LIVE Q & A on Life Lately and Cancer Journey Updates

[@adelaidesocki3595]

Wait until your daughter sees what a hero you are.

[@DivinityBleu]

SO glad to hear that things are good for you, Melanie. I suffered a very severe, permanently disabling pelvic injury during the emergency early delivery of our 2nd Daughter in 2005. It severely impacted my mobility and I've been slowly losing my ability to walk as a consequence. I can't stand flat on my feet, I can only stand on the balls of my feet. So I fall and injure myself frequently. Showering is terrifying. I've been lucky so far to have an excellent team of doctors who are willing to put themselves in some jeopardy in order to keep my chronic pain treated as effectively as possible so I don't lose any more mobility, but it's been a harrowing journey. I too, am very fortunate to be Blessed with an absolutely amazing Husband who has been by my side every single step of the way. It's taken a heavy toll on him too, so I can totally identify with you. I will continue to pray for strength and steadfastness in regard to your healing. My best friend is a breast cancer survivor, and she's still going strong and doing amazingly well almost a decade on from her ordeal. So I hope you will continue on your journey of healing, and keep being the survivor your are so you can die peacefully of old age. All the best to you, my Dear.

[@melaniefostersnavely]

I am so sorry to hear about your birth experience and injury! I hope the doctors can continue to help you as much as possible. Good men are definitenly something to be grateful for and I am glad you have a good one too. Thank you for sharing your story with me. I will be thinking of you!

[@pinsongorga8466]

@DivinityBleu is your diagnosis Osteitis Pubis?

[@leliabeanedesigns2566]

You do look really good!! It does my heart good (as well) to see you! ❤❤❤

[@JillAnderson-jl6ib]

Oh Melanie I always get so excited to hear you. You are always on my heart. So my husband received a cancer diagnosis 2 years ago. I’ve walked this journey beside him. When you talk about Andrew and all you two have walked through, I can relate to everything… even the intimacy part. Let me say from Andrew’s perspective, he adores you and nothing he wouldn’t do for you. You do grow stronger and closer in a way that no one understands, have they not walked this journey. We caregivers don’t always know what to do except give you warriors, time. Grieving your trauma and your cancer is necessary. You are so darling and brave. God bless you and keep you- and may his face shine on you❤

[@melaniefostersnavely]

Thank you so much for sharing your perspective with me from the caregivers side. That helps me see a little of what he feels. I hope your husband is doing as well as possible now and you are both in a good place.

[@kimberlybentel7279]

Gosh it is wonderful to see you continuing to do well. You are truly an amazing woman… thanks so much for sharing your experience throughout your journey. I am continuing to pray for you and your family.

[@sherriereese3884]

You are such an inspiration. Praying you are cancer free.

[@ginettelefebvre8817]

Plus this surgery you feel so much better and stronger...and your daughter is doing well..sending you a big hug

[@plantsbythemoon9049]

Yes indeed

[@Gingersplanscraftsbeauty]

Melanie, you are the example of strength and courage that others strive for. Although you have been through a lot. What an extraordinary testimony you have. Also what an example to your daughter! When she learns and understands all that you have been through she will be so proud of her parents. Plus what knowledge and wisdom you can share with her as she grows up with you as her parents she will grasp onto that knowledge, wisdom, strength, and courage and be so very blessed to have those tools in her own life to fall back on. You maje me feel stronger in my own health journey. I feel we all have learned so much from you and your journey that I know I am a better person for having watched you Conquer and now as you continue to grow abd blossom.

[@I_onlyrunforcodes]

Hi Melanie, I have PTSD from a trauma and I had EMDR therapy treatment, and I found it very helpful. Worth a try for sure 😊

[@melaniefostersnavely]

Thank you so much for sharing this with me! I definitely plan to.

