I host profiles of people with brain tumors every Thursday. People who have brain tumors fill out the following template:
I hope….
I wish…
I dream…
I am (be)…
* Optional:
3 things about themselves; diagnosis and treatment; favorite quote; photo(s)
You can read the archived posts here:
- https://memomuse.wordpress.com/2012/03/22/brain-tumor-thursday/ – Introduction to Brain Tumor Thursday format and my connection to brain tumors – originally posted March 22, 2012
- https://memomuse.wordpress.com/2012/03/29/brain-tumor-thursday-tom-mclain/ – Tom McLain’s profile – originally posted March 29, 2012
- https://memomuse.wordpress.com/2012/04/05/i-am-stronger-now/ – Stephanie’s profile – originally posted April 5, 2012
- https://memomuse.wordpress.com/2012/04/12/i-hope-i-continue-to-put-things-in-perspective/ – Liz’s profile – originally posted April 12, 2012
- https://memomuse.wordpress.com/2012/04/19/i-am-heather-i-am-not-my-genetic-condition/ – Heather’s profile – originally posted on April 19, 2012
- https://memomuse.wordpress.com/2012/05/03/living-with-a-brain-tumor-isnt-easy/ – Theresa’s profile – originally posted May 3, 2012
- https://memomuse.wordpress.com/2012/05/10/the-rose/ – Tracey’s profile – originally posted May 10, 2012
- https://memomuse.wordpress.com/2012/07/12/archeology-of-a-brain-tumor/ – John’s profile – originally posted on July 12, 2012
- https://memomuse.wordpress.com/2012/07/19/an-olympic-torch-of-hope-a-tumors-travel-tale/ – Claire’s profile – originally posted on July 19, 2012
- https://memomuse.wordpress.com/2012/08/23/3927/ – “I Wish Luck for All of You.” – Jill’s profile – originally posted on August 23, 2012
- https://memomuse.wordpress.com/2012/08/30/if-i-only-had-a-brain/ – Amanda’s profile – originally posted August 30, 2012
- https://memomuse.wordpress.com/2012/09/27/tammys-profile/ – Tammy’s profile – originally posted September 27, 2012
- https://memomuse.wordpress.com/2012/11/08/boats-bikes-and-greyhounds/ – Michael’s profile – originally posted November 8, 2012
- http://www.btbuddies.org.uk/what-is-braintumorthursday/survivors-and-thrivers.html – BT Buddies is also posting these profiles on their website, called Survivors and Thrivers
Here are links to website that offer information, support, and forums for patients and their families. Please add any useful one you know of in the comments and I will add them to the list. Use the hash tags #BTSM and #braintumorthursday on Twitter to find a great community.
- National Brain Tumor Society
- The American Brain Tumor Association
- Google Site – Tummor Warrior
- BT Buddies
- Your Eyes Are Your Heart
- It’s Just Benign
- Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada
- Kathy Wakile’s Website (Charity Work with National Brain Tumor Society)
- Aunty M Brain Tumours
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I’ve had two ependymomas in the 4th vent of my brain. I’ll share my profile but I can’t figure out how. My blog’s at http://www.cantduckit.org and my twitter name is maryedwards1964. I’ll follow up if you tell me how.
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Hi Mary,
Thanks for getting in touch. Email me your profile by filling in the template:
Just fill:
I hope…
I wish…
I dream…
I am….
Then share three things about yourself, your diagnosis and treatment, and a photo. That’s it. Then email me at memomuse@gmail.com
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Are you still interested in sharing your profile?
Hope you are doing well.
I’m looking forward to you sending it in. Let me know if you need me to email you again the link. But it is under “Brain Tumor Thursday” on my tab bar at the top of the page.
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Here is the link to this page, which has the directions. I will tweet you directly on Twitter too. I hope you are doing good. Thanks for taking the time to comment. https://memomuse.wordpress.com/brain-tumor-thursday/
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Glad to see you are still doing this! I will post something about you on my blog and see if that can get some activity!
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Oh My! I am so glad you came by and “like” my blog because it lead me here, to yours. I’m not sure if you saw that my mother has been dealing with brain tumors for three years. I so look forward to reading more here! If you didn’t see the post it begins with “Brain, Storm” on my blog. I will be following!
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Terri, I am so glad we connected. I am so sorry to hear your mother has brain tumors. I have yet had a chance to read your post, “Brain, Storm” but I am looking forward to reading it. I would love to chat with you about your experience. It has been very hard on me and I feel like I am detaching from my mom in preparation for her death. I need to call her, right now! It is difficult to communicate with her now. She talks very softly and some days are better than others. I have written a lot about her. I wish I could go back in time and pay more attention to her stories, wisdom, humor, and give her lots of hugs. Do stay in touch. So nice to meet you Terri.
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I hope…. That in life, I will touch many people hearts and help to make a difference in someones life.
