Share Your Story
Your story is powerful and can help raise awareness and support for others facing similar challenges. By sharing your experience, you bring hope to others and show them that they are not alone.
Story submissions should be fewer than 1,000 words. We encourage you to focus on how having a brain tumor has impacted your life or what you want others to understand about brain tumors. Fields marked with an asterisk (*) are required.
Glioblastoma Stories
Coping with a GBM Diagnosis: Developing a Routine
**Sponsored Content** After processing the initial shock of her GBM diagnosis at 36, Jeanneane M. created a "coping routine" that's helped her get through difficult days and hold onto hope for her future.
Read MoreClimbing Higher: Janice Armbrust’s Glioblastoma Journey at Pacific Neuroscience Institute
**Sponsored Content** There's no stopping Janice Armbrust. Discover how her passion for hiking is helping her thrive with glioblastoma.
Read MoreInspiring Hope: Joe’s Story As A Glioblastoma Survivor
**Sponsored Content** After facing a GBM recurrence just months after initial treatment, GBM Survivor Joe and his wife Tammy are traveling the country tumor free 18 months after receiving an implantable device that delivers targeted radiation,
Read MoreNavigating Life with Glioblastoma: Embracing Anticipatory Grief
Before I learned about “anticipatory grief,” I learned about a brain cancer called Glioblastoma. In 2022, my husband Tom, the love of my life and my partner of 20 years, […]
Read MoreBrad’s Journey: A Story of Resilience and Hope
Brad’s journey is an extraordinary one. In October 2022, he began experiencing persistent headaches. Mid-month, due to the smoky and dry weather conditions, his wife Tia suggested he see a […]
Read More![Juliann Ingersoll and her sister-in-law Karli shave their heads in solidarity during Juliann's brain cancer journey.](https://www.abta.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2022-Fall-AppealNewsletter-Thumbnails-1-e1718048073429-300x213.png)
Processing Our Brain Cancer Journey Through Song
Juliann before her biopsy in 2019 Juliann and her sister-in-law, Karli, who joined in shaving her head in solidarity and support A recent photo of Scott and his family on
![Dan Zappa, GBM survivor](https://www.abta.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/MM-Thumbnails-10-300x300.png)
The Will to Defeat GBM
By: Dan Zappa, Glioblastoma Survivor There is no routine for a military family! Our young family was making plans for a return to “normal life” when I came home from
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Not Misery, But a Mission
My name is Chris and I am 44 years old. As of May 2022, I will also be a 44-year survivor of a brain tumor. Yes, I had my tumor