Brain Tumor: Life, Love, Lessons
a medical memoir
a medical memoir
an outstanding account
of blackout seizures, mood swings, regression, regrowth, and redirection
I've been set in motion,
and I can't go back.
Such is life. Such is death.
Such are the two inextricably linked.
copyright 2009 by Robert M. Weir
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of blackout seizures, mood swings, regression, regrowth, and redirection
I've been set in motion,
and I can't go back.
Such is life. Such is death.
Such are the two inextricably linked.
copyright 2009 by Robert M. Weir
$17.95 US + $5.00 shipping & handling
Click here to purchase
Front view of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan shows benign meningioma tumor, with a diameter of 3.5 to 4.0 centimeters, larger than a golf ball, in my left frontal lobe
above and between my eyes.
"It's taking up space in a limited space. It can't push your forehead out, so it's pushing your brain in." ─ Neurosurgeon Jonathon Hopkins, M.D.
above and between my eyes.
"It's taking up space in a limited space. It can't push your forehead out, so it's pushing your brain in." ─ Neurosurgeon Jonathon Hopkins, M.D.
Preface
This book spans six months, beginning with my first noticeable seizure on Memorial Day weekend.
The story covers apparently normal status quo, dark depression and a life-saving belief in being positive.
The incidents are true. The names have not been changed.
The perspective is mine, the patient's, which is different than from my family's, my friends' and my doctors'. As such, it conveys a message that only a patient can offer.
The message asks "Why is this happening?" and "What's important?"
Originally, I journaled for myself, venting my frustration and searching for direction, consolation and hope. My journal was my therapist.
Later, I transformed that journal into a manuscript and shared it with special persons. Then, seeing potential value for a wider audience, I created this book so that you - whether a patient or caregiver - can learn, as I did from my family and friends, "You are not alone."
This book spans six months, beginning with my first noticeable seizure on Memorial Day weekend.
The story covers apparently normal status quo, dark depression and a life-saving belief in being positive.
The incidents are true. The names have not been changed.
The perspective is mine, the patient's, which is different than from my family's, my friends' and my doctors'. As such, it conveys a message that only a patient can offer.
The message asks "Why is this happening?" and "What's important?"
Originally, I journaled for myself, venting my frustration and searching for direction, consolation and hope. My journal was my therapist.
Later, I transformed that journal into a manuscript and shared it with special persons. Then, seeing potential value for a wider audience, I created this book so that you - whether a patient or caregiver - can learn, as I did from my family and friends, "You are not alone."
copyright 2009 by Robert M. Weir
published 2009 by Press on Publishing,
Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
ISBN 0-9717491-4-6
$17.95 US + $5.00 shipping & handling
Click here to purchase
published 2009 by Press on Publishing,
Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
ISBN 0-9717491-4-6
$17.95 US + $5.00 shipping & handling
Click here to purchase
Take away the negative growth.
With it, take all my negative thoughts and experiences.
Make room for positive actions and emotions.
And give me
a long life
to share
with others.
─ message that I wrote and my daughter, Mandie, pinned to my surgical gown immediately prior
to surgery
With it, take all my negative thoughts and experiences.
Make room for positive actions and emotions.
And give me
a long life
to share
with others.
─ message that I wrote and my daughter, Mandie, pinned to my surgical gown immediately prior
to surgery
Some Lessons:
- Make the most of bad situations.
- Take away negative; make room for positive.
- Love is giving and not expecting anything in return.
- Don't force anything or anybody, especially yourself.
- To give is to receive.
- From knowledge comes understanding; from understanding comes peace.
- People are more important than things.