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GBM Awareness Day is July 17. Join us in raising awareness all month long! Learn more.

Share Your Story

Your story is powerful and can help raise awareness and support for others facing similar challenges. By sharing your experience, you bring hope to others and show them that they are not alone.

Julia Coughlin

Story submissions should be fewer than 1,000 words. We encourage you to focus on how having a brain tumor has impacted your life or what you want others to understand about brain tumors. Fields marked with an asterisk (*) are required.

Patient & Caregiver Stories

Ben Stein-Lobovits

I Feel Lucky

by Ben Stein-Lobovits I had it all—a marriage, a new dog, a house. Then, just a week before my 32nd birthday, I was diagnosed with a high-grade brainstem glioma. I […]

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Brad Mazzone Glioblastoma

Be Like Brad

by Tia Mazzone In October 2022, Brad’s life took a drastic turn when he started experiencing intense headaches. Initially, these symptoms were attributed to a sinus infection. His wife, Tia, […]

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Kathryn Rose

by Kris Proctor It was Friday, October 8, 2021. My daughter, Kathryn Rose Proctor (Katie), her husband, three sons and I took a wonderful trip to the zoo. Saturday was

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Julia Coughlin

Julia Coughlin

I have spent much of my time lately considering the things we can plan for and those things we cannot. In August of 2021, my husband and I welcomed our

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Wendy Santana

After being medically retired for eight years due to a malignant brain tumor, I decided to meet hope head on by stepping into a full-time position with the American Brain

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Your Story Matters

Story submissions should be fewer than 1,000 words. We encourage you to focus on how having a brain tumor has impacted your life or what you want others to understand about brain tumors. Fields marked with an asterisk (*) are required.

Gina & Tim Abbas
Caregiver & Anaplastic Astrocytoma Survivor

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