Brothers in disease
Brett and I happened to get seats at a River Cats game in a row designated for the disabled. We struck up a conversation with the man sitting next to us who was using a mobility scooter. Brett’s dad...
View ArticleA minor partial seizure
I could tell something was lingering at the borders of my senses. I felt it in my face and my thoughts ricocheted between confusion and absolute clarity. Brett and I were playing Trivial Pursuit and it...
View ArticleSocial media and brain cancer
I got a great question from Dan. He wants to start a blog and connect with other brain tumor patients. In case anyone is interested, this is what I wrote back: Dan: Sorry it has taken a while for me to...
View ArticleMystery solved
Well, well, well. It turns out that the shaking/tremor sensation I was experiencing was neither tumor or seizure-related. My neurologist and Super Awesome Nurse were able to deduce this because the...
View ArticleLaughing in the face of the “worst-case scenario”
Hey, everyone. I have a new $5 word for you: nystagmus. Now, before you run off to look it up on Wikipedia, give me a chance to tell my story. Over the past six weeks I have been experiencing a weird...
View ArticleContinuing challenges
Woah! Now that I’m done with Temodar it seems like my cancer experience is over–but it’s not because I still have cancerous tumor in my brain. WTH! The weird thing (and all you brain tumor peeps know...
View ArticleOver-thinking everything
Yesterday evening I was overwhelmed with a significant feeling of déjà vu. According to Wikipedia, déjà vu is the experience of feeling sure that one has already witnessed or experienced a current...
View ArticleEach moment is bittersweet
It has been almost three years since I experienced the first significant symptom that I had brain cancer. It was one week after my 29th birthday that I lost consciousness at work, suffered a grand mal...
View ArticleTraveling with brain cancer and epilepsy
I just returned from a trip to Rome! (Hence the lack of posts.) Yay! It was my first time out of the country, except for a day trip I took to Tijuana when I was seven. But that doesn’t count. And like...
View ArticleSeizure drugs: Where is our jetpack?
I’ve been on anti-seizure drugs for nearly six years. It only took the first two years to try out seven different medications that would ultimately land me on my current recipe of 3,000 mg of Keppra...
View ArticleSocial media and brain cancer
I got a great question from Dan. He wants to start a blog and connect with other brain tumor patients. […]
View ArticleMystery solved
Well, well, well. It turns out that the shaking/tremor sensation I was experiencing was neither tumor or seizure-related. My neurologist and […]
View ArticleLaughing in the face of the “worst-case scenario”
Hey, everyone. I have a new $5 word for you: nystagmus. Now, before you run off to look it up […]
View ArticleContinuing challenges
Woah! Now that I’m done with Temodar it seems like my cancer experience is over–but it’s not because I still […]
View ArticleOver-thinking everything
Yesterday evening I was overwhelmed with a significant feeling of déjà vu. According to Wikipedia, déjà vu is the experience of feeling sure […]
View ArticleEach moment is bittersweet
It has been almost three years since I experienced the first significant symptom that I had brain cancer. It was […]
View ArticleTraveling with brain cancer and epilepsy
I just returned from a trip to Rome! (Hence the lack of posts.) Yay! It was my first time out […]
View ArticleSeizure drugs: Where is our jetpack?
I’ve been on anti-seizure drugs for nearly six years. It only took the first two years to try out seven […]
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