Yesterday my mom and I were talking about how our personalities have changed since our near death experiences. I have certainly noticed changes in my mom, and I have noticed changes in myself too over the years, but it was still odd hearing her say that she's noticed differences in me too.
I don't think it is possible to have such a life altering experience without your life being altered. While I am thankful for the person that I am today, I mourn for the person that I once was... The person that died back on that operating table.
Sunday, May 26, 2013
Friday, May 24, 2013
(Not so happy) Brain Tumor Awareness Month
So May is national Brain Tumor Awareness month. Sad that such a thing exists.
It's been 5 1/2 years and still it doesn't take anything for me to be jolted in "brain tumor" land. Just earlier I found myself doing research on my tumor, juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma. I found, and re-found, some information that I found interesting.
1. JPA's are some of the rarest brain tumors accounting for only 2% of all brain tumors.
2. Astrocytoma's are star shaped. (I like pretty things so much, even my tumor had to be pretty! LOL)
3. These tumors are typically slow-growing with excellent prognosis. :)
4. The most common site for these tumors is in the cerebellum (that's where the bulk of mine was).
5. The cause... still remains a mystery. Although, I am getting more and more convinced that the polluted water at Camp Lejeune played a role...
I miss my friend, Cliff. He was a friend that I'd made when I first started blogging. He was taken away by a brain tumor... Because he walked in the exact path I am walking, he understood... I could talk to him without fear of judgement, or worrying him, or anything like that. Sometimes, it's always best to have someone there that knows right where you are... God's like that. He always know right where you are and better yet, He cares.
It's been 5 1/2 years and still it doesn't take anything for me to be jolted in "brain tumor" land. Just earlier I found myself doing research on my tumor, juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma. I found, and re-found, some information that I found interesting.
1. JPA's are some of the rarest brain tumors accounting for only 2% of all brain tumors.
2. Astrocytoma's are star shaped. (I like pretty things so much, even my tumor had to be pretty! LOL)
3. These tumors are typically slow-growing with excellent prognosis. :)
4. The most common site for these tumors is in the cerebellum (that's where the bulk of mine was).
5. The cause... still remains a mystery. Although, I am getting more and more convinced that the polluted water at Camp Lejeune played a role...
I miss my friend, Cliff. He was a friend that I'd made when I first started blogging. He was taken away by a brain tumor... Because he walked in the exact path I am walking, he understood... I could talk to him without fear of judgement, or worrying him, or anything like that. Sometimes, it's always best to have someone there that knows right where you are... God's like that. He always know right where you are and better yet, He cares.
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