federal funding in the next phase! #CancerResearch

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Mommy Has Cancer @mommyhascancer.ca · 17/03/2025

When your nosebleed is so intense that tissues are useless, and you call your boyfriend for extra-strength paper towels—only to sit by the toilet because even those get soaked through, needing something to catch the drips between switches. #Medical #Oncology #OncoSky #BleedingDisorders

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Mommy Has Cancer @mommyhascancer.ca · 17/02/2025

Wrapping up my romantic birthday/Valentine’s/cancerversary in style—at the ultra-modern Arthur Child Cancer Centre! This “resort” boasts sunny courtyard views at reception & private rooms overlooking the @ucalgary.bsky.social . And with -30°C outside, I’ll take the sunshine from indoors, thanks!

MommyHasCancer happily enjoying the sunny, private room view from inside the ultra-modern Arthur Child Comprehensive Cancer. For context, it’s -30C outside! 🥶

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Mommy Has Cancer @mommyhascancer.ca · 04/02/2025

Cancer turned my world upside down—just like my photo #WorldCancerDay below. Six years & 15 days ago, I found a tiny lump in my breast. That moment changed everything. I was diagnosed with stage 4, incurable breast cancer, and my life—and my two young kids’ (then 2.5 and 5)—was forever altered. 🧵👇¼

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Mommy Has Cancer @mommyhascancer.ca · 03/02/2025

A rash showed up a few days ago and is getting worse. I thought I’d have the willpower to resist scratching—turns out, “asleep-me” doesn’t, and even drew blood! Off to the walk-in to make sure I see my doc in the morning! (Apologies for the cringy photos.)

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Mommy Has Cancer @mommyhascancer.ca · 06/01/2025

I’m receiving my post-holiday super-power cancer-defense elixir! In other words, the holidays are over; I’m kicking off 2025 at the hospital to for my two immunotherapy infusions—apparently, my immune system needs a motivational speech every three weeks! #ThanksCancer #OncoSky #MedSky #CanSky

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Mommy Has Cancer @mommyhascancer.ca · 26/12/2024

Happy holidays, from our family to yours!

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Mommy Has Cancer @mommyhascancer.ca · 18/12/2024

My kids and I had to make a tough decision to say our goodbyes to Skoki (sitting on floor). He is younger than his 1/2 brother Kaslo, so we didn’t expect he would go first. As we made the decision, my son N was sobbing loudly saying that 3 of us (meaning myself and our 2 senior…

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Mommy Has Cancer @mommyhascancer.ca · 14/11/2024

@support.bsky.team I’m seeing lots of handles saying “Invalid handle”. Here is an example of a friend’s of mine. It was fine yesterday. Can this be fixed?

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Mommy Has Cancer @mommyhascancer.ca · 10/11/2024

Check settings > appearance or settings > accessibility as there are font size options in both of those.

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Mommy Has Cancer @mommyhascancer.ca · 10/11/2024

Ohhhh… I have a few too from him. He loved insulting me, so I’d just leave the conversation he’d attack me about. 🙈

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Mommy Has Cancer @mommyhascancer.ca · 06/10/2024

Such a great day and evening with my kidlets! Now off to play Chutes and Ladders (what happened to the snakes?) in the tent, by a little camping light, to make us feel like we’ve had a full weekend in the outdoors (aka suburban back yard). I took a picture of the inside of the…

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Mommy Has Cancer @mommyhascancer.ca · 05/10/2024

Struck out on every single door we knocked out today, but we left a short strip of paper explaining who they are and what they are doing, and created a QR code with a link to their donation page. Last year we got a few hundred dollars doing that. They are now at $16,242, which…

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Mommy Has Cancer @mommyhascancer.ca · 05/10/2024

I’m so proud of myself. The kids and I are camping for the first time since I’ve become a single mom. We pitched the tent up in the dark and we just hope the bears will stay away. Wish us luck!… I’ll let you know how we fare in the morning!

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Mommy Has Cancer @mommyhascancer.ca · 02/10/2024

While I’m not feeling fantastic, there is this. I can see my kids after school tomorrow for my parenting time and not worry about infecting my son. Yay!

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Mommy Has Cancer @mommyhascancer.ca · 26/09/2024

Darrell Fox made a lifelong impression on ~400 school kids, when he visited their school on Tuesday. My kids led Darrell into the schoolyard carrying the school’s Terry Fox flag. My kids told me they won’t be done fundraising until they reach their goal of $21,500 this year.…

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Mommy Has Cancer @mommyhascancer.ca · 24/09/2024

Wow! Wow! Wow! Darrell Fox had many teachers (and me) in tears hearing about his experience driving with Doug, alongside Terry Fox for the 143 days he ran a full 42 km marathon a day. “I know why he did it, but to this day, I don’t know how he did it.” It’s not to late to…

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Mommy Has Cancer @mommyhascancer.ca · 24/09/2024

Merci beaucoup à Geneviève Potvin de m’avoir accueilli sur Le café SHOW pour parler de la course @TerryFoxCanada des écoles. L’école travaille toujours fort pour ramasser des fond pour la recherche pour lutter contre le cancer. Le collecte de fonds restera ouverte encore quelques…

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Mommy Has Cancer @mommyhascancer.ca · 24/09/2024

Demain, j'aurai l'occasion de parler avec l'Équipe de l'émission de radio le Café Show de Radio-Canada @Lecafeshow_RC de l'événement @TerryFoxCanada qui aura lieu demain à l'École de la source, où l'École accueillera chaleureusement Darrell Fox @dbacfox. D'après les…

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Mommy Has Cancer @mommyhascancer.ca · 24/09/2024

Attending my close friend's funeral - who is my "cancer twin" in all senses, from having the same rare diagnosis of "de novo, triple positive, and ogliometastic" to having kids the same age hit me way harder than I ever could have imagined. Then, COVID-19 come into our home last…

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Mommy Has Cancer @mommyhascancer.ca · 17/09/2024

I finished approaching my family and former Terry Fox School Run donors. Now it’s time to contact my friends, former colleagues and acquaintances - near and far - to ask them to donate to my kids’ @TerryFoxCanada school run. You don’t need to wait until I reach out; you can…

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Mommy Has Cancer @mommyhascancer.ca · 17/09/2024

Woohoo! We have reached ⅓ of our $21,500 fundraising goal for cancer research. We want to continue with our momentum. Donate now to help us end cancer as we know it!#NoMatterWhat #QuoiQuilArrive #TerryFoxSchoolRun #TerryFoxSchoolRun2024 #TerryFoxRun… schools.terryfox.ca/page/kwadkids

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Mommy Has Cancer @mommyhascancer.ca · 17/09/2024

Yahoo ! Nous avons atteint le ⅓ de notre objectif de 21 500 $ en dons pour la recherche sur le cancer. Nous avons un bon élan et nous sommes déterminés de l’atteindre. Faites un don dès aujourd'hui pour aider à éradiquer le cancer tel que nous le connaissons.…

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