Stories

Appreciated After some medical problems at the start of 2025, my very good doctor kept with me in trying to figure out what was going on. It took until April, but after a morning in the office with the doctor, she sent me for an MRI in which she thought I was having a stroke. Instead, […] July 3, 2025

Laughing Hurts But Get a Second Opinion I had no idea I was walking around with a brain tumor.  All these years I thought I was having sinus issues with the headaches and neck aches until one day I could no longer laugh because the pain was excruciating.   So, I saw a neurologist who had ordered CAT and MRI scans. Originally, the […] July 3, 2025

How My Brain Tumor Reinvigorated My Life’s Work Neurosurgeon Dr. Kenneth Reichert walked into my hospital room on August 5, 2024, and said the tangerine-sized mass in my brain that was discovered on the MRI the previous night was a tumor.  “We have to remove it or you are going to die,” he said.   Dr. Reichert said he had successfully performed the surgery […] July 3, 2025

My Meningioma Story: Living Life Jewish-Ly After a Near-Death Experience On July 2, 2024, I hopped on a plane to Israel with the Momentum Unlimited Mother to Mother Unity Mission. Our aim: bear witness to the October 7th atrocities, volunteer, and share what we’d learned abroad with our respective local Jewish communities. And while I did embark upon a wild expedition, my camera phone did […] June 25, 2025

The Love of My Life: My Wife, Lorna My wife Lorna was the love of my life. In May 2023, she got diagnosed with glioblastoma. She went through the surgery, radiation, and chemo in between treatments. She loved to go thrifting to buy trinkets and treasures for everyone. I took a leave of absence from work to take her everywhere and do whatever […] June 23, 2025