There are moments in life you never forget. I'll never forget when my sister called to tell me an MRI to check on a recurring cyst near her ear had revealed a suspicious brain mass instead. When our call ended, I wailed, desperately hoping that everything she and my brother-in-law just told me was some kind of dreadful mistake. But a few weeks later, an invasive biopsy confirmed brain cancer. Words and phrases like “inoperable,” “incurable,” and “cut your life short” fueled a waking…
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