

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Justin Chamley benefit meal & silent auction
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 18 Jan, 2026 at 11:00 am – Sun, 18 Jan, 2026 at 05:00 pm
- **Event Description**: After months of suffering from chronic headaches, fatigue, insomnia, and what he would come to learn were focal seizures, he had a CT scan done on January 23rd, 2024.  That scan revealed that he had a significant sized tumor (roughly the size of a lime) in the right, frontal lobe of my brain.
They sent and admitted him immediately to KU Med Center in Kansas City for further, more advanced imaging and testing.  Due to the size and location of the tumor there was a serious fear of continued or worsening seizure activity, so he was monitored immediately upon arrival until they were able to determine how to proceed.
Three days later he underwent brain surgery to extract as much of the tumor as they felt they could safely, which ended up being about 1/3 of the total mass.  Removing more wasn’t a possibility because of the size and location.  The surgery was successful, insofar as they were able to accomplish their goal and he was awake and able to communicate and function relatively normally once anesthesia wore off after the 7 hours of surgery.  He was allowed to go home the following Monday, January 29th.  A sample of what was removed confirmed what the neuro-oncology team at KUMC had suspected, which was that the tumor was glioblastoma, a fast-growing and terribly aggressive malignant tumor in the brain.
The standard protocol for this type of cancer is to resect as much as possible and immediately follow up with radiation and chemotherapy to combat what the surgery couldn’t remove.  So, after coming home to heal for a few weeks, he returned to KUMC for 6 weeks of daily radiation treatments.  He got to come home on weekends, but during the weeks a caregiver and Justin would stay at a place called Hope Lodge sponsored by the American Cancer Society.  It was like a Ronald McDonald House style lodging that allowed him to stay just minutes away from where he was receiving treatment, instead of commuting to and from Kansas City, five days a week.  Once that wrapped up, he got to take a few weeks off for his body to rest before beginning six months of oral chemotherapy.
A few months after he was sent home for good, he noticed some swelling and pain at the surgical site and it was determined he had developed an infection, presumably from some complication related to the surgery.  So approximately six months after the initial brain surgery, he underwent another to clean the infection and fluid accumulation out. It was also determined that the infection had spread to the portion of my skull that had been removed for the original craniotomy and then put back in place.  Because it was unknown how or why this infection happened to begin with, the doctors weren’t confident that it would NOT reoccur, so they elected to leave the portion of skull out after surgery to simplify the process in case they had to repeat it in the future.  
Justin went approximately six months without this cap in my skull before the infectious disease and neurosurgery teams at KU felt confident enough to replace the bone that had become necrotic, with a lab-created, biocompatible exact recreation of that missing portion of his skull.  They operated to replace the original hardware on July 10, 2025. During that 6-month period, swelling and fluid accumulation did occur at the original surgery site, and had to be removed and treated, but thankfully they were able to handle those instances non-invasively.
 At the end of this month (January 23rd, 2026) it will mark two years since the tumor was discovered.  This past November he had to start a second cycle of oral chemotherapy to combat potential recurrence.  He continues to seek out alternative treatments and clinical trials all over the country, most or all of which are not covered by insurance.  Any funds received from this benefit will be used to help with the expenses of continuing to seek out answers and ultimately, a cure.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/onaga/justin-chamley-benefit-meal-and-silent-auction/200029440926154
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- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 228

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Onaga
- **state**: KS
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Onaga Area Community Center
- **lat**: 39.485241
- **long**: -96.169069
- **full address**: Onaga Area Community Center, 100 Union Pacific Dr,Onaga, Kansas, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sun, 18 Jan, 2026 at 11:00 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Onaga Area Community Center, 100 Union Pacific Dr,Onaga, Kansas, United States
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Justin Chamley benefit meal & silent auction ?
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