I wish… That someone will find a cure for cancer and be able to detect it early on in life.
I dream…. To open my own camp for children and families with children suffering from brain tumors and epilepsy.
I am… A lover. A person who’s life goal is to help people and to make not so good situations better.
I am a 24 year old who needs to make a difference. I was diagnosed with a pituitary tumor when I was 20 years old, one that was treated with medications for about 3.5 years. my tumor effected everythig; my mood, my life, my dreams And ambitions. It consumed me and made me a completely different person. In March of this year, I was no longer responding to medications and sought out a neurologist to find out my next option. I had two MRIs in 3 weeks in which my tumor trippled in size. I was referred to a neuro surgeon and the following week was in surgery. Luckily for me I did not have to have a craniotomy. My surgery was done all through my nose ( endoscopic skull base surgery) at New York Presbyterian hospital by dr. Theodore Schwartz. I had a few complications. Learned that I was severely allergic to the anesthetic, as well as morphine, and ended up with a cerebral spinal fluid leak at my surgical site as well as where they had done an epidural. I was in a coma for almost a full day where I was in the ICU and then moved to the neuro unit. A week after my surgery I had to go for a blood patch to fix the leaks, which landed me on bed rest for a month and a 1/2. While on bed rest, I decided to start my own non profit organization called ” If I Only Had A Brain Foundation.” My goals with the foundation are to open a summer camp for children with brain tumors and epilepsy that is focused around art, music and sports ; all with theraputic techniques involved. I am holding my first silent auction and benefit dinner September 16th at the Olde Mill Inn. Basking Ridge NJ. All are welcomed. Tickets are 85$ please email me if you are interested And would like to share your story! All of this years proceeds will be donated to Dr. Schwartz’s Brain Tumor and Epilepsy research and clinical development fund! Help me help others like us!!
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Do you want to submit any photos with your profile? You can ermail them to me: memomuse@gmail.com
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This is so great! Did you see the profiles she has written up? I think Memomuse will actually do a whole blog post dedicated to you tomorrow (If I’m not mistaken!) too! This is awesome…I’m so glad you did this. Did you see mine from April ish?
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Yep, we got her post up. She is amazing! Thanks for posting Amanda and commenting Heather.
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Thank you for participating and sharing your inspirational story. You are amazing.
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@Memomuse are you going to do a write up on her tomorrow? I’m so excited this is getting some activity! 🙂
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Hi i am Maria from Cyprus and i have brain Tumour oligodendroglioma grade 11 since 2007.The only treatment that i hat was Gamma Knife Radiosurgery.Six months ago i had MRI and there was some changes but my Dr said to wach and wait for know .So i wait.
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Hi Maria,
Did you get my last reply? If not, would you like to submit your profile for Brain Tumor Thursday? Email me at memomuse@gmail.com if you need the template again. I believe the template is on this page where we are commenting.
I can give you a short version here:
Fill in the blank:
I hope…
I wish…
I dream…
I am (be)…
*Optional*
Your diagnosis and treatment
3 things about yourself
photos
I am looking forward to reading and sharing your profile.
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Hi Maria, Thank you for commenting. Would you like to share your profile this Thursday? The template for sharing your profile is in this page. Waiting must be very hard. I think you are so brave. The gamma knife seems like a strange name. What does “oligodendroglioma grade 11 ” mean? I am not familiar with the medical terminology? To be honest, I don’t even know the type of tumor my own mother has. I send you my prayers and thoughts. You are beautiful, brave, wonderful, and strong.
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Thank you for posting this and posting the link to your website. It was a very touching post. I am so glad we connected and through this connection it traveled on…
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It is amazing reading peoples stories. Very touching x
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People are amazing, including you. Congrats on your book coming out on Kindle and Amazon. You go girl. I am so proud of you. You are an inspiration.
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Agreed! Can I help to share more about your work on your blog?
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Sure. Have not had any submissions in a long time.
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Do you still ask for submissions? Not to be pushy, but if you wanted I can post something on Twitter for you? Or my blog?
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Yes please. Share the link everywhere. You are not pushy at all.
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No one lately has shared their story? 😦
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Reblogged this on Aunty M's.
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Grandissimo! Grazie mille è utilissimo!!Pensa che io andavo con Real-Debrid.com, un servizio molto simile ma a pagamento (2,99€ al mese) e che ospita ben 60 siti di Hosting.
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I just tweeted this again. Hopefully, since it’s brain tumor awareness month, you might get some interest. 🙂
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Great Information about a brain tumor. Keep posting
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Xtremecane was here. I hope everyone here is doing okay. I wish I could make the world more Accessible for Disabled people. I dream that the Future of Art is Disabled, I am a brain cancer survivor, CNS lymphoma, mission remission. Still here. I walk with a cane at the competitive level. MRI as of today shows no cancer in my brain. Best regards Anthony Ptak @axoxnxs
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