Connecting benign brain tumor survivors everywhere
Mission Statement: to provide information, support, and a means of communication for those diagnosed with benign brain tumors.
Welcome to It's Just Benign!
Please support the continuation of this website. Recommended donation: $5.00. All donations will be used to maintain this website. Please contact me (Beth Rosenthal) with any questions.
ItsJustBenign.org is a website for benign brain tumor survivors and their loved ones.
My name is Beth and I was treated for a benign brain stem glioma in 1985. Although I have numerous side-effects, I'm grateful to be alive.Many years, decades in fact, have passed since my treatment and I never came across anyone who has had the same health experiences as myself. I wanted to meet a survivor who had a benign brain tumor. I was always led to brain cancer whenever I did an online search for benign brain tumors and started becoming very discouraged.
Only recently did I decide that I wanted a website for benign brain tumor survivors. I thought that it would be fantastic to go to only one website and be able to meet and chat with other survivors who can understand your experiences, your side-effects, your world.
I'd like to thank my friend and Junior High School prom date, Lee Semel, for inspiring me to start a website. Also a thank you goes out to my computer consultant Christine Gerity. She has been a tremendous help creatively and with learning the computer. This site also has a beautiful logo because of her. I also would like to thank my dad. We haven't always been so close but, we have connected a lot since I've started this website. He has been a constant support with all of the information that I'm trying to share about my, or anyone else's, benign brain tumor experience. Without question, my mom has been there for me throughout my entire brain tumor experience. She offered to shave her head during my radiation treatment when I was losing my hair, made that summer of radiation treatment more like a vacation, and spent thirteen years taking me to the ER for my untreated facial pain ( Trigeminal Neuralgia). I would have had no will to live if it wasn't for her. Thank you for always being there for me.
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Videos
Groups
Events
February 20
Saturday
March 8
Monday
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It's Just Benign In-person support group
March 8, 2010 from 7pm to 9pm – Panera Bread
May 22
Saturday
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5th Annual Path to Progress Run/Walk/Strut
May 22, 2010 from 8:30am to 6pm – Soldier Field - Chicago
October 2
Saturday
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Meningioma Awareness Day 2010
October 2, 2010 at 9am to October 3, 2010 at 12am – Harvard Medical School
Notes
Children's Hospital Boston
This program brings together specialists who determine and deliver the most effective treatments to ensure the highest possible functioning and quality of life for each child. Click here to learn more
Created by Beth Rosenthal Dec 5, 2009 at 11:09pm. Last updated by Beth Rosenthal Dec. 6, 2009.
To help your headache
To learn more about headaches, click here
Created by Beth Rosenthal Nov 29, 2009 at 2:45pm. Last updated by Beth Rosenthal Nov. 29, 2009.
So many neurological problems
To learn about epilepsy, trigeminal neuralgia, and anything else neurological, click here
Created by Beth Rosenthal Nov 29, 2009 at 2:42pm. Last updated by Beth Rosenthal Nov. 29, 2009.
Mission: to find a cure for benign brain tumors
Read about The Brain Science Foundation and how they are helping those diagnosed with benign brain tumors. Click here, x
Created by Beth Rosenthal Nov 27, 2009 at 11:45pm. Last updated by Beth Rosenthal Nov. 28, 2009.
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Blog Posts
How do you grow old gracefully when an illness happens in chilhood?
Posted by Beth Rosenthal on February 9, 2010 at 1:08am — 2 Comments
Has anyone applied and been approved for disability because of your brain tumor? If so, can you give some advice on how you got it approved?
Posted by Angelina Del Rio on February 6, 2010 at 3:47pm — 2 Comments
Has anyone been advised or treated with radiation therapy after brain surgery?
Posted by Angelina Del Rio on January 29, 2010 at 3:40am — 5 Comments
Post-Surgery Appointment
Posted by Sandy Belaire on January 24, 2010 at 8:24pm — 4 Comments
G'day from Australia or 'BBTs without Borders'?
Posted by Annick Vincent on January 21, 2010 at 3:18am — 2 Comments
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