COME-MENCE WITH ME You’re off to great places, Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, So … get on your way! – Dr. Zeuss Oh … it’s happening. It was bound to happen. I knew it would happen. I was afraid it would happen. And here we go. It’s happening....
ROUND ONE: DING DING!!!! Everybody, I want you to meet Garrett. Garrett, I want you to meet everybody (I’ll tell you about them when you’re older). Garrett and I both “graduated” from proton therapy today. I promised him I’d play dress-up...
PLEASE LET ME PASS Well folks, today is the last day of radiation for yours truly. I will never get radiation again because the human body can only take so many nuclear blasts in one lifetime, and I done received ‘em all over the past six weeks. So, woo-hoo! And,...
A MOMENT OF SILENCE? PSHAW!
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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