“On June 30, 2016, I was diagnosed with a rare, aggressive tumor on my brain stem. "Without surgery," my doctor said, “You have less than five months to live.” With multiple, complicated surgeries, I could recover fully in time. But there were big risks. After two massive craniotomies, a neck fusion, and months of daily, proton-beam radiation therapy, the tumor is inactive and I am thriving.”
-Susie Rinehart, writer, ultrarunner, activist and mom from Boulder, Colorado