Why am I writing this blog?

Euclid (Cleveland), Ohio, United States
Here I share the amazing spiritual journey I began on July 19, 2007. I received the diagnosis of a golf-ball-sized tumor on top of the left parietal lobe (motor functions) of my brain. I had severe symptoms all up and down the right side of my body and had received an MRI scan of my brain. In August 2007, I learned that my diagnosis was a Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM). This is a common form of fast-growing brain cancer with a challenging prognosis. That's the external story about that moment in time. In the spiritual world I found (actually more like it found me) what I came to call the Fact-Based Spirit-Guided Path, and I began an amazing journey. After October of 2008, I lost the use of my right arm, and in early 2009, my cognitive abilities were struggling, and treatment options ended. My wife, Susanne, then began doing most of the blog postings, with my review and input whenever possible. I continued to apply the Fact-Based Spirit-Guided Path as the adventure continued. My soul then flew to the Kingdom of God on July 1, 2009. Thanks for your interest in my journey. Craig

Susanne's Perspective

During this entire journey, my wife, Susanne, had an entirely different kind of experience. Initially she added comments to some of my posts describing her experience of the moments I discussed and offerred perspectives on our relationship. In the latter stage of this journey, she is writing the blog, as I am no longer able to do so. I am truly delighted that she is doing so. Susanne and I work together as marriage educators/relationship coaches and she has written many books on preparing for and strengthening marriages so you can count on her comments to be insightful and poignant.

Sunday, August 19, 2007

Saturday August 18

(2.5% max level of steroids…tomorrow 0% YAY!) I more less or less slept through the night, which I’m attributing to the final tailing off of the steroids. Up until last night I would sleep for a little while and then be wide awake for several hours. As the steroid levels have come down, the awake times have been less and less frantic.

As I noted in “Preparation for the Hospital” Susanne and I have the ability to be pretty intentional about getting things accomplished. First thing this morning, she translated the notes from last night’s dinner into specific to-do lists for each of us. We then set about calmly and peacefully doing the items. She also got her blog comments current with what I have posted. One of my items was to locate the head cleaner for the CD players and clean all the players. When I got to the player in the family room I also decided to do some long over-due organizing of our CD collection. This felt very much like the outdoor clean-up I accomplished last weekend.

While I was playing guitar, I decided to get out some materials I’d starting working on years ago to learn some music theory, particularly around the structure of guitar chords and the key signatures for the various keys.

Susanne had a large envelope with all the cards I’d received and the emails that she’d printed…there were many that she did not print. She brought them to my room. It was almost overwhelming to look through them.

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