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Glad you're here! 💜 From Evolution to Survival: navigating the beauty and challenges of midlife all while fighting glioblastoma terminal brain cancer with grace and dignity.

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❤️‍🩹 I love y’all.

#powerinthepurple
#graceanddignity
#pray4msa

In Glioblastoma Cancer, Inspiring & Encouraging  •  by Amanda Herring, Writer, July 22, 2025  •   Leave a Comment
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UN- SUBSTANTIVE UPDATE

In Glioblastoma Cancer, Inspiring & Encouraging  •  by Amanda Herring, Writer, July 19, 2025  •   Leave a Comment
This is the last time I walked. Monday, June 23rd After that… nothing really. I have movement and sensation in both legs, but no weight bearing on either leg. I guess we will wait until the outcome of this MRI to see if there’s anything...
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Edgar Allan Conundrum

In Glioblastoma Cancer, Inspiring & Encouraging  •  by Amanda Herring, Writer, July 13, 2025  •   Leave a Comment
Edgar Allan Poe…one of my favorites! You guys like to mention him when you spot him on my shelf. I think he’s the best. A sweet friend brought me cut flowers from her garden today…and how about that…the dapper, yet not particularly amused Mr. Poe...
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HOME FROM REHAB

In Glioblastoma Cancer, Inspiring & Encouraging  •  by Amanda Herring, Writer, July 9, 2025  •   Leave a Comment
How about another ambulance ride with me? I hated making the choice to leave in-house rehab and go home, but through tears at 800 am, I called Keith to come help me decide. Three therapists and I were working to coax my legs to get...
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YOU ARE WORTHY

In Glioblastoma Cancer, Inspiring & Encouraging  •  by Amanda Herring, Writer, July 6, 2025  •   Leave a Comment
Even when you don’t feel like it. I haven’t felt like it. I haven’t felt like posting. I haven’t felt like being upbeat. I haven’t even felt like being sad. I’ve been in this hibernation state where I just wanted to rest, just wanted to...
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HAPPY 4TH

In Inspiring & Encouraging  •  by Amanda Herring, Writer, July 4, 2025  •   Leave a Comment
Happy 4th of July, Everyone! 🧨🇺🇸 I love y’all. #powerinthepurple #graceanddignity #pray4msa
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COOKIES!

In Glioblastoma Cancer, Inspiring & Encouraging  •  by Amanda Herring, Writer, July 3, 2025  •   Leave a Comment
I figure if my shaky hands can trudge through typing, autocorrect, text to talk probs, backspacing, and misspelled nonsense to try and whip out some variance of an intelligent blog post… I can fumble-finger through the Uber Eats app and ORDER INSOMNIA COOKIES! And they...
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JUST WANT SLEEP

In Glioblastoma Cancer, Inspiring & Encouraging  •  by Amanda Herring, Writer, July 3, 2025  •   Leave a Comment
Sllleeepppp! All I wanted to do today was sleep! I am perpetually exhausted. Who knows why? Could be one thing or the combination of all the thousand things going on in a given moment. Keith brought Brady to the hospital to see me (we aren’t...
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INSOMNIA COOKIES

In Glioblastoma Cancer, Inspiring & Encouraging  •  by Amanda Herring, Writer, July 3, 2025  •   Leave a Comment
COOKIES! I figure if my shaky hands can trudge through typing, autocorrect, text to talk probs, backspacing, and misspelled nonsense to try and whip out some variance of an intelligent blog post… I can fumble-finger through the Uber Eats app and ORDER INSOMNIA COOKIES! And...
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IF I COULD BE ANYWHERE ELSE

In Glioblastoma Cancer, Inspiring & Encouraging, Stories & Reflections  •  by Amanda Herring, Writer, July 2, 2025  •   Leave a Comment
If I could be anywhere else… I would be at Lake Ouachita camping with my kids and Keith, laughing around a campfire. Campfire smoke smells so good. I would be on Bleeker Street in Greenwich Village, NYC, on the look out for a place with...
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Amanda Herring is a reformed overthinking perfectionist who learned to stop taking on too much and resting too little. With an open heart and frazzled brain, she set out on a

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