Contents:
                  
                                          Breaking bald, or: a not-so-mini biography
                                          Making ADHD pay, or: how I turned a disorder into a career
                                          Falling in love, or: "will you stop talking please? I'm trying to kiss you"
                                          Signs of trouble, or: "Christie, I'm sick"
                                          Diagnosis, or: "whatever you do, don't google 'low-grade glioma'"
                                          The worst phone call of my life, or: "Mom and dad? I have some bad news"
                                          Telling Adam, or "so I won't be able to come to work on Monday"
                                          Always bet on black, or: everything I know, I learned from watching Wesley Snipes movies
                                          Dr. Black, or: the "rock" star brain surgeon
                                          Dr. McHottie and Dr. Redneck, or: the rest of the dream team
                                          The worst people I've ever met, or: my Mount Rushmore of douche bags
                                          Best case scenarios, or: my trip to the sperm bank
                                          Chemo, day one, or: a journey of a thousand miles
                                          Radiation, or: "I wonder what she has"
                                          My feel good playlist, or: "you've got to pay your dues if you want to sing the blues"
                                          Constipation and other early symptoms, or: when the shit doesn't hit the fan
                                          Sobering news, or: announcing on the podcast
                                          Barbara's house of healing, or: alternative therapies
                                          "Rock" bottom, or: the day we lost our engagement ring
                                          My bachelor party, or: I can't be the first guy to take chemo in a strip club can I?
                                          Lies doctors tell you, or: "you're going to feel like a million bucks!"
                                          Our wedding, or Michael Jackson, Simply Red and glow sticks
                                          Our honeymoon, or: the time my wife drugged me at a kids pool in Maui
                                          Worsening symptoms, or: "you're not driving a car are you?"
                                          My brother's wedding, or: "stuck in Lodi again"
                                          Drew Brees, my secret admirer and poop, or: my greatest regrets
                                          Physical therapy, or: koosh balls, crutches and brightly-colored shirts
                                          "Sleepless nights" and "pain," or: christie's story
                                          Avastin, or: the big gun
                                          Inpatient therapy, or: the closest i ever got to a threesome
                                          Family stress, or: save the drama for your mama
                                          The exam of a lifetime, or: my next MRI
                                          Laughs for bald Bryan, or: "baby, how?!"
                                          Get busy living or get busy dying, or: Italy
                                          Razor blades, or: how a trip to COSTCO became my most life-affirming moment
                                          Epilogue, or: postscript, afterword, coda, denouement, etc