KATHY ZEN
MY OBVIOUSLY UNSUCCESSFUL LIFESTYLE Choreographers and mind-funk performers Ricki Mason and Jody Kuehner staged their most recent Cherdonna and Lou Show, My Obviously Unsuccessful Lifestyle, last weekend at Velocity on Capitol Hill. These cats put a psychedelic drag...
BASTILLE BASH Imagine the scandal! The billionaire crowd of Madison Park, the lesser-billionaire crowd of the rest of us, and the naughty world of burlesque – all converging to celebrate the storming of the Bastille. So it was with great delight that we watched...
BRAIN CANDY We are no longer calling the presence of Mini-Me as Brain Cancer. We are now calling her Brain Candy, because it’s much more fun. Brain Cancer just has a nasty ring to it, but when you tell someone at a party that you have Brain Candy, they...
Deirdre Timmons
An accomplished writer and filmmaker, Deirdre Timmons is a native Northwesterner who leads a busy life between working and spending time with her family. In the spring of 2013, Deirdre was caring for her mother with Alzheimer’s in addition to her normal routine. So when she began feeling tired and forgetful, she chalked it up to her busy schedule, age, and possible early symptoms of Alzheimer’s. It wasn’t long after that she began experiencing regular dizziness, lack of concentration, unexplained weight loss, and extensive bruising. This combination of symptoms seemed odd, so Deirdre sought the advice of her doctor and subsequently began physical therapy for dizziness. When the symptoms worsened, she pursued further investigation.
After MRIs, x-rays, blood tests, a CAT scan, and a brain biopsy, her brain surgeon diagnosed Deirdre with a malignant medulloblastoma brain tumor. Her prognosis: one month to live. That was five years ago.
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