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Justin David Phillips

Posted in Patient Stories with tags , , , on October 2, 2008 by SGR

 

 

IT’S A BIRD, IT’S A PLANE, IT’S…A ‘BENIGN’ BRAIN TUMOR!

Justin David Phillips

Born: October 28, 1975

Diagnosed: February 20, 2007, Age 31

Surgical Resection: Translabyrinthine Approach May 1, 2007 – Toronto, Ontario

 Home: Winnipeg, Manitoba,  Canada

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Let me preface this by saying that I truly believe in fate and what happened to me was meant to be. I have experienced every emotion, which a human can have some I liked but most I didn’t. Staying as positive as I could throughout this entire experience was very important to help me through the struggles of being told “you have a brain tumor…but it’s benign?” (Is that supposed to give me comfort?)

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