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New Website Feature: Clinical Trial Finder

Advocacy

The Raymond A. Wood Foundation continues to add features to the website rawoodfoundation.org to better support our patient, survivor and caregiver community. Last month we launched a page for those who are newly diagnosed to find important resources and support. This month, we launched a page dedicated to giving patients access to clinical trials specific to craniopharyngioma and its comorbidities engineered by Power, a company whose mission is to “help more patients find treatments and speed up the process of medical science as we go.”

New Website Feature: Clinical Trial Finder

Raymond A. Wood Foundation Welcomes New Board Member and Elects New Chair

RAWF News, Uncategorized

The Raymond A. Wood Foundation (RAWF), a rare disease patient advocacy organization, whose mission is to empower survivors of hypothalamic-pituitary (H-P) brain tumors with an improved quality of life by providing access to education, technology, and evolving treatments, announces exciting changes to the foundation’s board of directors including the addition of Christine Selko and the election of Eugenie Hsu, Ph.D. as chairperson.

Raymond A. Wood Foundation Welcomes New Board Member and Elects New Chair

The Raymond A. Wood Foundation Launches ROAR for RARE

RAWF News, Uncategorized

The Raymond A. Wood Foundation (RAWF) – a patient-led, rare disease advocacy organization – announces the launch of ROAR for RARE, a campaign to raise $500,000 over the next year and a half to fund four critically needed projects that will drastically improve the quality of life for hypothalamic-pituitary (H-P) brain tumor survivors.

The Raymond A. Wood Foundation Launches ROAR for RARE

Ten Year “Cranioversary” Parent Reflection

On August 23, 2011, Alex, our then-8-year-old son was diagnosed with a brain tumor called craniopharyngioma. We were told that although he would likely survive the surgery, he would be left with chronic medical conditions in its aftermath including “diabetes insipidus, panhypopituitarism, hypothalamic obesity…” I couldn’t absorb any explanations about medical terminology because my head was reeling from the shock of being told that my little boy had a brain tumor.

Ten Year “Cranioversary” Parent Reflection

Transitioning to the New School Year

Caregivers

If you have a school-age survivor and you are in the beginning weeks of school or preparing for the start, transitioning to a new year can be daunting task. We enlisted the advice of Katy Bosserman, a special education advocate, on preparing your child and working with the IEP team. Watch this video and check out some great tips and resources to help navigate the beginning of the 2021/22 school year.

Transitioning to the New School Year

Craniopharyngioma survivor, Azalea, age 2, receives blood analyzer

Meet Azalea, 2, a silly music loving two year old who lives in Sacramento, California.

Azaleas parents started this journey with a couple of trips to the ER due to episodes of non-specific vomiting, and received the most devastating news a parent is ever prepared for. On the 14th of September 2020, Azalea was diagnosed with a very large craniopharyngioma for her tiny brain and body.

Craniopharyngioma survivor, Azalea, age 2, receives blood analyzer
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