[@juliawhite9977]

You are a truly wonderful person. I am in awe of your courage. Enjoy every moment you can with your baby knowing that many more are ahead. God Bless you and your family ❤

[@bettyconnearney7943]

Praying for all good things to happen by the Grace of God❤🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 your looking great!! NORTH CAROLINA

[@catherinerose1607]

Melanie, you have a very gracious way about you. I sure enjoyed catching your live. Please be gentle with yourself. You are making precious memories with your daughter by going to story time and the other quality time activities. Praying for your surgery to be a success. 🙏🙏🙏

[@nikolanebulus7259]

God bless you Melanie! I will keep you and your family in my prayers 🙏✝🕊 You have such a positive attitude and you're such an inspiration! Thank you for sharing your cancer journey with us and I pray you are completely healed 🙌💯

[@MarthaGarrett]

Your words “give yourself grace” are profoundly thankful you shared

[@sarahbruniaux5395]

So pleased your going forward Mélanie. God bless you still praying for you every day.From France ❤

[@maryellenblount6376]

Melanie you are such an inspiration. Your spirit is so strong and beautiful. Not to mention, you look wonderful. Praying for all to go well with the tentative upcoming surgery. God bless 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@melindataljaard2753]

Hi there, I had been so busy and missed your video. You're look so great! I love that eyecover that you put on. Time and again I catch myself looking at the nice flowers. 😅 Very interesting video, and now we understand better. You going to be okay. We keep on praying for you!!🙏🏻🙏🏻 Everything is going to be okay! Thanks for the update. Greetings Melinda 👋🏻 for South-Africa

[@lindaandersen3289]

So very happy to see you smiling Melanie❤️ prayers the scans continue to be clear. I love your curly hair! This girl from Michigan has curly hair too. Lots of products out there for when it's a bit longer. You will love it. Love and prayers always❤

[@debbywilkins2239]

Hi Melanie, I was diagnosed in 2022 & had chemo & radiation treatments. I lost most of my hair It grew back curly like yours ...chemo curls . After a year my hair returned to normal which is more straight with a small amount of wave. I kept mine short bc it's so easy & cute. I understand your feelings & the mental health effects. Unfortunately, cancer changes you & your life but you can move forward with a new normal. You look great & are so brave. Good luck with your upcoming surgery I will have you & your family in my prayers 🙏 ❤

[@melaniefostersnavely]

Thank you for sharing that with me! I am hopeful that maybe once I am able to cut it the curls will smooth out some and be more like my old hair. So that gives me hope! And yes, it definitely changes things. Really puts life into perspective. Sorry for your own journey you had to fight!

[@pinsongorga8466]

Melanie, thank you for sharing your journey.

[@joanna9769]

You look great Melanie . It is good to see you looking so well.

[@truthsticks5900]

Never apologise my sweet! You are not only surviving but thriving and living life with a baby and the turmoil of cancer ! You are a Shero! 100 % amazing

[@a.mie.533]

Oh, how wonderful to see you SOO much better in so many regards - you are crystal clear, have such a positive vibe, you look healthy and well - even a little bit happy?! I wish you all the best! I really hope and pray for you! 🌿🌱🍃🌳

[@maritolsen8085]

So good to see you doing so well. Thank you for sharing your journey😍

[@darleneklonk9128]

Your little girl is sooo beautiful! I’m so glad to see you doing better❤️

[@19th-Nervous-Breakdown]

You are an amazing woman. You've gone through so much and you still have some medical testing and procedures coming up. I hope and pray that you remain cancer free forever. I'm a 32 year survivor of cancer myself although I never went through all that you have been through. Sending hugs. 🎉

[@KikiBear_01]

Hi Melanie, I feel so much inspiration and grace after listening to you. We all need a reminder to give ourselves grace, we’re doing the best that we can. Have a terrific week with a commitment to more routine and outings. They’re important, remind us too that life is so much bigger and more beautiful than the negative thoughts that get stuck in our heads. 💚

[@jens7459]

Intimacy is so much more than just physical…just the closeness you share and the little things…are everything! ❤

[@MarthaGarrett]

Intimacy in marriage is being together. I’m so blessed you are. ❤

[@MarthaGarrett]

Yes you are a hero. So thankful home is going good! Prayers as you continue the adjustments. No place like home. Emotions are so normal with all of the changes, honey. One day at a time… moving forward is such wise advice.

