Timeline
From March 2025 to now. It’s blunt on purpose.
March 2025
- Mar 1, 2025 — Something’s off — weight loss, focus slipping, headaches and fatigue start showing up.
- Mar 27, 2025 — Stroke scare. Same day as my ex-wife’s birthday. Creepy and noted.
April 2025
- Apr 23, 2025 — Return home after visiting my ill mother.
- Two days later everything breaks.
- Apr 25, 2025 — Car crash → trauma ward. Imaging that day finds the brain tumor.
- Apr 26–30, 2025 — Hospital work-up, decisions, prep for surgery.
May 2025
- May 1, 2025 — Brain surgery.
- Early May — First night of chemo — deathly sick.
- May (ER #1) — ER visit after chemo reaction. Stabilized and sent home.
May–June 2025
- 30 weekdays — Daily hospital trips for radiation — 30 days in a row (weekdays).
- 42 days — Temodal (temozolomide) — 42 days straight. Fog and swelling.
- Cognitive fog and fatigue. Kept notes short to dodge headaches.
- May–June (ER #2) — ER visit — dehydration / side-effects. In, treated, out.
Late June – August 2025
- Late June — Swelling ramps; fog thicker. Adjusted meds.
- July — Dreams start returning. Sleep is odd but welcome.
- July (ER #3) — ER visit — swelling/pain spike. Monitored and discharged.
- Aug 22, 2025 — 8:00 AM — Leg ultrasound for severe swelling; concern for clot (DVT) — checking.
- August (ER #4) — ER visit — side-effects flare. In, treated, out.
- Tapering off dexamethasone (steroid).
- August — “Morty” — my tumor — becomes the target. Daily mindset: kick the hell out of Morty.
- Past 6–7 days — Major water retention — about 30 lb (~3.6 gallons).
- Good days exist; I use them. Bad days pass; I endure them.
Ongoing
- Now — Headaches triggered by long screens and noise. I keep pages short and clear to avoid real headaches.
- If you need to reach out, keep it practical and honest. I answer when I can.
