Patient & Researcher Blog
Here I aim to capture what I am learning as a newbie researcher from a patient perspective.
Living with a slow growing brain cancer
It is taboo for researchers to talk about their work before it is published.
I think that’s a bummer.
My favorite part about research is learning new things in real time. Here I share my observations as a learner and my n of 1 (personal) findings as a patient.
Note: I started blogging about brain cancer in 2008, at age 29.
I had no background or knowledge about healthcare when I began. Please excuse typos and other misconceptions. What you read here is me in real time, like a time capsule.
There are more than 500 posts here. Use this search to look for something specific. Good luck!
Breaking down the barriers to clinical trials
We have a problem with clinical trials for people with brain tumors: Not enough people are enrolling in clinical trials, and many trial sites fail to meet enrollment needs required to conduct trials.
A cranky primer on treatment for brain cancer, including a shoddy explanation of clinical trials
I was like, “What the hell? Write it all down? Who do you think I am, a person who just writes shit about brain cancer stuff?” And then I remembered I am a person who writes shit about brain cancer stuff.