Ashley Pedro's Photography

05/29/2024

The last chapter of my book is going to be called "Words of Wisdom". This book is very personal for me so I open up a LOT (wait till you see the cover of the book!!)

If you are someone that has/had cancer and you would like to add your words of wisdom (something that may help the next person deal with side effect, deal with the diagnosis itself, something doctors may not have told you but something that ended up helping you that you learned from a friend/family or someone you met through cancer!) please email me with exactly what you would like it to say.

Caregivers, please give your words of wisdom as well. My hubby could probably write a book on all the things we have learned in the past three years! Whether you are a fellow Cancer Survivor or Caregiver, I would love to add your Words of Wisdom to my book.

If you'd like your picture with it, add the picture you would like used. If you would like your name added, write it exactly as you'd like it put in the book.

Please, add the minimum what stage of cancer and what type of cancer. Any questions or concerns, you can message me here or email me!

My email address is - [email protected]

Deadline for this is Wednesday, June 12th, 2024.

05/29/2024

If anyone is selling this or sees this for a LOT less, please let me know 😉🙃😍

World’s first 24-105mm focal length combined with consistent f/2.8 maximum aperture1 Supports optional Canon Power Zoom Adapters 11 aperture blades Smooth, click-less iris ring for precise lens aperture control Close-focusing to under 1.5 feet (0.45m) at all focal lengths Maximum magnification 0.2...

05/19/2024

05/14/2024

Please, if you have the means, consider helping out really good friends of ours! Click on the link to read Crystal's story! We love her so much and she is just one of those people that is the best of the best and deserves as much!

Crystal and Jarod have recently received the news from her doctors that he… Trisha Zimmer needs your support for Friends and Family, the Ott's need our help!!

04/10/2024

Meet Dr. Bent - she is one of the best at MD Anderson! We love her and love the fact that we are lucky enough to have her as a doctor! She has always taken such good care of us and she honestly wants the best for me!

Josh wanted BBQ as Texas has some of the best BBQ, so that was dinner Sunday night when we landed!

We stopped at Bucee's on the way to Galveston to get a little something for someone special 💙

When we got to Katie's Seafood House I ordered the Blue Crab Mac And Cheese. I have never really been disappointed at the things we have had there - but I was a little disappointed in the lack of crab on top of the mac and cheese. It was more like a sprinkle of crab 😞

The last plate of food was our celebratory meal at the airport - a shrimp and fish Po-Boy. It was delicious although I was not able to eat all the fries!

For the people that didn't watch the video - we got good news at the doctors appointment with Dr. Bent yesterday!

Lungs and Pleura: Stable large volume left pleural effusion with compressive atelectasis. There is mild nodular pleural enhancements in the left hemithorax. Additionally, there are areas of right pleural nodularity, for example;
*1.8cm nodule in the right posterior thorax series 3, image 61 which appears to be slightly decreased, previously measuring 2.2cm.
*Additional pleural-based nodule measuring 1cm series 3, image 97 also decrease in density.

Hepatobiliary: Extensive post surgical changes of right hepatectomy. No biliary dilation. No cholecystitis. Interval decrease in size and density of liver lesions, for example:
*at the surgical margin now measuring 2.1 cm series 3, image 149, previously measuring 2.4 cm.
*Segment 4 now partially cystic measuring 5.4 cm series 3, image 182, stable in size but decrease in density.
*Additional liver metastases appear to be also decreasing in size and density.

Peritoneum/Retroperitoneum: Small volume of abdominopelvic ascites. Large abdominopelvic mass has significantly decreased in size, now 17.6 x 11.3 cm series 3, image 245, previously measuring 22.6 x 12.9 cm. The lesion contains areas of soft tissue density and septations compatible with adnexal metastasis.
Peritoneal metastases along the right paracolic gutter has significantly decreased in size, now measuring 2.1 cm series 3, image 184, previously 2.3 cm.

04/09/2024

Answer to Bonus Question - Katie's Seafood House is our favorite place to go when we visit Houston! We have to drive about an hour from Houston, but it always well worth the drive!

