{"id":2770,"date":"2018-03-26T17:05:10","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T22:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/?p=2770"},"modified":"2026-03-29T09:34:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T14:34:00","slug":"three-time-brain-tumor-no-reason-to-be-discouraged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/three-time-brain-tumor-no-reason-to-be-discouraged\/","title":{"rendered":"Three-Time Brain Tumor: No Reason to be Discouraged!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Discouraged is not a familiar word to this owner of a three-time brain tumor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the 2018 Winter Olympics, famed gold medalist Scott Hamilton reflected on a television talk show about adoption, cancer, and his recurring brain tumor.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-image-2792\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Scott-Hamilton-on-Today-at--1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Not discouraged beating cancer\" class=\"wp-image-2792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Scott-Hamilton-on-Today-at--1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Scott-Hamilton-on-Today-at--300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Scott-Hamilton-on-Today-at--768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Scott-Hamilton-on-Today-at-.jpg 1042w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Scott Hamilton shares his story on TODAY<\/mark><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>How does he thrive with anxiety?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-best-advice-ever-from-an-olympic-gold-medalist-nbsp\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Best Advice Ever from an Olympic Gold Medalist&nbsp;<\/mark><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For a quarter of a century, you couldn\u2019t watch a Winter Olympic broadcast without Scott Hamilton in the booth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But not recently.&nbsp; He was demoted in favor of Tara Lapinski and Johnny Weir.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-image-2795\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"648\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Tara-Lapinski-and-Johnny-We-1024x648.jpg\" alt=\"Discouraged? Not! Lapinski\/Weir\" class=\"wp-image-2795\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Tara-Lapinski-and-Johnny-We.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Tara-Lapinski-and-Johnny-We-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Tara-Lapinski-and-Johnny-We-768x486.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Tara Lapinski and Johnny Weir, 2018 Winter Olympics\/Jean Catuffe\/Getty Images<\/mark><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>This surprised me, and I think many others, because of Scott&#8217;s TV charisma and his pedigree of four straight world championships in the eighties and a gold medal in 1984.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Channel surfing the other day, I saw Scott talking about his new book, <em>Finish First: Winning Changes Everything<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I didn\u2019t know about his scary battles with . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>stage 4 testicular cancer and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a recurring brain tumor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The tumor is benign, but it is still a threat to his optic nerve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>First appeared in 2004<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reappeared in 2010<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reappeared again in 2016<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>And since he couldn\u2019t use radiation a third time, he was given two options . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Diet<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prayer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI prayed about 12 times a day. When I was told that the tumor shrank, I asked the doctor how that was possible.&nbsp; He just smiled and said, \u2018God\u2019.&nbsp; This honestly is my favorite thing about my faith.&nbsp; We have no right to hang on to anything anymore, except Jesus.&nbsp; You can call us crazy, those of us who believe this, but pay attention.&nbsp; We\u2019re happier and lighter.\u201d<br>_ Scott Hamilton<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m all in about happier and lighter, aren&#8217;t you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When trauma speeds anxiety, I remember this lesson from the playground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-a-law-from-the-playground\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">A Law from the Playground<\/mark><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The merry-go-round was always a star attraction growing up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kids crowded around yelling and huffing and puffing to jump on, while some on the edge cried, \u201cStop!\u201d&nbsp; \u201cStop!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some laughed like hyenas, screaming, \u201cFaster!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-image-2804\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Laughing-hyena.jpg\" alt=\"Discouraged by laughing hyenas\" class=\"wp-image-2804\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Laughing-hyena.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Laughing-hyena-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Laughing-hyena-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Demands are like laughing Hyenas\/Mark Bridger\/Shutterstock<\/mark><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>And then some kind soul yells, \u201cMove to the center!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;That&#8217;s it,&#8217; I&#8217;d say to myself, &#8216;move to the center!&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The center was magical because no matter how fast the spin, you wouldn\u2019t get dizzy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-the-edge-vs-the-center\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">The Edge vs the Center<\/mark><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>My struggle on the merry-go-round was the same as it is today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What to do with speed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every day begins normally enough, like the merry-go-round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Soon, a crowd joins you, screaming different demands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Financial demands<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Family demands<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Work demands<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Is this the way to success?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The more you do, the more you\u2019re requested to do?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How do you keep fatigue and fear from creeping in?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Move to the center.&nbsp; Run to the center.&nbsp; Cleave to the center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-the-center-of-all-things\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">The Center of All Things<\/mark><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">I have spent the last 50 years of my life amazed by countless signposts pointing to the specific truth of God in Christ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">I&#8217;ve encountered them, and I believe they are remarkable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">This was not a process of selection like going to a cafeteria of religions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">This was an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.steveblaising.com\/\">encounter of the Spirit<\/a> in a supernatural way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">I think folks are hungrier and thirstier than ever <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">to plant their lives on a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/the-best-investment-i-ever-made\/\" target=\"_blank\">center<\/a>&nbsp;that is authentic, truthful, and transcends<\/span> the limitations of this world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">What do you think?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stories like this are part of the reflections I write about life, resilience, and human turning points explored on my <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/about-stephen-blaising\/\"><strong>About Stephen Blaising<\/strong> <\/a>page.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discouraged is not a familiar word to this owner of a three-time brain tumor. 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