As a teenager, I would long to be older, always wishing I could do all the things I was too young to do. I wanted to turn eighteen, leave high school behind, head to college and finally get away from the constant, watchful eyes of my parents. Then, after I turned eighteen, I couldn’t [...]
Month: April 2016
Time, Fear, Hope…
Time. Fear. Hope. These simple thoughts/concepts dominate so much of our cancer experience. I would doubt that there is a single person facing a cancer diagnosis, who hasn't contemplated all of these things, in one way or another. Every one of these ideas will be the focus of or touched upon in posts throughout the [...]
“Uh, I’ve had the worst week of my life.”
So, not everyone has survived brain surgery, twice, and battled brain cancer, twice. I fully recognize that. Living with cancer and the trauma of it all has brought me an invaluable perspective on life. I know that people cannot truly understand my experience without having personally faced cancer, or any life-threatening illness really. Even among [...]
A Look Back On “The Things I Wish I Were Told When I Was Diagnosed With Cancer” – PART ONE –
These are the lessons, advice and things I wish they included in the “Cancer 101” Manual when I was first diagnosed, and now looking back 5 years cancer free
“So, does that mean it’s cancer?”
"So, does that mean, it's cancer?" That was the question I found myself asking, during my first post-operative appointment with my neurosurgeon. The only way to fully determine whether a tumor is "benign" or cancerous is to undergo hours of complex surgery, involving your skull being sawed open and your brain being cut into to [...]
