“Here’s what no one told us” — OurBrainBank staffer on a loved one’s GBM diagnosis
My mother-in-law Karla told me she had a brain tumor before she told my wife Michelle. Karla and Michelle were inseparable. Karla had Michelle at just 18, so in many ways, they grew up together. Michelle shared everything with her mom because Karla was her best friend.
There wasn’t anything Karla wouldn’t do for her daughter. Even after learning there was a mass in her brain, her first thought wasn’t herself — it was Michelle. She wanted to wait until the next day, hoping to have more answers, before telling her. She confided in me.
