Ashley's Mom (Deborah), once a police officer, is now a computer professional who balances her work life and her very busy home life as the single parent of four unique children.
Deborah's birth son, Chip, is 18 years old and will be going off to college in the Fall of 2009. When Chip was 5 years old, Deborah adopted her daughter, Ashley. Ashley, now 14years old, was born 14 weeks...
I am a very happly married mother of 2 and grandmother of 5. I have 4 grandsons and 1 grandaughter, of which I adore. I am an office manager that handles all of the accounting for our company.
I am a diabetic type 2 with an adrenal tumor that was discovered in 2004, which I believe is causing me negative symtoms to my heath, and I want to be around for a good while yet to...
My name is Kasie. It started when I was 12 years old and in 7th grade. I developed a large goiter on my lower neck. After many tests that came out suspisious I went in to surgery early morning of July 2005. It lasted 6 hours. I had my whole thyroid, 4 lymphoids, and 9 nodules removed all consisting of cancer cells and tumors. I?ll never forget that night when the nurse was wheeling me in to my...
Hi there - my name is Kristin Wall and I'm a survivor of Cushing's syndrome. I'm a 32 year old artistic geek and have a 6 year old son named Mason.
I developed Cushing's syndrome during my last trimester of pregnancy. Before getting pregnant, I was an active, healthy, fit person. I spent all lot of my free time outdoors with and I was addicted to endurance sports, like biking and...
I was recently diagnosed from MRI with what appeared to be a low grade astrocytoma brain tumor but when I had my craniotomy and it was sent to pathology, it was discovered it was a Ganglioglioma brain tumor. This is my story...
I am a contrarian, lawyer, problem child, Philly Eagles fan, amateur blogger, genius and Mama. I am a first-time parent, together with my beloved Husbatron, thrown into trial by fire learning to parent a child with a brain tumor in an inpatient hospital environment.
My goals are to further my own knowledge of brain tumors generally but specifically Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumors. When my...
I am a 28 year old who has recently received a lung transplant after an agonising wait. I have pulmonary fibrosis and it is thought to have developed as a result of aggressive cancer treatment received for a childhood cancer called Wilms' tumour. Sadly, I had a number of post transplant complications but I am determined now to get my life back on track. I am making slow...
My name is Kathy and I live in Virginia. I have an organization, Brown Bag For A Cure. We are committed to raising awareness and raising money for research into the cause and cure of pediatric brain tumors.
http://brownbagforacure.org
