Sabrina J. Adams-Schlag (Syryn TheVoice)

The Raw Truth, Glioblastoma is @#*%)!

November 17 oncology appointment was not happy news. Tumor is still growing, Dave is trying the next option.

Rage, frustration and sadness

Deterioration of abilities creates rage, frustration and anger. Adaptation is hard when you haven’t had to adapt to body changes much in your life. I think this impacts men much differently from women, especially women who have had children, but then I have never completely lost the use of a limb. Over the last 3Continue reading “Rage, frustration and sadness”

Adams Family Summer 2020

Summer! The adventures of 6 and 10 year old boys. D & S really didn’t want to go away from home this summer. All they really wanted to do was stay home and play video games every day, all day. The weather was fine, but all the two wanted to do was be inside. TheirContinue reading “Adams Family Summer 2020”

Anxiety Overload

There has been a lot of anxiety around our house over the last 6 weeks. The children went back to school – virtually – which means mom is both teacher, coach and all of my other duties. The whole start of the HUB Online School was a mess which created a lot of anxiety. WeContinue reading “Anxiety Overload”

Chapter Three: The Bounty Hunter

The Bounty Hunter watched the patrons of the Cantina from a dark booth by the door. It was what he did every day since the incident. The incident, he clenched his fist. The only reason he was still here and had been here for almost a year. Most days he was able to drown theContinue reading “Chapter Three: The Bounty Hunter”

Summer Stability

July started off pretty rocky with the news that Dave’s tumor was growing. It hit us pretty hard as we have been fairly optimistic and positive through this journey so far, and that was a big blow to our optimism, but as always we pulled together and kept looking forward with hope. New chemotherapy, let’sContinue reading “Summer Stability”

And we thought 2019 was bad…2020 can just (insert your own expletive)

The last few days have been exceptionally hard for us. Confronting your own mortality at 40 isn’t something that we are prepared to do. Usually you are confronting the mortality of Grandparents, or maybe parents, but not usually your own. Now I have to prepare you that no one is dying immediately, but with theContinue reading “And we thought 2019 was bad…2020 can just (insert your own expletive)”

Finished Chemo, for now – 10 months of our Journey

It’s been 10 months since the start of the chaos that is the Brain Cancer Journey and the last month has been exceptionally hard. I can completely understand now why relationships collapse as part of the cancer journey, oh we are fine, but there are times…which lead to very emotional conversations. It’s exceptionally hard toContinue reading “Finished Chemo, for now – 10 months of our Journey”

Birthdays, Mothers Day and Sleeping People

April showers are supposed to bring May flowers…yet we are still sequestered inside and away from others. Though we did see a really nice long weekend. However, there doesn’t seem to be a middle ground that is being found throughout all of this. It’s hard to share what we are going through as it isContinue reading “Birthdays, Mothers Day and Sleeping People”

Untitled Novel Chapter 4

Lenora went into the sitting room and sat at the desk. Out of the drawer she took paper and a pen. she drafted two letters, one to Marc and one to Serena. As she did this she thought of her own mother and the letter she had received at the age of 16 which hadContinue reading “Untitled Novel Chapter 4”