Hi everyone im Steven Louis Maryniuk
I am a 28 year old young man that lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba. I am in a new chapter in my life that is very hard for me to
accept and understand. I truely do believe that anything can happen in life but i had never thought that it was my turn to
go through such a dramatic series of events that threaten my very existance. Now let me tell you all about this very scary,
rare situation that i wish i was aware of before it began. Its two words that i hate to read and two words that i hate to
write. But i will not shed tears and be scared and accept this as a new challenge for me to overcome as well as bring awareness
to all ages and create prevention.
Brain
cancer, these are the words that i say on a regular basis to answer simple questions that im asked such as, "whats wrong?"
or "whats with that huge scar on your head?" This is what i suffer from. I have cancerous brain tumors, (twins)
is what my family and I call them. They are rare growths that im sure you know about affecting someone in your family or maybe
simple stories that you have heard of others having to deal with. My tumor types are called "oligo-asrocytoma" (mixed).
There are so many types of tumors to this day that doctors give new names to. Its easy to create a new name, but very hard
to create an explanation as to why i have cancerous tumors growing on my brain and what i do to stop it NOW!!!! There have
been many patients cured of similar problems of tumors in their bodies and their brains. My situation is quite large, very
shocking for me and my doctors to try to cure because of its locations and chances of survival. So what are the options i
have for a cure?
The options cancer care provides are surgery,
chemotherapy and radiation therapy. I don't do chemo because im told my cancer cells wont die from it, so scratch that option
off the list. As for radiation therapy, it may basically burn cells in a pin point area of choice on my brain, killing good
and bad cells. They say my cancer may be caused by radiation and wont try many times to kill the cancer with a type of method
that may have caused it......go figure. Surgery was the first step for me and the only option when it all began.
It started on August 20th, 2009. I had just sold my house 5 days earlier and was moving downtown and was planning
a new career path to help people. A simple 5 minute drive to work turned into a seizure while driving. At that point
i had no idea i was a cancer victim. I didnt want to be late for work so i kept driving my jeep and was found passed out bleeding
from the mouth in my jeep with the door wide open in front of my work building by a buddy of mine. I woke up in his car as
he was driving me to the hospital and i said "take me home!!" yet i had no idea where i lived as if i was brain
washed. Shortly there after a doctor says to me "you have a brain tumor, call your parents." So thats the
exact moment my life changed. I had surgury a week later and was told the tumor was the size of an orange on my left
temple and i was born with it. After the surgury i lost so much memory, simple words, names, tastes of foods, and so
on... It was like being reborn into a beautiful world. Then two months had passed and i was told it was cancer and i
had not been born with it. Its two or three years old and we will cure it. Another two months go by and i am told
we cant try many cure options. Then another two months go by and i am told i have a (twin) tumor on the other side.
My first words at that point were "prove it!!!" So they snuck my parents and i into a room to see the pictures
of the tumors as i snuck cell phone pictures before asking. So thats what i know, i have growing (twin) brain cancer
tumors and because of it my day to day life is weird. I have seizures(many types) almost on a daily basis and i cant
do much of it yet i still lift weights often and love music. Seven months have gone by and i cant imagine someone going
through the illness that is becoming way to common in this world. So because of this, i want to spread the word and have fun
and be happy doing it, thats where clothing comes into play....
So i hope by spreading the word to everyone about the ups and downs of life are a gaurentee, so stand tall and live free.
We will save lives and create happiness for so many people. Before we die clothing is my way of creating a team of people
across the world to help bring awareness. It makes me so happy to see people being proud supporters of a positve future for
mankind. Thanks for comming this far and i hope we can all be happy about life and work together because the youngsters
deserve all the best we can offer.
Before we die clothing is alive, let
us be aware in advance and survive..............
Steven
Louis Maryniuk
