Posts Tagged ‘Pilocytic Astrocytoma’

“My Voice” by Arlene Quezada

"My Voice" by Arlene Quezada

“It’s not about how hard you can hit but how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward” At seventeen years old, as I was beginning to evolve into a young woman, my life changed, and it changed forever.  In November of 2002, I was diagnosed with Juvenile Pilocytic Astrocytoma, a brain tumor located […]


“My Voice” by Julie Cignarella

"My Voice" by Julie Cignarella

I woke up on the morning of Tuesday, October 14, 2003 like any normal day.  I was out the night before at a local bar watching the Red Sox play the Yankees at Fenway.  I had fallen asleep on the couch, but awoke in the morning for work and didn’t feel right AT ALL.  I […]