doctors are people too
below is my personal story
Good News
Last July, we got 9 out of 10 bad news. Since then it’s been ups & downs of news. Not needing brain surgery is good news; not getting your tumor resected is bad news. Not having GBM or DMG, is good news; but…
The In-between
We have a follow-up MRI in the next week, so I hesitate to post this. After all, the emotion will be different after the results. Regardless of the results, it’ll feel different – good or bad. Still, almost anyone who has faced cancer…
Round 3 – ding. ding.
Round 1: November 17th – 21st. ding. ding. Jason took his chemo dose of temozolomide that first morning with the intent of going to work for the day. It can’t be that bad. After all, it came in the mail right next to…
Christmas with Cancer
I know. I know. The holidays are over. But, I actually wrote this post on 12/26/2025 and have just hesitated to post it. Christmas was actually a really good time for us, and this post seems more depressing than intended. We’ve also been…
Provision:
our pets’ heads aren’t falling off. What a week. What a month. What a year. Still, my lungs keep breathing. The sun keeps shining. It has been a difficult year at our house to say the least. Difficult for Jason’s health – obviously.…
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