Weill Cornell Medicine shared a post on LinkedIn:
“At 23, Anya Zach-Salon was chasing her publishing dreams in NYC when persistent headaches led to a shocking diagnosis: a brain tumor in her fourth ventricle, a critical area near the brainstem where cerebrospinal fluid flows.
‘I had headaches before, so having a headache wasn’t a concern,’ Anya recalls. ‘I never thought it could be a brain tumor.’
With expert care from Dr. Jeffrey P. Greenfield of Weill Cornell Medicine and New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Anya underwent complex brain surgery and months of rehab. Her courage never wavered.
‘These tumors require precise surgical technique due to their location near critical brainstem structures,’ Dr. Greenfield explains. ‘Our goal is always complete removal while preserving neurological function.’
Ten years later, Anya is thriving: married to her college sweetheart, working in children’s publishing, biking through Minneapolis with her two poodles, and still devouring fiction.
Her advice to others facing brain surgery: ‘Trust the process and trust the doctors. Life will go on, and it’s going to be okay.'”
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