Stories

Our Dad Our dad has never been sick. We would joke about it in our family as each of us were brought down by colds, migraines, and COVID but he was always healthy. When he got a headache on July 16, 2022, we assumed it was COVID after our whole family had just been positive. He went […] July 14, 2023

Still Much Alive and Kicking I was diagnosed in 2021 with a GBM stage 4. I underwent surgery at Boston Brigham and Women’s Hospital followed by radiation for 6 weeks and chemotherapy. As of today, I am stable but continue to get MRIs every 8 weeks. I do sleep a lot, but I am able to still live my life. […] July 14, 2023

The GBM Fight “April, you need to get here, get back here, there’s something on her CT scan.” My sister called me. The phone call that literally changed the whole course of my life, and most definitely my mother’s. In August 2013, days after my mom, Carroll, celebrated her 56th birthday, she was diagnosed with an inoperable GBM. […] July 14, 2023

Team Nicholas Nicholas was an extremely active, hilarious, healthy young man. He was full of energy and life. He loved fishing, playing basketball, going to Six Flags Great America, and hanging out with friends and family. Nicholas dreamed of becoming a police officer when he grew up. The first week of his senior year of high school, […] July 14, 2023

My Michael My family’s lives changed totally in February 2022. On Friday, Feb. 11, my husband Michael woke up complaining of a severe headache. I took him to the ER, and they immediately did a CT scan that showed a tumor on the left side of his brain. We live on Martha’s Vineyard, and our hospital doesn’t […] July 14, 2023