Jessica Oldwyn

  I was told I would never live this long, that I would be lucky to see 4.5 years. Today, 14 years ago, I was diagnosed with a honker of a b...

My friends keep dying. Smattered between the 50% off holiday spam emails, are updates from caregivers telling me about loss after loss. T...

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.

I'm getting lazy in my old age, and resorting to video blogs to keep in touch. Okay, I was just cracking a joke, but truth is, I...

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...

It's a long story, and I'm pretty pooped, but here's a basic overview. The "scan was concerning for active disease". I...

As always, we have to confirm with UCLA, but the preliminary findings of my MRI is stable. The FLAIR signal in the tumor cavity is slightly ...

A couple of months ago a patient told me that I'm a role model, and it completely freaked me out. That is a ton of responsibility. I don...

Many of you get the Musella Foundation newsletter in your email inbox, but for those of you who aren't familiar you'll find a link ...

What if today was your last chance? That's the question I ruminated over on the 31st, as I ran a last minute, last chance, half marathon...

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...

I don't want to share this. I don't want to say it. I hate that I have to release, but the truth is that I can't handle my feeli...

I had the honor of being interviewed for the podcast, "Living With..." recently. Here is what this iTunes channel is all about (in...

Do you guys remember that the year I was diagnosed (2010) I was training for an Olympic Triathlon? Well, obviously that crumbled, but this w...

I'm sitting at the JFK waiting to fly back home and wondering to myself how I got so fortunate in life. I just spent the night (as I usu...