Happy Mother’s Day to the Team Captain and the General of Brain Camp My Mother is the OG. She has mothered me and pretty much an entire community/church. She’s the ultimate advocate. The woman who flew across the country when I was hospitalized and then stayed with me in a one-bedroom apartment in Manhattan after […]
Babies, Basketball, and Brain Cancer Scanxiety
The three true b’s I don’t believe in burying the lead, so first off my scans are good. Last weekend my life was filled with babies and basketball. My family has the cheat code on how to make me comfortable. I took my Mom to a Nuggets playoff game. Actually, now that I think about […]
Rage is a Gift
*Sometimes it goes a little unhinged, so let’s begin… Two years ago, I sat on a bad spotty, wi-fi Zoom call with my Neuro oncologist while he told me that I had stage 4 brain cancer (astrocytoma grade 4. )My first thought was “F%#k.” Quickly after that, I think I blacked out a little bit. […]
False Start
Disclaimer: I had an entirely different blog to post, but I’m going to keep it in the drafts. I’ve been in limbo the past two weeks. I had a scheduled MRI with contrast on November 29. Then I had to wait until the 10th of December. I had a long work trip and checked my […]
Flamingo Party
The Ultimate Comeback-ish Story Everyone loves a sports comeback story. The breakaway touchdown in the Super Bowl for the player who tore their ACL last year. The hat trick for the center who was traded from their hometown. The comeback story that the announcers constantly reference. It’s thrilling and comforting. So I heard this story […]
Brain cancer patients give the best head
(Sorry Gma) October is the time that I am jealous of other cancers. I know, what a petty thought. I realize it is ridiculous and I control my behavior. Then, I see the ever-present pink ribbon of Breast Cancer at every sports game, product, advertisement , tattoo, and the jealousy thrives again. Truly, breast cancer […]
Clear the bench of Grief Spectators
*Reminder: Every chronically ill or term%&$! ill person has their own perspective. This is mine and this does not represent the entire cancer community. We have all participated in “grief tourism”, knowingly or unknowingly. Grief tourism is “someone who wants to hear a tragedy to gain prestige, attention, and/or to project a certain image”. @ohyoursotough- […]
Is there any f$%#ing Overtime?
Today I turn 32. Thirty-two does not seem like a milestone. Typically I would just go to a sports game and buy an O’Neal jersey to celebrate. But if you have grade 4 brain cancer you are grateful for every birthday. Well technically I have “astrocytoma grade 4 IDH-mutant” which means statistically, I was supposed […]