Ready for bed?
I stayed up late for no reason except to enjoy it it. Brett is playing Resident Evil 2/3/whatever on the […]
View ArticleConsultation at UCSF
Looking east Looking west Brett, Bob, and I didn’t mind waiting for the appointment. You don’t need a brain tumor […]
View ArticleYou mean you want to pay me?
At the end of my appointment today at UCSF I was invited to participate in a study. The purpose of […]
View ArticleWhat if you are 30 and are in perfect health?
Dr. B called. The UCSF pathology department says my tumor is indeed a grade 2 astrocytoma. He had hypothesized that […]
View ArticleMore love for medical insurance
In May I went to see a neuro-oncologist for a second opinion at UCSF. I wasn’t seeking a second opinion […]
View ArticleA shout-out to Brett Gibbs
I had an MRI on Wednesday and have been putting off this blog post for a few days–but not because […]
View ArticleDNA in the house: sending my blood to Gliogene
In a previous post I mentioned that I am participating in the Gliogene study. This is a study where medical institutions […]
View ArticleTo have a slow-growing brain tumor
Three and a half years after my diagnosis my health care system finally hired a neuro-oncologist for the Sacramento area. […]
View ArticleHow I chose my new neuro-oncologist
When my husband and I learned our health insurance would be changing from Kaiser (HMO) to a PPO (plan to […]
View ArticleSpoiler alert, I’m still alive: 10 years later
Today marks ten years since my first seizure. I don’t subscribe to the “gift of cancer” theory that permeates our […]
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