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Parenting through Diagnosis and Recurrence In 2016, I was a champion ultrarunner, yet I was given 3 months to live with a Chordoma tumor wrapped around my brainstem. Our children were 10 and 12. We chose to be really open with our kids and our friends (while keeping some details private) even before we had a treatment plan. We learned […] February 19, 2020

Loss, Acceptance and Gratitude My story begins at a place of Loss. In 2001, I had experienced a miscarriage after 12 weeks of carrying and preparing for a child. Within two months I was still nauseated, with what I assumed was morning sickness still. I was concerned and saw my Doctor; he ruled out a pregnancy and suggest I […] February 19, 2020

My Brother My brother, Brian – a 46 year old avid runner, healthy man – started with headaches last year and a couple months ago was started with blurred vision. He went in for a CT SCAN on the Friday night after Christmas of 2019. The radiologist kept him in the waiting room while he tried to […] February 19, 2020

I feel pretty blessed I have had a benign Meningioma tumor now for 10 years. Before the Doctors discovered the tumor my life was considerably different. In 2009 when this all began my 4 beautiful and active children (ages 5 to 14 then) lives also changed. The night it all happened I was out with friends drinking a very […] January 7, 2020

Waking Up To A New Consciousness Hiccups. An occasional migraine. Eye strain. Neck pain. Fatigue. Numbness in hands. These were my symptoms. Rarely did they ever occur at once. I thought it was stress, getting older, too much computer time, lack of sleep, not eating right. On April 13, 2018, I made two phone calls that would change my life: The […] January 7, 2020