Books often indicate that siblings of cancer patients frequently feel neglected. This however, was not the case with me. I have never once resented the cancer or my brother. Instead, I feel that I have learned from it. When my brother was diagnosed, with a brain tumor in 1991, I started checking out all the …
I turned 18 this summer but there was a time when my parents questioned if I would ever reach adulthood. When I reflect on my experience as a brain tumor survivor, there’s no escaping the difficult years of chemotherapy treatments, surgeries, and time spent at Children’s National Medical Center. However, through those difficult times, I’ve …
Courage, determination and compassion are words that come to mind when thinking about twins Larry and Judith Theriault of Peabody, Massachusetts. Now thirteen years old, Larry and Judith are living with neurofibromatosis (NF 1). They were diagnosed at 6 months of age and first manifested optic nerve gliomas at age 2 and 3 respectively. Larry …
I was a senior in high school and had not been feeling “well” all year. However, my complaints were relatively non-specific which made it difficult for my doctors to pinpoint the “real” problem. Anything can cause chronic fatigue and headaches they told me and, as for the intermittent numb, tingling on my left side … …
Hello Everyone, My name is Jason Shook and I am glad to say that I have been in remission for twenty two years. I am grateful to have the opportunity to share some of my life’s experiences with you all today. In January of 1991 at age eleven I was diagnosed with medulloblastoma by the …
My name is Cordell Bartrum, I want to be a professional motocross racer, and I have an inoperable brain tumor. I was diagnosed when I was just three-years-old. I am now 16, and I want to call attention to this medical condition. My tumor is incurable due to its location. My mom said that she …
We took our daughter, Hayley, to the general practitioner on Wednesday as she complained of a headache. He told us that it probably was a virus but to bring her back in Friday. My last question was, “Could it be a brain tumour?” Was it mother’s intuition? She was fine on Tuesday and on the …
October 15th, 2007 was a day my husband and I will never forget. I had run my first marathon the day before and was on a high. Ben was having a MRI done on his brain. Nothing to worry about we had been told by my doctor, “it will be fine.” Little did we know how …
Monday, September 15, 2008 marked the 10th anniversary of the annual Kyle’s Heroes Golf Tournament, held at Jumping Brook Country Club in Neptune, NJ. Each and every September for 10 years the number of golfers increases. The wonderful volunteers who organize the event are members of the Kyle’s Heroes family, some by blood, some by …
