Wow...I have such a long story to tell..In a nutshell, June 7, 2010 my husband, Aaron, went to the doctor for headaches, stuttering, and hand tremors. The MRI showed a golf ball sized tumor in the middle of his head. June 10th and June 29th he had 2 emergency surgeries, 1st one to drain fluid and biopsy, and the 2nd to put a shunt (drain) in to release fluid buildup. When the biopsy came back, we were told it was a Glioblastoma brain tumor (the same one which killed his mother when he was 4 years old), and that he had 12 months to live with standard chemo and radiation. We were referred to a specialist, and with his state of the art chemo treatments, Aaron was given 18-20 months. Glioblastomas are untreatable, and will kill you without a miracle. It is now August 13, 2011 (14 months since diagnosis), and his tumor is prune sized and stablized. Aaron is doing well, considering, and I named this blog "Such is life" because from the beginning of this nightmare, he had always such a good attitude, and all he would say when people were giving him pity or concern was he'd smile and say "Such is life!" He is such an inspiration, I LOVE HIM!!!

1 month before diagnosis, he graduated from college

Saturday, August 13, 2011

I'll start here

So I decided to start a blog. Another blog. It's been a long time coming, but I keep putting it off thinking it's not necessary. I need somewhere I can come and let it all out. I held back until now because I felt like sharing my feelings, or what's going on in our lives is like betrayal or something..Idk...I'm planning on using this as a journal (somewhat) so I will be sharing a lot, and probably rambling a lot, so my appologies ahead of time! And excuse my rawness!!!
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