The Ultimate Surprise

About the Book

The Ultimate Surprise will take you on a journey like no other journey you have ever traveled before. First, let me explain what the “ultimate surprise” was. It was a “brain tumor – a Meningioma”. This type of tumor, in most cases, is benign and not cancerous. To be told that you have a brain tumor, cancerous or not, is traumatic. That is the way I felt when I was told that I had a brain tumor. Trust me, when you hear those words, everything else is mute and you can’t hear anything else. The only thought that comes to mind is “Oh My God, a Brain Tumor? You answer to yourself, “Yes, that is what you have”. The next thing you do is brace yourself for what you must still have to face. This book was written to help you through this journey and the many stops you have to take to reach your destination. Your destination starts with meeting your surgeon, having the surgery to eradicate (remove) the ultimate surprise and then you stay on the road to recovery until you feel better. The end of the journey is when you are pain-free and the “ultimate surprise” is just a memory.

About the Author

Jacqueline P. Jones, Age 56, is a native of Goldsboro, North Carolina. She and her family moved to Virginia in 1994 and now reside in Virginia Beach. She is married to Elroy Jones who works for the City of Chesapeake and have 2 daughters (Jameka and Jacqueline), three grandchildren (Adrianna, Xavier and Joshua) and one son-in-law, Adam Wilson. She has been employed for 13 years as an Executive Administrative Assistant for the Norfolk Airport Authority®, owner/operator of Norfolk International Airport. Her mother and three sisters still reside in North Carolina and one brother who is a Merchant Seaman. The bond of her family is very important to her and she loves being in the presence of all of her nieces and nephews at family gatherings. This is her first literary project and she was inspired to write this book to share her experiences to others about her brain tumor, which was an “ultimate surprise”, and how it changed her and her husband=s lives. They have faced several obstacles due to this ultimate surprise and she hopes that others can benefit from reading her chronology of events and recovery. This experience was not an easy one or one that she was looking forward to, but it happened and the only thing she could do was to accept it and deal with it. Her philosophy for life is that she has learned that whatever path you take in life, you should treat people the way you want to be treated because you never know when you might need a helping hand along the way. This is so true because along her way to recovery, she had the support of these friends and she is forever thankful and grateful to them. To live this philosophy and being able to tell it is truly a blessing to behold. “Thank you for taking the time to read this book and I am glad it could possibly help you further down the road”. Jacqueline P. Jones