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In Sickness and In Health: Becoming Julio’s Caregiver Julio and Liz P. ventured to Turks & Caicos earlier this year to celebrate a couple of friends turning 40. Julio, who has anaplastic ependymoma, suffered a focal seizure while snorkeling. While swimming in the crystal clear turquoise water just offshore, he experienced an aura that indicated he was about to have a seizure. He […] November 10, 2022

Guest Blog: Living with a Brain Tumor by Kymberlee B. This Gray May, we come together to amplify the voices of the brain tumor community and highlight the extraordinary challenges and extraordinary hope that are familiar to us all. In honor of Brain Tumor Awareness Month, brain tumor survivor Kymberlee B. shares her experience and how she has coped with this devastating diagnosis.  Just […] May 27, 2022

Brain Tumor Support Conversations: The Online Brain Tumor Community Here for You This #GrayMay, we come together for Brain Tumor Awareness Month, a month dedicated to supporting, empowering, and amplifying the voice of the brain tumor community. National Brain Tumor Society’s Brain Tumor Support Conversations (BTSC) is a monthly virtual support group where patients and care partners can talk about the feelings and emotions that accompany any aspect of […] May 11, 2022

Conversation Starters: Lisa O’Leary and Adam Hayden Discuss Their New Virtual Support Forum It’s hard to imagine there is anyone more committed to the brain tumor community than Adam Hayden or Lisa O’Leary. If you read this blog, follow social media conversations about brain tumors (#BTSM), attend Head to the Hill, or read cancer-focused publications, you’re likely already familiar with their names. They tweet; they post on Facebook […] June 24, 2019