I’ve been quietly following a friend progress through a stunning battle with Brain Cancer. He’s got a great website about the whole ordeal that’s really worth checking out if you are in any way not convinced of the completely unbridled power of a website with a very specific focus. It’s also quite an amazing read.
He and I went to High School together and were in Band together. I always enjoyed talking to him when I would run into him after high school as he’s a whip smart guy and has a quiet humility about him. The combination is very endearing, as whenever I talked to him I always feel like he’s both really interested in what I have to say, and really going to say something I’m interested in listening to. That comes across on his website too. I love the way he digs into all the medical details and so graciously and honestly translates them into English without oversimplifying the unbelievable complexity of battling brain cancer.
So pretty much immediately after he was diagnosed he started sending out emails. I hadn’t seen him in quite some time as I’d moved to Phoenix. I guess the last time I saw him was when he played at my sister’s wedding.. I don’t remember what year. A while ago, shall we say.
After the first year or so he switched over from emails to blogging and registered a domain name. The earliest versions of the site were interesting but this update is really the one that I think David should be most proud of. It’s really clear what’s going on on the site and he’s got so much material from posting over the years that it’s a rich and engaging read.
