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An Ironic Twist to A Post I Began in April 2020, Believing I Was Almost 5-Years “Cancer Free”
Irony seems to be a continuous theme in my Posts these days. On April 11, 2020, I published PART ONE of a Post reflecting back and revamping a previous Post: “The Things I Wish I Were Told When I Was Diagnosed With Cancer“. Originally, I expected to just write a single Post. However, I never [...]
Doing It All Over Again – The Second Surgery Pre-Op
In my prior post, https://braincancerbabe.com/2016/06/29/the-confirmed-recurrence-and-yet-another-brain-surgery I explained that on June 30, 2015, I underwent my second brain surgery. There isn't much I'd detail about the day of that second surgery. It was pretty much the same routine over again. There were several ridiculous moments in the pre-op process though. Just to add some levity to [...]
The Confirmed Recurrence and Yet, Another Brain Surgery
In my prior post (https://braincancerbabe.com/2016/06/22/the-dreaded-word-recurrence/ ) I wrote about my suspected recurrence. Well, that was confirmed in June 2015. I say "confirmed" recurrence, although whether the lesion was indeed "cancer" can only be truly confirmed with the pathology report following surgery and removal of the lesion... but you get what I'm saying. It is strange [...]
The Dreaded Word – Recurrence
I think it's safe to say that every single cancer patient fears that dreaded word - recurrence. We may not think about it every single moment, of every single day. However, every survivor I have spoken with over these last 2 years admits, "It's always somewhere in the back of my mind." In this awful [...]
