This piece conveys my GBM brain cancer experience since my diagnosis in 2004. Treatment was hard—radiation to the brain as shown emanating from the double sun, chemotherapy indicated from the bottle of pills. I experienced much fatigue and “brain fog” as shown by the cloud through a portion of the brain where the tumour was. But the tumour is gone, leaving a gap in my brain to fill with good things and happy moments in life. The brain doesn’t float in the air on its own—I had much support during treatment and ever since giving me strength to stand up and beat the cancer.
During treatment, I had a dream of an elephant that told me everything would be ok. In the Talmud, it is stated that someone who dreams of an elephant, good things will happen to him. At the very least, it gave me the confidence that I would be ok. My daughter is holding my hand as we look back at what my brain was. The double sun is also a symbol of the fact that the radiation led to an element of double vision due to damage to a cranial nerve. One sun is larger than the other, also indicating myself and my daughter. She is the biggest reason I intend to make sure the cancer never comes back.
During treatment, I had a dream of an elephant that told me everything would be ok. In the Talmud, it is stated that someone who dreams of an elephant, good things will happen to him. At the very least, it gave me the confidence that I would be ok. My daughter is holding my hand as we look back at what my brain was. The double sun is also a symbol of the fact that the radiation led to an element of double vision due to damage to a cranial nerve. One sun is larger than the other, also indicating myself and my daughter. She is the biggest reason I intend to make sure the cancer never comes back.