People often ask me how The Neuro Farmacist began. The honest answer is that I built the resource I desperately needed and could not find. I am Julie Crawshay, and when my husband Nic was diagnosed with glioblastoma, the gap I faced was not in the science — it was in the translation.

The gap nobody talks about

There is an enormous amount of research on brain cancer, but very little of it reaches families in a form they can actually use at the moment they need it most. I found myself either drowning in clinical jargon or falling into the rabbit holes of pseudoscience and false hope. Neither was acceptable. So I started translating what I learned into plain, evidence-aware language.

From a personal notebook to a community

The Neuro Farmacist began almost as a personal notebook — a way to process the clinical trials, treatment options and support structures I was learning about. Then other caregivers started reaching out, all saying the same thing: I didn't know where to look. I felt so alone. That is when I realised this had to be bigger than me. Today it spans Instagram, Substack, and a free GBM Caregiver's Resource Guide.

What I hope it offers

I hope The Neuro Farmacist offers families three things: clarity, calm, and the knowledge that they are not alone. If you want to understand where my advocacy came from, you can read my full story here.

This work is my way of making meaning out of the hardest chapter of my life — and of making sure no other family has to feel as lost as I once did.