Glioblastoma Does Not Care Who You Are

Published on June 15, 2026 in Glioblastoma, Share Your Story

Guest Author: Sara O. in California

Glioblastoma does not care if you spent the majority of your life helping others and being paid very little for it. It does not care if you have two Master’s degrees or just bought your picture-perfect house. It does not care if your children are 4, 7, and 9. It does not care if you are kind, or a soccer coach, or the world’s best husband.

Glioblastoma can still appear one day, out of the blue, and eventually take your life just short of your 50th birthday. It can leave you unable to walk independently in a matter of weeks. It can kill even the most wonderful people.

So live your life each day like tomorrow may not come. Because what glioblastoma cannot take away is how you are remembered. In our case, Joshua Oehler is remembered as thoughtful, smart, compassionate, and as a wonderful son, brother, father, and husband.

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Each year on the third Wednesday in July, we gather to amplify the voices, experiences, and urgent needs of everyone living with glioblastoma, one of the most complex, treatment-resistant, and deadliest types of cancer.

Thanks to recent progress — the first new brain tumor drug approvals in decades — and more promising breakthroughs nearing the horizon, there is more hope than ever before for better treatments and a cure. For these hopes to be realized, breakthroughs can’t wait: we must keep the momentum going, and we need your help to do so. For everyone with a glioblastoma diagnosis, it’s time for a better chance.

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Glioblastoma Does Not Care Who You Are

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