falloutghoul

As I've noted in the past, there are certain aspects to my life that keep me from writing here as much as I might otherwise prefer.  One of them is my job, for which I do an awful lot of writing, and the other is something I don't talk about very often.  A few of my closest friends around these parts have been kept informed but generally I don't like to talk about my sickness.  My cancer. The brain has these supportive cells called "glial" cells, which basically maintain and myelinate major neurons.  In 2011, at age 28, I was diagnosed with a glioma, which is cancer of the glial cells.  I was diagnosed due to some pretty major visual disrupt