Beside you in time

Brain cancer: a perspective of a nurse practitioner, wife, and now widow

Our Love Story with Brain Cancer

This is the true story of a married couple in their mid 30’s who found a way to live their best lives and love each other deeply every day despite the ticking time bomb of brain cancer.

  • July is an interesting time of transition in academic hospitals where there is a huge influx of brand new physicians starting their residency program as an intern. But there is also a shift in the residency program from previous years. This results in a new batch of junior residents, senior residents, chief residents, and a

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  • We were in our mid 30’s, living in a big city, and excelling in our careers. We had a normal life with friends, family, vacations, personal goals, hobbies, etc that made it easy to relate our peers and others. Dustin was a successful cyber security manager. He was ambitious, clever, and quite good at his

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  • Figuring out where to start your story isn’t easy or obvious. I’m not exactly sure where to start – there is so much to tell and share. Perhaps it’s best to start with why? Why write about my life, sharing the intimate and vulnerable details? Wow, that’s a great question. I guess I want to

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  • Preface

    Today is October 27th, 2022 14:15 central time. I’m 40 years old, a widow, and I’m currently unemployed. My husband, Dustin, died 226 days ago. Well, 227 days once the clock strikes 16:05. At 38 years and 6 days old, Dustin died on March 15th, 2022 from a WHO Grade 4 IDH Mutant Astrocytoma aka

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