Chris Borstad

Mountain Man, Glaciologist,Snow Scientist ❄️🇨🇦❄️, Brain Cancer Patient 🤦‍♂️#btsm (diffuse astrocytoma; subtotal resection in 2020). Stroke survivor

[Chris Borstad @RogueChrisB]

@AshleySumrallMD This is really informative and helpful! Thank you!!

[Chris Borstad @RogueChrisB]

Scan Day yesterday. Results today:

“mixed findings of increased and decreased enhancement while overall tumor volume has decreased. No elevated perfusion suggesting findings are treatment related.”

Research Pharma FTW?..🤷‍♂️ 🤞🥳
#clinicaltrial #indigostudy #labrat
#BTSM

[Chris Borstad @RogueChrisB]

@Sabine_NJ Ugh that dye 🤢

[Chris Borstad @RogueChrisB]

@sundashash1 @BTSMchat Conveniently, my social worker is also a notary public.

[Chris Borstad @RogueChrisB]

@BTSMchat T4:

I’m not sure what would have helped. Thinking about the end continues to be difficult.

I know I’m not done contributing my talents and energy to this world.

I don’t know what twists and turns lie ahead but I do know I have a lot left to give before my time is up.#BTSM

[Chris Borstad @RogueChrisB]

@Sabine_NJ @BTSMchat I love this idea #BTSM

[Chris Borstad @RogueChrisB]

@BTSMchat T3/

TALK THERAPY

#BTSM

[Chris Borstad @RogueChrisB]

@TheLizArmy @BTSMchat THIS! There’s a loss of agency that’s difficult to bear. And difficult to describe to those on the outside.
#BTSM

[Chris Borstad @RogueChrisB]

@ThanksCancer Seizure Doodle

[Chris Borstad @RogueChrisB]

I’ve had this exact dream going back years.

It still pops up every once in a while, even after a #stroke that you might expect would’ve shuffled the dream deck 🤷‍♂️

This is one example of how I knew/know that I’m “still myself” after a #braininjury
#BTSM
#strokesurvivor #SameYou

[Andréa (Dre) Becker @andreavbecker]

when do I stop dreaming that I’m months into a semester and about to fail a class I forgot about? I have a phd

[Chris Borstad @RogueChrisB]

I slipped and nearly cracked my head out there today. I’m not willing to jeopardize my health and safety to get a ride home.

Allow drivers to make pickups curbside again.

#DisabilityRights #ADA @ashleyjwashburn

[Chris Borstad @RogueChrisB]

Hey @BozemanAirport your new rideshare pickup zone is not accessible for people with #disabilities 😡

A disabled person should not have to struggle with baggage along your DANGEROUS ICY SIDEWALKS down to the new pickup area.

[Chris Borstad @RogueChrisB]

@shawncarey8 @lisaoleary524 @subatomicdoc @MariahJaeee @BTSMchat This is especially hard to monitor and manage as a patient with cognitive deficits associated with an insult to the brain.

[Chris Borstad @RogueChrisB]

@TheLizArmy @clairehsnyman @BTSMchat What started as a simple spreadsheet project with my speech therapist has blossomed into a log with 30,0000 rows that chronicles my experience over the last 18 months or so now.
#BTSM.

[Chris Borstad @RogueChrisB]

@TheLizArmy @clairehsnyman @BTSMchat Absolutely. I’ve harnessed my training as a scientist to digest the literature and inform my ecision making as much as possible. I keep a detailed diary/log of symptoms that has proven very useful for communicating with doctors, tracking changes and checking in with myself
#BTSM

[Chris Borstad @RogueChrisB]

@BTSMchat T3. This is hard. My experience changes every day. Still barely scratching the surface of processing the trauma. It’s hard to give consistent advice or set boundaries when they may not be appropriate for the place I’m in tomorrow

#BTSM

[Chris Borstad @RogueChrisB]

@BTSMchat T2B.

NEVER start a sentence with “at least…”
or any other attempt at the “silver lining” crap ppl think is helpful/useful.

IT IS NOT.

#BTSM

[Chris Borstad @RogueChrisB]

@BTSMchat T2. I’ve learned a lot based on what is helpful (or not) to me.

Like LISTENING.

SIT STILL AND HOLD SPACE. I cannot keep up with the pace of too much activity around me. It stresses me out. SLOW DOWN and figure out an appropriate style/pace of interaction.
#BTSM