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Honest writing about living through brain cancer, recovery, and figuring out how my brain works.

July 8, 2026cancerrecoverysymptom

Post brain surgery, I worked with an occupational therapist.

Post brain surgery, I worked with an occupational therapist. There's a neurological test involving scheduling.

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July 6, 2026

Commencement Speech Hastings High School 2026

I was asked to be the commencement speaker for the graduating class of 2026 at Hastings High School — the high school I graduated from in 1983. These were the students I had to leave in January when I realized that tea…

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June 26, 2026cancer

The waiting room is always full of cancer patients

For radiation, you sign in at the desk and are escorted to a dressing room. You are often alone in the room…

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June 13, 2026recoverysymptom

Yesterday, I downloaded an app to keep track of food I ate.

Yesterday, I downloaded an app to keep track of food I ate. I've been resistant to calorie counting, tracking proteins, and "macros" for a long time…

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June 7, 2026recoverysupport

Prayer is offered to me, and I always accept.

When people hear what I'm struggling with, and what I've been through, the response is often to pray for me…

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May 21, 2026cancerrecoverysymptom

I woke up the other morning filled with rage.

I don't expect the doctors to know everything. I understand that the brain is complicated…

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May 18, 2026cancerrecoverysymptom

Perseverate

Perseverate means to repeat a word, action, gesture, or thought excessively and involuntarily…

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April 12, 2026

I know I'm heavier now, but this is ridiculous.

I was working on assembling something in the basement and got an IKEA folding chair to sit on.

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April 9, 2026

Looking out the window.

When I first got back from brain surgery, the world was too fast.

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