Hello all. My name is Sonny Langley. Some of you know me already, but I will try the best to describe myself to those that don’t. I’m a 28 year old. I consider myself to be a fun, outgoing person. I try to spend time with my family and friends as much I can. I am honored to have good friends and family in my life.

My major passions in life include working out, shooting, hiking, bike riding, and spending time with friends and family. I also have a strong faith in God.  I guess you can describe me as social butterfly. I believe this world is full of genuine people that you can learn things from.  Great stories come from great people.  I live for seeing people smile, and to make people feel valued.

It’s hard to sit here and describe yourself and your life. The more I read over this, the more generic and ordinary it sounds.  I don’t think words can describe how much love and happiness that there is in my life. I can only hope that the little I write here conveys the feeling and emotions that I have for my life and everyone in it. You don’t realize how much you actually appreciate it and enjoy it, until it starts slipping away.

So I guess on to the reason why I’m writing this bio on myself.  I was diagnosed with a brain tumor over a year ago. I haven’t talked about it much because I don’t like stressing my friends and family out. I know people have plenty of things to worry about as it is. It has been plaguing my life for some years now, and it’s getting to the point where it cannot be ignored. The symptoms include dizziness, numb extremities, no sleep, blurry vision, and memory loss.  It has been debilitating and devastating for an active person as myself.

It is called a pineal tumor, or pineal cyst. Or you can just call it “Timmy” as my friends have so graciously named him. J  It is considered one of the worst locations in your brain to have a tumor. It’s very hard to reach and most surgeons in the world will not operate on it. I have been from neurologist to oncologist, trying to find answers. 

After countless days and hours I have finally found one surgeon who is willing to do the operation.  It was such a relief to find a surgeon who is willing to operate, and operate soon.  It’s time sensitive, as tumors usually are.  His name is Dr.Hrayr Shahinian at the Skull Base Institute in California. He has performed 5,000 of these surgeries with a 98.5% success rate. The sheer amount of beautiful success stories I have read from his patients and how they have received their lives back has filled me with hope. It is hard to express the gratitude I have after months and months of talking to stone cold doctors, who have given me no more than a death sentence, to hear someone say the simple words “I can help you”. Knowing that my life doesn’t have to end here, that instead of being a sad story, my life could inspire hope in others like his patients have inspired in me… It feels just short of a miracle. It is a gift that, after everything, I haven’t dared to dream of. However, like most things in life, it comes with a price. The surgery will cost a staggering $160,000 at a minimum. 

I want to thank everybody who has taken the time to read this. It has been quite the journey so far. I appreciate the support from all my family and friends. I know I wouldn’t be the person I am today without help from them. I can’t wait to feel well again. It has been so long. I hope I haven’t bummed everyone out, that wasn’t my intent.  Thank you so much for the love and support.  I will try and keep everyone updated.  And at the end of this thing I would like to start a charity for people with similar circumstances. I want other people to have the same support that everyone has given to me. Thank you again