Brenda's Brainstorm & Trevor, a T Man Production 2009 - 2022

January 9, 2010...which was Saturday, was my 50TH birthday. I have to admit to everyone reading this...that I am quite proud of that fact. For one thing...I do not look my age...so turning 50 didn't bother me in the least. Throughout the week, I received birthday cards from relatives & friends...from all over the country. I got several emails from cousins..who are in other states... an animated card...which was just the neatest thing..from someone..who used to live here...but is now in another state. I had many well wishes from people on Facebook. Speaking of Facebook, I had a birthday wish to raise $100.00 for the cause," Mad About Meningiomas." I am happy to say, that $70.00 was donated...which I think is pretty spectacular. For those of you who donated...I thank you very much for your generous spirit. You are doing a great service to Meningioma Mommas. My Mom wanted to have a birthday party for me...but she needed my help. So we drew up a guest list of va

RABlog Week Wildcard #1 - New doctors - Ideas for breaking in new doctors, how to begin the process of establishing viable collaborative patient/doctor relationships. What do you do in those days leading up to the new doctor visit? This blog post is about the time that I met my new rheumatologist for the first time. He told me that I was in remission. Even though it lasted for only a few months, it gives me hope that I will one day hear those words again. It was written back in 2010, but my blog was updated in May of this year. He moved away to become a teacher, but he was the best rheumatologist that I ever had. I hope you enjoy my first encounter with him. I also share about seeing my neurosurgeon, as I was experiencing some issues after my craniotomy on September 8, 2008.  This blog is actually going to be written in 2 different parts. The first, I have lived with Rheumatoid Arthritis for over 18 1/2 years. The second part will be about my life as a Meningioma brain tumor sur