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.

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My grandfather has a brain tumor too

I am afraid that seeing my grandfather on hospice, with a similar (if not the same) malady will only remind me of my own mortality. I am afraid I will find it too hard to absorb, and I am afraid that will come off as shallow and self-indulgent.

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