Rhonda Reese Purtee

Before I had my first brain tumor diagnosis, my assumption would have been that a brain tumor would be a crisis kind of health event, and it frequently does reach that point.  But the reality is many of us live with a brain tumor over a long period of time.  It is a marathon, not a sprint.  Managing symptoms is a process and there are windows of time where there simply is no “powering through.” Sometimes, in the ongoing negotiation with the disease, the brain tumor wins the day.  Hoping for a better hand tomorrow.