The Righteous Dude

A Milestone and News

Three months ago today, my lovely wife had surgery to remove an egg sized brain tumor. The tumor was Glioblastoma Multiforme. Incurable. Yesterday, though, we got news. Great news. My wife in offic…

Time for Giving Thanks.

‘Tis the season, as they say. The season for giving thanks. Here’s my list for this year: I’m thankful for the multiple doctors (Vu, Vardiman, Fichtel, and Eyre are the only ones …

Melatonin discovery

Well, we found out something very important. If you have someone going through radiation therapy, you need to know this. All through the radiation, Debby was so tired. She couldn’t get rested…

Financial Advice

I have learned one very important piece of money management during this journey. First of all, let me say that we have good insurance. It is provided by our employer and they spend quite a bit on i…

Milestones

Yesterday, Wednesday, Debby finished the last of her 30 radiation therapy treatments! Good, bad, or ugly, this is awesome. I am so proud of my wife. She was tired. She was stressed. She was depress…

Cumulative Stress

This week has been rough. Monday morning, Debby’s hair started coming out aroung the treatment site. Even though we were told, and expected it, it is still depressing her. On Thursday she sta…

gbmtalk

Good Words

I’ve been complaining that all you hear is the stuff that isn’t bad. Nobody wants to talk about the 2 year survival rate being 30%, or anything like that. Turns out, nobody wants to tal…

Sorry, not sorry

You are going to have people who love you who are going to just piss you off. I had a conversation recently with someone who thinks I’m so depressed that I need a prescription “mood ele…