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How to Choose a Hospital for your Cancer Treatment
When you are tasked with choosing a hospital for your cancer treatment, my advice is to weigh your options and narrow it down to your top...
Aug 12, 20214 min read


Cranial Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Leak Post Craniotomy
I’m sure there are a slew of nasty complications that can arise after a craniotomy but I’m not a doctor and I can only speak from my own...
Aug 2, 20214 min read


What is a Craniotomy?
My surgeon cut an incision in my scalp from the middle of my forehead head, right behind my hairline, down behind my ear. He cut out a piece
Jul 29, 20212 min read


F.E.A.R
False-Evidence-Appearing-Real. Dealing with FEAR after a cancer diagnosis, during cancer treatment and during recovery.
Jul 15, 20217 min read


Things You Can Expect After Brain Surgery
I was really disappointed by the lack of information out there about what it was like to recover from brain surgery, specifically a...
Jul 8, 20216 min read


14 Things You Should Do Before Brain Surgery
I had the best doctors, and I adore them all, but when I asked what I should do to prepare for my craniotomy, with my pen and paper in...
Jul 5, 20215 min read


Cancer During COVID
A blog post about a woman's meningioma diagnosis and preparing for a craniotomy during COVID
Jul 3, 20212 min read


Meningioma - Prognosis & Treatment
I was diagnosed with a Meningioma - these were my treatments options...
Jul 2, 20212 min read


Why a blog about brain tumors?!?!
A woman's story about her malignant Meningioma Cancer diagnosis, treatments, and recovery
Jul 2, 20213 min read
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