Standby for the rest of the news 😉😘

04/09/2024

Since leaving D.C., the size of the Colorectal Caucus has DOUBLED from 14 to 29 members! If you know/have a good relationship with some of the below House of Representatives, try to get them on as well! We need anyone we can get 💙

This looks overwhelming, but if you need help, I would be happy to guide you! The best thing to do is find out who your Representative is and then look at their profile - try to "get to know them" a little bit through Social Media. If you need me - PM or call me! The below list are the ones that have NOT signed the Colorectal Cancer Caucus yet, it would be great if we could get a lot of people on this caucus as who hasn't been touched with cancer? The question will soon be, if we don't take hold of it now, who doesn't know someone that has been diagnosed and died of Colorectal Cancer 😢😭

Remember - Colorectal Cancer is the leading cause of cancer death for men under 50 and 2nd leading in women!

The below link is where you need to go in order to send your letter to your Congressmen/Congresswomen/House of Representative asking them to become a part of the Colorectal Cancer Caucus:

https://ujoin.co/campaigns/2413/actions/public?action_id=2657

Only In Virginia
Rep. Rob Wittman
Congresswoman Jen Kiggans
Congressman Bobby Scott
Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan
Congressman Bob Good
Congressman Ben Cline
Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger
Congressman Don Beyer
Congressman Morgan Griffith
Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton
Congressman Gerry Connolly

Virgin Islands
Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett

Only In Washington
Congresswoman Suzan DelBene
Representative Rick Larsen
Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
Rep. Dan Newhouse
Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers
Derek Kilmer
Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal
Congresswoman Kim Schrier
Rep. Adam Smith
Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland

Only In West Virginia
Congresswoman Carol Miller
Congressman Alex Mooney

Only In Wisconsin
Congressman Bryan Steil
Mark Pocan
Congressman Derrick Van Orden
Gwen S. Moore
Congressman Scott Fitzgerald
Congressman Glenn Grothman
Representative Tom Tiffany
Rep. Mike Gallagher

Only In Wyoming
Rep. Harriet Hageman

04/09/2024

Part #10
Since March 12th - we have had 13 more people sign - that is 13 more people in two weeks. If you know/have a good relationship with some of the below House of Representatives, try to get them on as well! We need anyone we can get 💙

This looks overwhelming, but if you need help, I would be happy to guide you! The best thing to do is find out who your Representative is and then look at their profile - try to "get to know them" a little bit through Social Media. If you need me - PM or call me! The below list are the ones that have NOT signed the Colorectal Cancer Caucus yet, it would be great if we could get a lot of people on this caucus as who hasn't been touched with cancer? The question will soon be, if we don't take hold of it now, who doesn't know someone that has been diagnosed and died of Colorectal Cancer 😢😭

Remember - Colorectal Cancer is the leading cause of cancer death for men under 50 and 2nd leading in women!

The below link is where you need to go in order to send your letter to your Congressmen/Congresswomen/House of Representative asking them to become a part of the Colorectal Cancer Caucus:

https://ujoin.co/campaigns/2413/actions/public?action_id=2657

Only In Texas
Congressman Nathaniel Moran
Congressman Dan Crenshaw
Congressman Keith Self
Rep Pat Fallon
Congressman Lance Gooden
Rep. Jake Ellzey
Congressman Morgan Luttrell
Rep. Al Green
Congressman August Pfluger
Kay Granger
Ronny Jackson
Congressman Randy Weber
Rep. Monica De La Cruz
Congresswoman Veronica Escobar
Pete Sessions
Congressman Jodey Arrington
Congressman Joaquin Castro
U.S. Representative Chip Roy Press Office
Congressman Troy Nehls
Congressman Tony Gonzales
Congresswoman Beth Van Duyne
Roger Williams
Michael Burgess
Congressman Michael Cloud
U.S. Congressman Henry Cuellar
Rep. Sylvia Garcia
Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett
U.S. Representative John Carter
Rep. Colin Allred
Congressman Marc Veasey
Congressman Vicente Gonzalez
Congressman Greg Casar
Rep. Brian Babin
Congressman Wesley Hunt

Only In Utah
Rep. Blake Moore
Rep. Celeste Maloy
Rep. John Curtis
Congressman Burgess Owens

Only In Vermont
Rep. Becca Balint