[@jessicamariee5466]

I got faith it's gone in the name of Jesus so everything is going to be great! Ik I'm scared bout my scans as well ❤

[@AngelaMartino-zm9rh]

I pray for your continued healing physically and emotionally. You are an inspiration as you enjoy your beautiful family! I appreciate your honesty as you share your faith💜🙏🏻💜

[@kbarnes2458]

❤ Will continue to pray❤ I enjoy watching and hearing from U! U are amazing! U can do hard things! Look back at just how far U have come!! Keep pushing forward! Babe and Baby Girl needs U! ❤ Tell Babe (lol) I will keep praying for him too! I think he is amazing! Good Man! ❤ By the way, I see your smile again! It's beautiful ❤

[@cathypeters7918]

Do not even worry about a time change! Thank you for spending time with us!!

[@maggiebell3582]

Hiya from Scotland UK 🇬🇧 originally from Zimbabwe Africa ... Melanie you are amazing - keep shining & smiling 🙂🌻💛

[@sharonscott1776]

Hi Melanie, you are looking great, all the best with surgery. I love listening to you. Sending love from Australia xx

[@theotherangeladavis4435]

Hi from Portgual! You look fab and you hair is too cute! - another curly girl! I understand about the hole in your eye and not being able to leave it alone. I would be the same way. 🤣Praying this next surgery is your last and that the flap sticks perfectly!

[@evdavila1287]

So happy you guys are home. Wishing you continued health.

[@MsDeliaT]

You are a strong lady. Whis you all the best .

[@tomnewhouse7782]

You are an amazing woman with a beautiful baby girl. You got this. Cancer survivor Kathy Erie pa

[@alyssatoro]

You look GREAT girl!!!

[@colettewinfrey6163]

You are so beautiful. You are so courageous. I just watched your video celebrating your pregnancy memories.

[@NativeTribe65JP]

You look so good!!!

[@MarthaGarrett]

Wish I’d been live with you. I adore you. You inspire me, Melanie. May God bless you to complete health and restoration.

[@cindyzweifel7980]

Hi Melanie. It’s so nice to see you. You look great.🥰

[@adriennesaunders1420]

Go get your baby’s costume before your surgery. You will have something to look forward to. Even if she only gets to go to 2 houses, you’ll have the memories. She won’t know but you will have pictures to mark the day. 🎃

[@caitlinscancerchronicles]

As a fellow cancer patient (but all the way over in Australia) I admire the way that you are making your way through it all. We all have to tackle things different ways. You have paid a big price but I’m so glad you are cancer free. ❤ 🐨🇦🇺❤️

[@melaniefostersnavely]

Thank you! Thinking of you in your own battle.

[@kathiwright4849]

i am so happy that you are doing the hyperbaric treatments. they helped a friend of mine tremendously after a stroke. also glad they are going ahead with the closure surgery. whew! it’s a lot i know - time away from the baby and all. just breathe breathe breathe….your hair looks so cute ❤

[@flozink]

You look amazing! Soooo much better, hair is cute! You are an inspiration! ❤❤ from FLO, from Ontario Canada!

[@melberg6821]

Only one word that describes you Melanie: AMAZING✨✨✨

[@liap1293]

You are amazing! Thank you for sharing your journey.

[@wendycoonan5441]

Hi from Australia, always praying for you Mel ❤

[@MarthaGarrett]

Thank you Melanie

[@lanzarote19601]

You are a superstar and you are looking beautiful,lots of love being sent to you xxxxx

[@MarthaGarrett]

I’m married to a wonderful man like your Babe. We’ve celebrated 51 years in June. I was 15 and my Tommy was only 17 when we got married. I understand how much this has affected him. Think the cancer and treatments are harder on the BF, hubby, caregiver than you you. Because they cannot fix you.

