Erin: founding member
I have a group of girl friends called the Glioma Girls. We all have brain cancer. Actually, the name of the group was created by Erin, the founding member. She says she wouldn’t have created the group if it wasn’t for meeting me… But I doubt it since she recruited more than half of our...
Dreaming of her surgery
My friend Erin is having her second brain surgery on Wednesday and last night I had this dream: I found out that my tumor had grown and I was on my way to Kaiser for a surgery consult. All I could think about was that Erin was having surgery too. (In real life our surgeons...
What number am I on?
I am supposed to start another round of Temodar in about a week, but I can’t remember which number I’m on. I mean, I can easily go into my calendar, or look at past e-mails with my neuro-oncologist, but if I were to rely on memory right now I am teetering between number 20 or...
Possible last round of Temodar?
Liz: emblazoned with anti-brain tumor flair. Status update: The MRI went well on August 11. The plan for me is to take one more cycle of Temodar (cycle 18!) and then take a break. The break is for a few reasons: My body needs a break from chemotherapy. I am tired of chemotherapy. I am getting...
In celebration of us
The Bay Area Brain Tumor Walk was incredible and The Liz Army team raised more than $5,000! Not bad for a first time team. There are so many reasons why this day was special to me and I won’t remember them all right now (mainly because I am exhausted from a week of Temodar and...
On Temodar with you, and you, and you
I met Erin’s husband at a brain tumor support group shortly after her craniotomy and diagnosis (grade 4 glioblastoma, holy smokes!). Erin had given birth to her second child just 4th months prior to going to the ER in July 2009. I remember reading in her blog later that she was glad she didn’t find...
