My mission

Not in a million years, nobody ever wants to hear the words "You have a brain tumor.". I never expected that I would one day be faced with this diagnosis. My life-changing journey started on that day.

While I have been dealing with the recovery process, I realized that these words led me to confront some of the most difficult conversations of my life with my family, friends, and even with my doctor. When I first talked about my tumor to some of my close friends, their first reactions were serious and shocking, in their faces I saw them imagining my death while they said, "You will be fine!".

A couple of days after from the first surgery, I started feeling so lost. I was not able to understand anymore what was going on. Losing control of my body plunged me into a deep depression that consumed me for the next six months.

Everything I have been going through – including the journey back to wellness from depression -- has motivated me to write about my experiences during the 14 months taken over by this illness. Without question, my priorities have changed. Now, one of my biggest dreams is to be able to create a bridge of communication with others who have been affected by brain tumors, to share and understand other ways to deal with it, and perhaps to be able to tell the stories of our fears, our sorrows, our joys and challenges we face every day in recovery.