Hi everyone,
I am sorry to report that my wife Sarah passed on May 05 around 06:30 in the morning (here on the east coast of Florida).
She was "diagsnosed" with glioblastoma shortly before Christmas though the official biopsy results didn't come back until mid February.
I wrote this before she passed, wanting to think of her in the present. I hope you all don't mind me sharing a few things about her.
She's the smartest, most beautiful person (inside and out) I've ever met. And she's fierce.
She has a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and was in private practice for 30 years. Many of her patients were people that other clinicians or "the system" turned away because of how complicated their insurance (or lack thereof) was, how much "handling" they needed, and other reasons I'll not get into. She took on these clients because at her core, she is a kind, caring person who wanted to help people. She didn't go into Psychology to make money.
She can be challenging and many people are afraid of her intellect. (I have an IQ of 132 and I'm the 'stupid' in the "I'm with stupid" t-shirt). Many people would rather think she is psychic than smart. Well, technically she's both.
Even with the aphasia from the tumor her personality is clear. When the OT asked her name her response was "fiery bitch". At one point spontaneously she said: "I hope there is plenty of stuff for everyone." She is and has always been a generous, caring person.
When some arrogant doc was, well being an arrogant doc, talking about how many cases he has seen, that this kind of aphasia is standard, blah, blah, blah, and he clearly had no interest in trying to communicate with her, she looked right at him and said "I'm not a standard anything". Which makes sense as one of her favorite songs is by the Kinks: "I'm not like everybody else". And she isn't.
Thank you all for your support.
Richard.
