My journey began in 2004 when I was 26. I was driving home after dropping some stuff off at work with my then 1 year old. I began to feel a really weird sensation, so I pulled over. That’s the last thing that I remember until I woke up at home in bed that night. Somehow I had made it 20 miles back home and put myself and my son to bed. After we figured out that I had a seizure, I had some testing done.
I found out several days later that I had a rather large brain tumor. Surgery followed soon after that. The surgeon was only able to remove part of the tumor. The tumor remained stable until I was able to find another surgeon the following year who was able to remove the entire thing. At that time, we were told that there was an 87% chance that it would not come back in the next 10 years. Well, I lowered that statistic by having it recur 2 years later, which was a year ago. I had another surgery in February of 2008, but not only had it upgraded to a grade 3, part of the tumor had become inoperable. It was recommended that I start chemo and radiation ASAP, but I chose to go down the naturopathic road first. This site documents that journey.
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On October 13, 2014, after five surgeries and over 10 years of fighting, Charysse passed away.
This site is now being updated and maintained by her family.