At 2:30am on Saturday, June 25th 2011, I received a phone call from my best friend, Jack (actually, there were three calls, all of which I missed because I was asleep and my phone was set on silent mode). Later, Jack would tell me he called while driving to OHSU in Portland to meet his [...]

Here’s a new blog from one of our guest bloggers, Stacie Beam-Bruce.  Stacie is the Chris Elliott Fund Integrative Care Specialist and assists in running our Integrative Patient Support Group at The Ben & Catherine Ivy Center.  Stacie’s blog is below, and thank you Stacie for taking the time to be our guest blogger for today: [...]

Have you ever wondered how research, diseases, CURES come about in our world?  Take Glioblastoma Brain Cancer for example–how come people wonder why Glioblastoma is under funded that there is not enough awareness… and how many of you would know what to do today if you or a loved one were diagnosed with GBM…but when others [...]

It’s almost been ten years since I heard the word Glioblastoma, and in those ten years, I have had the pleasure of meeting only a handful of the most compassionate and endearing brain tumor specialists ( I am sure there are more and I look forward to meeting them) but for now there have been [...]

And what’s the title have to do with brain cancer?  A friend of mine, who is a long time Microsoft Partner, invited me on a great weekend getaway, wine tasting, meeting new people, meeting other Microsoft Partners, visiting Walla Walla, one of my favorite places to visit–of course I had to say yes.  Tasting new [...]