It’s All About S.P.O.T.

Posted on November 8, 2017 by Wendy Santana

(Originally posted on December 8, 2014, in a closed Facebook group by Jenn Murphy–my BFF from Hawaii) Wendy’s “S.P.O.T. ON” Update. . . (Santana’s Perishing Oligodendroglioma Tumor) Well, our adorable Wendy arrived at her Pre-Surgical appointment today fashioned in a cute little white Fila vest, Vanilla flats with a wrist accessorized with a snow-colored Michael Kors watch. (I guess she…

Moving Forward

Posted on October 21, 2017 by Wendy Santana

It took me a while to learn how to live my life in between MRI’s. For the first two years after the craniotomy, the MRI’s were every few months, so I was literally living from MRI to MRI. Anytime I had a pain in my head or experienced dizziness my thought was the brain tumor must be back! I often forget…

Humor

Posted on October 20, 2017 by Wendy Santana

After we received my biopsy results and learned that a craniotomy was imminent, I decided to create a closed Facebook group to keep friends and family in the know about the situation. Looking back, it seems I returned home from that first week in the hospital with my “offbeat sense of humor” fully intact. When I heard I had an…

Pain

Posted on October 15, 2017 by Wendy Santana

Quote by Alicia Taylor: “Sometimes you must… HURT in order to KNOW, FALL in order to GROW, LOSE in order to GAIN, …because life’s biggest lessons are learned through PAIN.”

Coming Out

Posted on October 10, 2017 by Wendy Santana

You may find this odd now that I am publishing a blog but deciding to “come out” publicly on Facebook regarding my brain tumor was not something I took lightly. I had previously created a closed Facebook group to keep close friends and family informed after receiving the diagnosis in October of 2014. Since I was Facebook Friends with several…