{"id":31295,"date":"2025-11-03T19:56:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T19:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=31295"},"modified":"2025-11-03T19:56:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T19:56:15","slug":"31295","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=31295","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everything changed 6 months ago. Michael had been experiencing persistent headaches and fatigue. We attributed it to stress and overwork until he collapsed during a morning run. The diagnosis was swift and brutal. stage 4 brain cancer. The prognosis was 6 months to a year with treatment. Without it, less.<\/p>\n<p>I called my parents immediately, my voice breaking as I shared the devastating news. Oh, that is terrible, my mother said, her tone conveying moderate concern at best. Have you gotten a second opinion? Doctors are always so dramatic. Mom, we saw three specialists. They all said the same thing. Well, these things sometimes resolve themselves. Stay positive. Oh, before I forget, Rachel just told us she thinks her boyfriend will propose soon. We might be planning a wedding. The conversation shifted to Rachel\u2019s relationship. My husband\u2019s terminal diagnosis already forgotten. I hung up, feeling hollow, though not surprised.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=31294\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26790\" src=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/comntinue-reading.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"905\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/comntinue-reading.jpeg 905w, https:\/\/newsx48.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/comntinue-reading-300x75.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/newsx48.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/comntinue-reading-768x191.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 905px) 100vw, 905px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everything changed 6 months ago. Michael had been experiencing persistent headaches and fatigue. We attributed it to stress and overwork until he collapsed during a morning run. The diagnosis was swift and brutal. stage 4 brain cancer. The prognosis was 6 months to a year with treatment. Without it, less. I called my parents immediately,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=31295\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31295"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31295"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31297,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31295\/revisions\/31297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}