Stories

To my father, Tom Losing my father to glioblastoma was something I wouldn’t have imagined even in my nightmares. I’d never experienced the loss of a loved one before and it all happened so fast. He was diagnosed in Albania when my mother saw the first signs of the tumor like memory loss. We all thought it was normal […] August 5, 2021

Glioblastoma Awareness Day My father passed away 9 years ago today. There isn’t a day where he isn’t missed and we see him daily in the various things we do. Coincidentally, July 21, 2021 is also Glioblastoma Awareness Day, for the disease that took my father from us. There are over 120 different kinds of brain tumors and […] July 26, 2021

Too soon June 2018, he just wasn’t himself. His actions became dangerous. When he was driving dangerously he was staring into space or talking to himself. In July we had to trick him to get him to the ER but we didn’t expect stage 4 GBM. The moment his tumor was discovered is etched in my brain […] July 26, 2021

13 Years… Glioblastoma took my fathers words, his ability to walk, to articulate his thoughts, and eventually his life. But before all that he had wonderful years after the diagnosis, years of driving, walking me down the aisle, getting married himself, seeing his grandchildren be born, the list goes on and on. He lasted almost 13 years […] July 7, 2021

In God’s Grace It was a a difficult time for me. In September I gave birth to my 3rd child. After that, my husband went to work abroad. Luckily, I had my daughter (9 years old) and son (5 years old) as they were my companions in my house. Symptoms included sleepless nights, tiredness, back pains, and slight […] July 7, 2021