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Brain Cancer
Archives for February 2012
Discussion List
About to start Avastin. and terrified
About to start Avastin. I had my 1st resection 1/7/11 and my second on 1/17/12. Since my 2nd surgery I feel like I am living in a fog. So tired all the time, feeling of being "slow". My surgeons believe it is because of the radiation I received after surgery #1. They say it may or may not get better. I was able to return…
more trouble
2/4 Not much going on. David had some company pretty much all day. I think it wore him out. 2/5 I asked for everyone's understanding--David didn't want visitors today. He's really crabby and tired and still in a lot of pain. They started him on the antibiotic that would target the bacterial infection. Larry (my…
I need some answers please!
Hello all, My boyfriend is 23 years old and recently diagnosed right before christmas with stage 2 astrocytoma. His tumor is the size of an orange right on top of his thalamus. All of the doctors we have seen (3 of them) have said its inoperable. He was put on anti seizure medicine keppra and he has not had any seizures…
Gamma Knife experienced complications.
I am scheduled for gamma knife next week and am concerned about any complications from this procedure , my tumor is on my right visual horn and has been been deteriorating my left visual field. the edema as well as the lesion has been the culprits of my deteriorating my eyesight , as a carpenter im in need of my vision to…
Our ever-evolving situation.....
Here's what's been going on with David: Back in Dec. 12/13-16 David had a BBBD treatment that had seriously negative side effects. Because he had such a bad reaction, he was taken off the BBBD protocol. It took him until the end of January to recover enough to attempt another, less harsh chemo treatment. 1/23 David was to…
Avastin and back pain
I have been on Avastin since August 2010. I have been tolerating it really well. Lately, I have developed a few symptoms that I am not if they are related to the Avastin or something else. I started having pain in my back about 3 months ago, between my shoulder blades. Then about 6 weeks ago my feet started hurting when I…