Devon Breithart, Seattle, WA (2026)

01/26/2026

A few months ago, I floated the idea of a tiny, DIY, indie art show to celebrate our ceramics to my friend .studio. This weekend, we made that a reality.

What started off tongue-in-cheek became earnest pretty quickly. This night was meaningful in a way that I couldn't have predicted, and I'm so grateful for the space to explore that.

The world feels like an especially dark place right now, and I find myself often feeling conflicting emotions, unsure how to best respond at any given moment. I don't have all of the answers to that, but I do have some takeaways from the night: build community. Bring people together. Pursue your hobbies, especially those that involve making and creating. Have in-person conversations. Find space for joy. Meet your neighbors. Show up for your friends. Value the handmade. Celebrate the mundane. Do art. Never stop learning and growing. Refill your cup so you can be ready to face the world. Make the change you can in your sphere of influence.

Endless thanks to my co-conspirator Doug Fuchs. Thanks to .studio and for their excellent hosting, choring, and moral support. Thanks to , , and for flying out for this (!), lending their nice handwriting, and helping me complete my fourth Heated Rivalry watch. Thank you to the endless friends who took time out of their schedules to show up to this, say kind things about our art, and love it enough to take it home. Thank you to everyone who couldn't make it and reached out asking how they could support in other ways. Thank you to for the sage instruction and the third space.

I love you.

10/15/2024

Quick update for now because I'm feeling groggy:

I made it through another chemo infusion!

My CEA is back down to normal limits, which is a great indication that treatment is working.

Yesterday my team asked if I wanted to switch back to Folfox since I've had such a hard time tolerating CapeOx. Folfox is what I was on most of the time last year and typically tolerated pretty well.

I said yes.

The cons are that I'm back on a 2-day pump instead of pills, I'll need to go in every 2 weeks instead of 3, and I'll need to do at least 5 chemo cycles instead of the 4+ that were planned.

The pros are that I hopefully will feel a lot better and less symptomatic in between cycles 🤞

We'll do scans mid-November to see if chemo has worked well enough to move on to radiation.

Thank you for your good vibes and support!

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08/09/2024

Got my PET scan moved up to Monday! If you know me, you know I’m nothing if not spicy, stubborn, persistent, and a great advocate for myself. Once we have these results back, I'll have a better idea of if I need to do radiation, chemo, surgery, or some combination of the three.

In the meantime, many of you have asked how you can help. I know it sucks to feel powerless, scared, and sad about all of this. So here's a tangible answer to that question for the next few weeks while we're waiting on a treatment plan.

- Mail me a postcard: it's really nice receiving mail that isn't medical bills or prior auths. 😂 It almost always brightens my day. Reach out if you need my address!

- Send me cash: speaking of those medical bills, I'm still chipping away at the debt from my first rodeo with cancer. If you're able, financial support is one of the most direct ways to help. My insurance is much better now, and right now I'm still able to work - so please don't send me money if it's going to put you in a hard place! Giving money can feel insincere, but I am deeply grateful for everyone who has helped me in this way. My name on Venmo is DevonBreithart

- Donate to Fred Hutch colore**al cancer research in my honor: if you really have the means but also want that sweet tax write-off, this is for you. Fred Hutch is doing incredible work, and it’s a great way to support not just me but countless others in the fight against cancer. Fred Hutch also does a ton of fun + active fundraisers throughout the year like Obliteride, happening this weekend, if that's more your speed! Let me know if you need a link to donate.

- Give me a little treat: these are what actually keep me alive. If you need some ideas, I like Spinnaker dark chocolate, Red Bay coffee beans, bath bombs, and fresh flowers.

- Lastly, I’d love for you to do something for yourself, in my honor: take a moment to follow up on that healthcare thing you’ve been putting off. It’s one of the best ways you can support me.

08/01/2024

Happy birthday to this mischievous, funny, bright spot of sunshine that we loved hosting in Seattle with her momma

07/09/2024

We had an amazing time in Mexico City. I have so many photos to share, but I'll start with a few exterior architecture ones.

04/25/2024

Happy birthday to this beautiful being. Thank you for truly exemplifying the virtue of "in sickness and in health" better than even some with a legal obligation. When I say I couldn't live without you, I mean it literally, and I'm so grateful for you. I love you.

Spencer has sacrificed a lot as my primary caregiver over the past year. Please help me in celebrating the wonderful person he is. ❤️

03/21/2024

Today is my cancer-versary. On its face, it may seem strange to celebrate the anniversary of one of the hardest days of my life. But it represents one year of survival since diagnosis. There are many times I thought I wouldn't see this day.

I distinctly remember being in the OT office in Palm Springs a year ago when walked in. I was waiting on my follow-up appointment to go over my colonoscopy results from the week prior. "I'm pretty sure they're going to tell me I have cancer," I told her. Why else would they make me come in person?

