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Brain Surgery on Wednesday
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Aug 29, 2011 - 9:30 pm
My husband is having surgery on Wednesday to remove the mass on his brain which spread from his lung. He is now caughing up blood. The doctor said it is about 1 cm and is located in a safe spot beneath the skull. I still don't know which kind; non-cell or small-cell nor do I have confirmation of stage IV. He has already gone 7 mos with the lung cancer without any kind of treatment and diagnosed in June with the tumor on the brain. This is atleast 3 mos with cancer in the brain without treatment. He is in good spirits and I am remaining hopeful. Someone please tell me what to expect. |
Joined: Apr 2009
Why has he gone so long with out treatment the sooner you get the cancer under control the better chance you have of beating it. Question his doctors and see if they have a game plan and get a second opinion from one of the major cancer institutions like MD Anderson or Mayo clinic if you live near one of them.
Wishing him well on his surgery
Hondo
Joined: May 2011
My husband is an inmate. They took x-rays last Sept and a CAT Scan last October. It took until May of this year to get a biopsy done on the lung (which at that time was the only place the cancer was located). In June an additional CAT scan was performed on the brain when the tumor was found there as well. It took two months from then to get him in to see a nuerologist at which time they sent the wrong CT Scan (they sent the one from Oct. 2010)and the nuerologist couldn't do anything with the wrong scan but informed my husband as of October of last year he did not have the tumor on his brain. That appointment was on July 18th. Once the nuerologist saw the right scan the tumor was only 1cm. Therefore; sur