[@melaniefostersnavely]

Yes, I think it is so hard on them. We have been together since I was 17 and he has been the fixer since then. His mom had a lot of health issues and he was her carer. I just never expected this to be our journey too.

[@terrisreet8189]

Melanie, it's so good to see you back at your home. Do you all have a church home? I only ask because a good church becomes family and there is always women who could help you out when you feel that you need it.

[@melaniefostersnavely]

We did in Orlando, but looking for one where we live now.

[@JoanSeibert]

I know that you are having waves of grieving what you have lost and you need to love yourself

[@cindyzweifel7980]

I had radiation and chemotherapy in 20-21 and still have issues and get tired. I have neuropathy in my feet from the chemo that will never go away. You just have to thank god I’m cancer free and continue to keep moving forward. God bless you.

[@melaniefostersnavely]

Yes, being thankful for that! I know the side effects may linger and just trying to be ok with that as long as I am here to be with them.

[@rhondagage8527]

You really look beautiful and relaxed and healthy and happy !❤

[@peacepoppy3809]

Liverpool England hello ❤sorry I missed the live ❤

[@TCW1977]

You are inspirational ❤️

[@kathystevens8163]

I missed your live, but I am watching now ~ ❤

[@Tamara-tf8tw]

Hi from Germany. I wish I could have watched you live, but I’m watching after the fact. 😊

[@wayofmag5897]

You look amazing ❤

[@cathypeters7918]

Hello from Minnesota!!😊

[@mollymackiewicz6965]

May God bless you and your Family!! Hope you are able to gain back the weight! Remember God will give you back the years the devil has stolen from you!

[@cindymansfield2683]

Your daughter is adorable!

[@melaniefostersnavely]

Thank you!

[@dtmc4509]

You look so happy

[@ginettelefebvre8817]

Magic mouthwash wash. Helps with damage radiation caused...

[@donnae2013]

Yr brave. Little ones are very flex. two hours a day is nothing many women work eight or nine hours and the kids are fine

[@paulabrady4285]

Getting out of the house helps me too. I need to remember that?

[@karenkane3220]

Love your lives!

[@ginettelefebvre8817]

You just answered my question.. thanks

[@Gingersplanscraftsbeauty]

You look and sound wonderful!

[@MarthaGarrett]

I remember you showing us how you also breathe through the hole. I had chemo curls . So sad mine went away.

[@melaniefostersnavely]

I do hope mine at least tone down some lol

[@rdavism1]

I think it’s not just chemo causing the curly new growth as I had several head shavings due to surgeries but no chemo and now I have curls!

[@marthalilly3689]

Your hair is looking cute

[@carrienash6392]

Thank you for sharing. I have so many thoughts but will keep it short. EMDR is amazing if you have a licensed therapist with history. Swallowing I see a speech therapist but if you utube exercise I bet they will help. Manuka honey helps..whedderspoon lousanger is good.. dry mouth olive oil to half water in a spray bottle is amazing. Cancer is hard and recovery at times I feel is more challenging than treatment..any event keep your spirit and grace.

[@melaniefostersnavely]

Oh my gosh, thank you so much for all of this! I will try the spray as right now I am using a spray I bought online but I don't like all the ingredients in it. I fully agree the recovery is a beast! It's hard to be patient. This is so helpful and helps me not feel so alone. I appreciate you!

[@carolhenry6895]

Hello, you look wonderful 😊

[@ginettelefebvre8817]

Hi Melanie... ive left a messages before. I had 3 different sessions for hyperbaric chamber 28 times each. I have same skin tattoos... as you.. where will they be taking your skin flap from ?... I have cancer of the mouth. I'm from gatineau quebec canada

[@melaniefostersnavely]

They will take the flap from my thigh. How did the oxygen theray go for you.

