As the new decade begins, I've reflected more on the meaning of courage as I embark on an enormous transition in my life.
CURE Voices: When Living With Serious Illness, What is Considered Courageous?
When the can doesn’t land as far as you hoped – another recurrence
Introduction: Living with brain cancer I always told people it was a matter of "When" not "If" my tumor would start growing again. It was one of the few certainties in a journey of uncertainty. During my recurrence in 2014, my tumor extended into the motor strip making a complete resection impossible. I had to …
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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, …
Melting Chocolate…an emotional struggle with cancer
I am currently two weeks through treatment, and besides some stomach issues and fatigue, I'm actually feeling pretty well. While I undergo proton therapy, I am living in an apartment in Cambridge in the same building where my dad is, making it really easy to get to my treatments every day. It has been nice …
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Jeremy's Journey 