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Brain Cancer
Archives for January 2012
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Good news...no physical or occupational therapy for David :)
David had his first outpatient physical and occupational therapy appointments today. Both therapists said that they do not see any reason for David to see any therapists. He's really made an amazing recovery. When we came home from the hospital on 12/21, David was having a lot of trouble walking, talking, feeding himself.…
grade 4 glioblastoma
i ha ve just had 80% of my tumour removed last week i am told my cancer is treatable but uncurable about to begin 4-6 weeks radiation and chemo i gues my question is is how worse or dibilitating is this likely to make me i have already lost use of right arm and leg slowly coming back but i really dont want to trade what i…
Recurrent GBM
My mom age 52 (51 at diagnosis) was diagnosed with this horrible tumor. It was located in the frontal portion of the brain on the right side near the ear area. She had a crainiotomy on April 2, 2011 and they removed all of the tumor and some surrounding tissue. She began in May on Temador and Radiation (targeted), She was…
Astrocytoma Grade III Survivor Here To Help
Hello all. I have helped the ACS for several years now and I am looking to help people specifically with brain cancer. I will be a 5 year survivor in March of 2012. I believe this is my calling to help people who are going through such a difficult thing. Anything at all I can do to help please let me know whether it be to…
Astrocytoma Grade III Survivor Here To Help Others
Hello all. I have helped the ACS for several years now and I am looking to help people specifically with brain cancer. I will be a 5 year survivor in March of 2012. I believe this is my calling to help people who are going through such a difficult thing. Anything at all I can do to help please let me know whether it be to…
Rare brain tumor....DIPG
I am looking for other adults who have been diagnosed with a DIPG (diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma )
avastin treatment
My brother 45yrs hs been diagnosed Oligodendroglioma gr3 in May 2008 on the right side. He was operated and given radiation and temador(abt 6mths) he later developed GBM on the left side in May 2009 which was aggressive, he was given avastin (with chemo drug)for 12 mths (24 cycles) and stopped in early 2011 since MRIs…
Brain mets from colon cancer
I was diagnosed in May with stage 4 colon cancer with mets in the liver, lung and brain. Chemo has shrunk the tumors in the liver and lung and I had Gamma Knife on 9 spots in the brain which seemed to shrink all of them as well. Now they have found that 2 of them are growing slightly again. Problem is, the larger one sits…
The first follow up MRI - Holiday's - NERVES!!!!!
It’s been a while once more. I seem to drift off into a world where none of this exists from time to time. Or at least try. I’ve read a few posts here now saying that the holidays were hard.. As you read of peoples resolutions and plans for their future with their family, it sinks in that, I have no idea what is going to…
Why is this happening to me?
" Why is this happening to me?" says my sister who got diagnosed with a grade 3 astrocytoma in July 2011. We were just back from the new years celebrations. The music was perfect, almost textbook from my ipod list. The food great. People were fun and caring. My sister had conquered the dance floor. Guys wanted her. Girls…