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Brain Cancer

Archives for May 2014

All CSN members are invited!
It’s finally happening! We are happy to announce that as early as tonight, a new Chat application is being launched on CSN. It is NOT Java-based and it DOES support members using mobile devices. To access chat, you must be a CSN member and logged on. Once logged on, all you have to do is click chat in your left navigation…
grade 4 glioblastoma-multiforme
I'm looking for information on a time line from the beginning of diagnosis up until treatment on GBM IV. My father was diagnosed on mothers day, a Sunday. Two days later, Tuesday, he had a biopsy performed simply for confirmation although the doctors felt confident in the type of tumor he had. They said it would be 4-10…
Oligodendroglioma Grade 3
Hi, My name is Cathy on September 12th I had a seizure and from that an MRI showing a 5"x4" tumor on my left frontal of my brain. I had surgery one week later. I had the best surgeon out of Rhode Island Hospital. he said I had the tumor for about 20 years, I'm 50 years old! He removed all but one small portion of the tumor…
Air Bubble from Biopsy?
Has anyone heard of or had an MRI show an Air Bubble post surgery? My husband tumore has responded well to MTX and shrank to 3ml but they see annair bubble. Top surgeons are meeting Sunday to discuss. Curiousnif anyone here had this what trestment was followed?
Another great MRI on Valcyte - Valganciclivor
GREAT results from my partner Steve's latest MRI at MD Anderson. Impression from radiology: Continued improvement noted in hyperintensity. The resection cavity continues to collapse with no evidence of progressive disease. Steve continues to tolerate Valcyte well and has not experienced any side-effects. Valcyte is an FDA…
Glioblastoma Grade 4
My 37 yo brother in law woke up Saturday 4/19/14 with vision issues in his right eye, as the day progressed it got worse, so my sister in law took him to the ER. The ER ran a CT scan that came back abnormal, so they did an MRI and that is when they found the tumor in the back left side of his brain. On 4/30/14 he had…
Glioblastoma IV
On March 21, 2014 my 52 years old brother went to see the Doctor. due to continuos headache and problems with his right leg and hand. A MRI ct scan came out with a big tumor. He has surgeory on April 02, 2014 the biopsy showed a Glioblastoma IV. He is a very active person, right now he is on chimiotherapy and radiation as…
For Those Who Need Hope
I am a survivor of a GBN stage 4. It was Dec. of 2007 that I had the surgery then radiation and chemo. The chemo lasted 2 years. I do bi-yearly MRIs and I am 54 years old. “They” gave me 18 months and I will be grateful and excited to hit 7 years this December. There is hope and God numbers our days!
http://www.cureyourowncancer.org/joanne-crowthers-story-beating-large-b-cell-lymphoma-with-cannabis-
Has anyone tried cannibismoil? I am considering getting my husband on it. Any info or feedback will be appreciated. Thank you
Spam Emails
We have been made aware of another round of spam emails being sent to users. While we try to have security in place to handle such emails, we cannot always catch them all. If you have received an email asking for money, please do not respond to the email or the private email address that was given by the sender. Please…

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