Sometimes when you know, you know, and as sh*tty as that realization was, I also felt pretty ready to face things. A not insignificant part of that is due to the wonderful community support I have in so many different geographic areas and facets of my life. Thank you.

Here's to today, and March 21st, 2025.

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03/10/2024

I've officially been in remission for a little over a month now and things are chugging along. My neuropathy is still annoying, I'll be rebuilding strength and mobility for a while, and I've still got some appointments to catch up on to see how the rest of my systems are doing. But so far, so good! I'm getting back into the swing of things at work and feeling a little better every day. Today I played pickleball for the first time with friends and that was a blast.

Next week, March 21st is my cancer-versary, AKA one year of survival post-cancer diagnosis. March is also colore**al cancer awareness month, so please promise me to follow screening guidelines and never ignore signs that your body giving you that something is amiss.

Thank you for your support over this past year!

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01/11/2024

Things are continuing to go pretty well here. At this point, the biggest frustration is my movement/positioning restrictions. I'm still not allowed to sit, flex my right hip past 45°, abduct my right hip past 45°, or lift 10+ pounds.

To get you thinking like an OT, I want to share some of the activities this has impacted for me:

Getting food into/out of the oven
Getting cans from the pantry
Getting stuff from the bottom of the fridge
Eating
Loading the dishwasher
Putting things in our recycling bin
Doing laundry
Lifting my older cat
Feeding the cats
Getting treats out of the cat drawer
Petting cats when they rub against your legs
Petting small dogs I see on a walk
Picking up things I drop (which happens all the time because I'm clumsy)
Showering
Toileting
Lower body dressing
Getting into and out of bed or the couch
Driving or riding in a car
Going to a restaurant
Trying on clothes in a store
Using a computer
Playing VR games
Waiting at medical appointments (you don't realize how often people tell you to take a seat until you can't)
Attending medical or beauty appointments.. and more.

I'm also still dealing with peripheral neuropathy in my hands and feet which impacts many of these tasks too. Plus, anxiety has been my constant companion through this experience which requires consideration as well.

And this is where OT is really useful. What would you do if you had these same restrictions?

For me, some things I continue doing with adaptive equipment, like opening low drawers and getting things out with a reacher.

Some things I can do with setup assistance, like taking a shower once Spencer has made sure all of my products are in a basket I can access.

Some things I do with physical assistance, like pushing my foot into my tennis shoe while someone else stabilizes.

Some things I do with modifications, like standing on the bus to medical appointments instead of laying down in the car.

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12/04/2023

Want to hear some insurance nonsense that will make you annoyed with the state of US healthcare? I will end up paying three medical deductibles in the space of 10 months.

Why? Well, this past year I was on a high-deductible insurance plan through my business. It wasn't a great plan, but it was what was available to me as a small business owner, and made the most sense instead of attempting to string together travel therapy company coverage.

The premium was $290 a month for just me. The deductible was $7500 before the benefits kicked in, and then I had to pay an additional $1,050 to meet my out-of-pocket max. Suffice to say, I met both of those within a week of being diagnosed and treated for cancer in March. I'm grateful that hospitals offer payment plans, but I'm still paying that off and will be into 2024.

So when I started working directly for a school district, I wanted to switch to their insurance because it tends to be pretty good. I found a plan with a monthly premium of $86, a deductible of $125, and an out-of-pocket max of $2000. A savings of ~9000 a year? Yeah, I'll take it.

I figured I'd finish up this year with my personal plan since I'd already met my deductible, and then switch to the district insurance in 2024. But when it came time to fill out paperwork, it was brought to my attention that my current plan, for some reason, would end a month early on November 30th 2023 instead of December 31st. Why did they run the plan years that way? No clue.

Obviously, when you have cancer, you can't really go without insurance coverage. It was still cheaper to go ahead and switch to the school plan, but because my surgery is December 8th, I will end up paying the entire yearly deductible this month. And then, in January when the deductible resets, I will end up meeting that very quickly as well with my follow-up care.

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10/27/2023

Send good vibes for my second colonoscopy!

My first one was pretty traumatic. And while I was sitting in the shower stall sobbing, a thought came to my mind: "If I'm LUCKY, I'll have to do one of these again."

Well, here we are. Lived long enough to get a second colonoscopy. Still traumatic. Still sobbed during prep. But a little bit better of a experience this time around.

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10/08/2023

Happy World Ostomy Day!

In March 2023, I had a sigmoid colostomy as part of my re**al cancer treatment. Honestly, I believe it saved my life, and I'm grateful for it.

Ostomies have a stigma, but this one has honestly been pretty easy to manage most of the time. If this is a thing that ever needs to happen to you, know that your life doesn't have to change significantly or reduce in quality.

Plus, I still look hot AF. So I have that going for me!

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