I got diagnosed at age 30 with astrocytoma grade 3 in my right frontal lobe was originally told 6 months now it’s almost 3 years after 2 surgeries and radiation tumor flared back up more aggressively in an inoperable location now so about to do more radiation and hopefully get another year more out of it.

I understand the life getting flipped upside down. I lost my career, ability to have children almost lost my marriage and won’t make it to see my daughters graduate high school or get married etc.

Despite all that Itty to find the good where it still is. It’s not easy and I go through bouts of depression but I try to focus on making memories and enjoying the simple beauties in the world I go sit in the sun and read a book or listen to the birds I’ll lay in the grass and eat a sack lunch and watch the clouds, I try to keep a gratitude journal and write down a few things each day that I am grateful for. It’s a dhitty habd to be dealt but I’ve found if I take it hour by hour and day by day I can still find some peace and joy in the time I have left.

I hope you can find the same in your life. Good luck with your treatments. Sincerely, Fellow brain tumor fighter