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My first brain surgery was in 1988. I had been diagnosed with a meningioma, a benign brain tumor, in my occipital lobe. Because it¡¯s also located on one of the main veins in my brain, the surgeon could only remove part of it. I have continued to live with the rest of the tumor ¨C what I call my ¡°thorn¡± ¨C for more than two decades.?

When the doctor uttered the words, ¡°brain tumor,¡± at the time of my diagnosis, my greatest worry...