In the Beginning

It all began the third week in November when I started falling. I had short term memory loss and would get lost driving even on the most routine routes. I would put things away in the wrong places, something totally uncharacteristic of me. I would get confused easily.

I saw my primary care physician who ordered an MRI and set up an appointment with a neurologist. The MRI was on a Monday, December 15, 2008. My doctor called on Tuesday and said that the MRI was abnormal. My neurology appointment was on Wednesday, December 17. The neurologist took one look at the MRI and sent me by ambulance to the University of Colorado Hospital in Denver. I had four lesions/masses on my brain. The neurosurgeons there performed a 4 hour brain biopsy on December 19. I have a pretty 6 inch scar on the back of my head to prove it.















It's only been five weeks from the onset of the symptoms and my entire world has changed. I face 6 rounds of inpatient chemotherapy followed by a stem cell transplant. This is not going to be fun.