Stories

What We Cannot Plan For In August of 2021, my husband and I welcomed our firstborn child into the world. Leading up to his grand entry, we had thoroughly planned for long nights of waking, hundreds of dirty diapers, and the constant parade of bottle parts through our dishwasher. We were excited, and we were prepared. What we did not […] May 3, 2023

My Father’s Story I lost my father 20 years ago, November 10, 2002, to Glioblastoma. I was a child then and remembered my father was relatively normal one day, and then sick the next. It was five days before my 11th birthday, and we received a call that my dad had collapsed in the parking lot of his […] March 7, 2023

The most difficult trial Hello my name is Endrian Stanley Banks, and I have a brain tumor. I was diagnosed June 24, 2011. Initially I was told by my doctors that my brain tumor was a minor and I didn’t have anything to worry about, then a year later I started having moments where I would blank out and […] September 17, 2021

Meningioma after a night out My kids were young 6, 8, 13, and 14. I had been in amazing physical and mental shape at the time. I had many friends and family; who could ask for more. I was 39 at the time and it was that night in the late spring of 2009 that I went to a friends […] September 17, 2021

Mixed Emotions For years I would not talk about my brain tumor story, and I am not sure why. I am pretty shy and do not like to be the center of attention and really didn’t want people feeling sorry for me…so maybe that was it?? My first brain tumor diagnosis was in 1999 when I was […] August 5, 2021