After being 6 months seizure free, I am finally back on the road! It has been a year since my first seizure in Singapore, and I've been fortunate to have no seizures since February. While it may seem minor, gaining the freedom to be able to drive again is a huge step towards regaining some …
Moving forward during treatment: the difficulties of finding an appropriate balance
The following post may seem rather all over the place since it was written while all of these thoughts were swirling around my head. I contemplated rewriting a more refined summary of what you’ll read below, but ultimately I decided that posting the raw version reveals more about what going through this experience is actually …
Boston Brain Tumor Ride Speech
For the last day of May and Brain Tumor Awareness Month, I wanted to share my speech I gave at the Boston Brain Tumor Ride 2 weeks ago. Thank you again to everyone who made the ride such a memorable day. Here is the VIDEO And here is the text: "Hello Everyone, I’m honored to …
What Life’s All About
The Boston Brain Tumor Ride last Sunday could not have been a better day. It wasn't just the beautiful weather, scenic bike routes, festive environment, or the fact that I received two Red Sox tickets afterwards. No...what made Sunday a day I will never forget is all of my family, friends, and community who came together …
The Boston Brain Tumor Ride is finally here: Help us reach our goal!
The weekend we've all been waiting for is finally here! This Sunday is the Boston Brain Tumor Ride! We are so close to our goal of $30,000 that will help spark new research for the National Brain Tumor Society's Oligodendroglioma Research Fund and Pediatric Initiatives. Please help us reach our goal by following this link …
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Medical Update: Good News!
Scan days are always filled with a dose of anxiety. I've had countless MRI scans over the past 11 years, and the angst has remained constant. I don't have any problem with the MRI itself...in fact I have no problem falling asleep in the machine as I match the rhythms of the magnetic pulses to …
1 Month from Ride Day: Please join and donate!
It is exactly one month until the 2015 Boston Brain Tumor Ride!!! So far we have 29 riders signed up on our team, and have raised over $16,000! Thank you to everyone who has already contributed to the ride. Our goal is to raise $20,000, but I know we can raise even more. Please consider signing …
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Long-term thinking vs. focusing on the present…cancer as a young adult
Here is another post I wrote about a month ago while half-way through radiation treatment. I didn't want to make many changes to it after the fact, so I apologize if it comes off as a bit of rambling...just blame the fatigue 😉 Just a couple weeks after finding out about my recurrence, a friend …
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On Finding Meaning in my Cancer Journey
Throughout my radiation treatments I took some time to do some writing. Now that I am starting to get some energy back and feel myself again, I wanted to post what I had written. I wrote the following post about a month ago at the half-way point of my radiation treatments: On New Year’s Day, …
Radiation Complete…Gratitude and Next Steps
Everyone has been asking me how does it feel to be done with radiation...Are you excited to be done? I don't really know how to answer. It's strange. I'm finishing the first major step of my treatment, and after 6 weeks of going in for radiation 5 days a week, I can finally move on to a …
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Jeremy's Journey 