“Happy New Year and five highlights from 2023”

Posted on January 2, 2024 by Wendy Santana

Hello, and Happy New Year! I hope you had a healthy holiday season and that all of your dreams come true in 2024. Following are five highlights from 2023: Highlight #1: Working for the American Brain Tumor Association (ABTA) – Community Events After spending eight years recovering from brain cancer (and a few other medical issues), I returned to the…

GBM Awareness Day 2023

Posted on September 2, 2023 by Wendy Santana

Glioblastomas, also known as GBM and Glioblastoma Multiforme, are malignant grade 4 brain tumors. This is the most aggressive and deadliest type of brain cancer. There isn’t a cure for brain cancer and the average life expectancy for someone newly diagnosed with GBM is 14-16 months. GBM Awareness Day took place on July 19, this year. The images below were…

“Honoring, celebrating, and remembering those impacted by GBM.”

Posted on October 4, 2022 by Wendy Santana

Glioblastomas, also known as GBM and Glioblastoma Multiforme are malignant grade 4 brain tumors. This is the most aggressive and deadliest type of brain cancer. There isn’t a cure for brain cancer and the average life expectancy for someone newly diagnosed with GBM is 14-16 months. This year, GBM Awareness Day occurred on July 20th which also happened to be…

“A Face of Strength” p.24

Posted on January 30, 2022 by Wendy Santana

Hello and welcome to “A Face of Strength.” This is a social media awareness campaign designed to celebrate the inspiration, strength, and wisdom of brain tumor and cancer survivors (and supporters). By the way, my name is Wendy Santana. I’m a brain cancer survivor and “2nd Chance 2 Live” is my blog. I launched “A Face of Strength” (#aFaceOfStrength) via “2nd…

“A Face of Strength” p.23

Posted on November 10, 2021 by Wendy Santana

Welcome to “A Face of Strength.” This is a social media campaign to promote the inspiration, strength, and wisdom of brain tumor/cancer survivors and supporters. 2nd Chance 2 Live launched “A Face of Strength” (#aFaceOfStrength) with the ultimate goal of creating 365 (searchable & shareable) Inspirational Quotes by Brain Tumor/Cancer Survivors & Supporters! #365IQbyBTCSS Congratulations to the following survivors who have recently been…