Seizureversary November 26, 2023, is our seizureversary — the one-year anniversary of Clint’s grand mal seizure. One minute we were minding our own business, watching The Sopranos, and the next we were heading to Seton in an ambulance. A week-long hospital stay and a biopsy later, we got the diagnosis: glioblastoma. It felt like we were […] March 21, 2024
Brain Surgery In July 2021, I was hit with a life-changing diagnosis: a large acoustic neuroma tumor had been growing in my brain for 15 years. It was a moment that completely turned my life upside down. I was battling severe vertigo, lost hearing in my right ear, suffered constant migraines, and faced many other challenges. The […] March 21, 2024
A Journey Through Resilience: My Battle with a Brain Tumor In 2022, my life took an unexpected turn. Despite being the epitome of health at 68 — never drinking, smoking, or straying from my daily gym routine and healthy diet — a grand mal seizure in the middle of the night unveiled a large meningioma tumor on the left side of my face. Diagnosed as […] March 21, 2024
GBM Patient Currently Under Hospice Care I was diagnosed with a brain tumor in May 2022 after arriving at the Northwest Hospital ER with headaches, nausea, and vomiting. I had a partial resection a week later, and several weeks after surgery, I received the final biopsy results. The diagnosis was glioblastoma multiforme with mutations MGMT unmethylated, IDH wild-type. These results are […] March 21, 2024
Mike’s Journey I am Michael Roman, a 19-year-old boy from Brookfield, IL. I was recently diagnosed with stage 3 Astrocytoma, which is a form of brain cancer. My whole life has completely changed ever since the day of June 26, 2023. I was back home for the summer, coming off my first year of college at Eastern […] March 21, 2024
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