Your Involvement Made Us a Top Team Last Year! Will You Help Us Reach Our Goal Once Again?

Posted on July 12, 2020 by Wendy Santana

We invite you to join us in support of nearly 700,000 Americans currently living with a brain tumor. Team 2nd Chance 2 Live is participating in the BT5K Your Way Los Angeles benefiting the brain tumor community through research grants and patient/caregiver guidance provided by the American Brain Tumor Association (ABTA). Last year our team generated close to $2,500 in vital funding and we…

2020 Brain Cancer Awareness video by Sarah Trask

Posted on May 1, 2020 by Wendy Santana

May is brain tumor/cancer awareness month. Please take a moment to enjoy this touching tribute to brain cancer by Sarah Trask. Her videos put a face on the disease. Sarah had her first craniotomy when she was just six-years-old. She’s had a total of four brain surgeries and is an inspiration to the brain tumor/cancer community. Next month she will…

FUNNY FARM GIRL

Posted on April 15, 2020 by Wendy Santana

Using humor to convey messages of Hope, Healing, and Happiness during a medical crisis. “I’ve realized the final stage of healing is using what has happened to you to help others. If these words are able to help even one person walking a similar path, this book will be a win.” Hay Kelly (pun intended). Thanks for the chance to…

A Beautiful Heart

Posted on March 17, 2020 by Wendy Santana

When I was working, I used to take everything so darn seriously. I was a perfectionist and it was as if every task was a matter of life or death. Well, just look how that turned out…it took a brain cancer diagnosis for me to learn the real meaning of life and death. With all that’s going on in the…

Interviewed by Aunty M Brain Tumours

Posted on June 5, 2019 by Wendy Santana

Thank you Claire Bullimore; brain tumor survivor extraordinaire in the U.K. for interviewing me for Aunty M Brain Tumours! Claire is a brain tumor support advocate, blogger, author, speaker, and social media guru. Meeting, interacting with, and reading about survivors like Claire is something that has truly made a positive difference for me throughout my brain tumor journey. I am…