[@ginettelefebvre8817]

It wennt well. 3 different sessions of 28 weeks with 6months to a year​.my eye sight improved... thats a great side effect. When u go in chamber and oxygen pressure starts... if its realky painful to your ears let them know and they will schedule a procedure in following days. They will insert tubes in your ears because of the pressure. Im sure you will do well. Often we were 2 to a chamberand we were allowed to watch dvds on tv W@@melaniefostersnavely

[@ginettelefebvre8817]

Oxygen worked well over time.. not immediate results. I found it was worth it. My eyesight even got better

[@terrio5662]

🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻

[@cindyhorst8316]

You look wonderful, very beautiful even with no makeup. Your hair is coming in so cute was it always curly?

[@melaniefostersnavely]

It was not. Mostly straight with a little wave in it.

[@ChonnaBartholomew]

❤

[@pamelabellingar8449]

So glad you are doing amazing! Eventually will you be able to have a glass eye?

[@melaniefostersnavely]

A glass eye will not be a possibility as there is no structure to hold it in place. I can get a complete prosthetic patch though which would have an eye in it.

[@sharonscott1776]

You had me crying when ur talking about Andrew. You make a beautiful couple. I’d love to find a loyal faithful partner. I’m 48 and on my own as my ex was a drug addict and put me through DV. I’ve never touched drugs.

[@melaniefostersnavely]

I am so sorry to hear that! Drugs are horrible and make people do horrible things. I am so sorry you had to deal with that. Praying you find a faithful, strong and loving partner.

[@sharonscott1776]

@@melaniefostersnavely he’s so bad on meth we broke up in Nov 2022 he is with a female addict but still contacted me yesterday putting me down and abusing me. I spent the day crying.x he’s 56 and still says he’s not on drugs.

[@christinaewing2425]

Hi Melanie, you look beautiful and I'm so glad your feeling more like your self ,have you ask your doctor could you use bone to put in behind the hole so the new skin flap would fuse better and maybe it will be flat like it is now thanks

[@melaniefostersnavely]

I havent thought to ask. I think the issue with that is then they would have to take bone from somewhere and bevause it is still connected with my sinuses it could impede that.

[@christinaewing2425]

@melaniefostersnavely I understand but I would ask if it was me they could put a tiny plastic or metal plate in side your eye socket then use metal tiny brackets to secure it to your eye socket then your eye socket would be sealed behind where your eye was

[@lindc1070]

I cant imagine what you and Andrew have been through. Cancer in itself, especially advanced, is overwhelming . You also had pregnancy concerns. You have handled it all admirably. Do you have any idea when the cancer may have started? Was it before your pregnancy but with no symptoms?

[@melaniefostersnavely]

They said it was probably sitting dormant but the hormones from pregnancy speed everything up. It would have popped up eventually just maybe not when it did.

[@lindc1070]

@@melaniefostersnavely yes I hear hormones in pregnancy do tend to speed things up but I agree it was likely there earlier since it was quite advanced when diagnosed.

[@narelleravesi4993]

🙏🧡

[@JoanneLHartford-zg2kj]

What is the name of the type of cancer you are fighting witn?

[@melaniefostersnavely]

@@JoanneLHartford-zg2kj nasal squamous cell carcinoma

[@rhondagallion5684]

Hello how are you doing

[@cindyhorst7021]

Is there any reason the surgery can't be postponed a year? Id think the longer the skin gets to heal the better

[@melaniefostersnavely]

It could be, yes, but the longer its open it also poses risk for infection and I am just ready to move forward. The older she gets the harder it will be to be away from her.

[@haleyiscool1]

Do you have squamous cell carcinoma?

[@melaniefostersnavely]

Yes

[@Legittoquit1]

You should move closer to your parents in case you don’t get better . Your husband is harsh

[@plantsbythemoon9049]

@Legittoquit please remember that we are here to love, support and encourage Melanie and her family and it's very evident that she loves Babe and they are happy to be back home. Thank you.

[@Legittoquit1]

@@plantsbythemoon9049 it’s KZbin not yourtube b

[@tammymarsden4852]

Am I seeing things? Some videos look like your right eye is patched and some the left eye?

[@melaniefostersnavely]

No you're not. I explained in another video. It depends on what I film on. If I film from certain devices it flips the image so it looks like it is the other side. But it is my left eye.