Jessica Oldwyn

Each moment bleeds into the next, with so many responsibilities, so many tasks to complete. It's exhausting. But, today , we did it! Th...

Been scrambling to get a MRI since Friday, because I know that I can't walk into this surgery blind. I haven't seen what's goi...

I hesitate to talk about it, because I don't want to exploit the beauty, but on Saturday, because of the Skid Row Carnival of Love, I ...

Dang it if brain tumor life isn't confusing. At least in my world! I can't be the only one who has these types of yoyo results. I ...

Friday Friday Friday. No results from the tumor board yet. I'm excited for a few days to pretend everything's normal, Dan...

Basic update about our current and upcoming results for treatment.

Just snuck and took a video in my first neurosurgeon's apppointmet at Swedish, in Seattle. At the end of the video you can see a sli...

Hey Guys, What is it about summer that causes it to go faster, and faster, and faster, until you lose your mind? Or get sick. I get sick e...

I finally received my secondary results from the MRI. Unfortunately, UCLA believes there has been interval progression, and they are recomme...

University of Washington just emailed me my radiology report, and since I can easily copy and paste, I thought I would post it here in case ...

I'm in my happy place, Green Lake. I mean, don't get me wrong - Edmonds is my home. We've grown roots and continue to be nurture...

My my mind is all over the place. I don't quite know what to do. Crap. CRAP. I just got off the phone with a representative from UCLA ...

Morning Guys! Usually you never want immediate results from your doctor. Fast phone calls after an appointment or scan is often because th...

Oh man, my face has broken out into blisters. Good grief, I am a ball of stress. This always seems to happen in the days/weeks before an MRI...

Of course, of course, of course, the day I go to get my MRI results, I have a seizure. (I was at 4.5 months seizure free. DAMN IT.) In fact,...

Hey Guys, I've been working on this page for a bit. I'm trying to make it easier for tumor fighters to navigate my blog, and the tum...

I  finally mustered the strength to call UCLA for my MRI results. They agreed with the UW radiologists that there is no visable tumor. The f...

A guardian angel left a rainbow trail today in the middle of the afternoon. Don't see that very often. My photo doesn't even begin t...

When I can't sleep, I read about the success of my chosen treatments. Whether it's the results of the current dendritic cell therapy...

I've been mentally running around like a crazy person trying to plan this trip to UCLA. I have six different appointments already schedu...