Does anyone survive brain cancer?

Sorry, hit submit button before done. Anyway he had another small leision in the lung and on Jan. 4th had what they call radiofrequency ablation which means they went in and burned off the cancer cells. His lung function is only 26%, so this was the best surgery for him. Doesn't even need to have oxygen! He is doing fine, still has a drainage tube that is draining the lung, but expects it to come out next week when we go back to the Dr. Will need radiation to the lung again. But, hey, I'm expecting to have him around for awhile. So, yes one does survive brain cancer and he does have a quality of life. We go to church, out to dinner, usually Fla. in the winter, etc. So, expect the best. God Bless!

I had surgery on March 31st to remove a 2cm GBM stage 4 tumor. On the same day, I had a disc in my neck fused. Double your pleasure, double your fun! The warning signs consisted of excruciating headaches, draggging my left leg slightly when I walked and dropping things with my left hand. Prior to all of this, I didn't even have a primary care doctor because I never got sick. I am 53 years old and I have exercised religiously for 39 years. I have also eaten pretty well although since my diagnosis, I have dramtatically changed my diet. Today, almost 5 months later, after 42 days of radiation and chemo and now, regimens of 5 days of chemo every 28 days, I go for my first MRI to see if anything shows up. The doctor was able to remove all of my tumor which was located just above my right ear. As far as my condition goes, I have only experienced slight fatigue from the chemo but I still go to the gym at 5:00 a.m. so I can only say the fatigue is slight. Overall, I feel great. My wife keeps me on a great regimen of green drinks, no sweets, foods that fight inflamation in the body and high in Omega 3's. You also need adequate exercise and strong mental well being. My faith in God is stronger than ever and I can't stress this enough. At this stage right now, I think my condition is nothing less than a miracle. I prayed like crazy and accepted the fact that if my time on this Earth is through, I'm completely at peace with that. If I still have something important to do and my time is not through, I'm not going to waste one minute of the time God has given to me. I am completely sincere in my heart and all I want to do is God's will. This disease was too much for me to handle so I decided to give it all to God. God will not give us more than we can bear without providing us a way out and an outcome far greater. This is what I'm believing and hanging onto so combine that with exercise and strong nutrition and I truly believe this is the cure; at least for today. Today is all any of us has anyway. We are all going to die and we don't know when. This cancer is just a subtle reminder to that fact.

Yes we can survive Brain Cancer. I too was told the tumor for GBM4 was inoperable. That was 2 1/2 years ago. I had surgery and have been doing fine ever since. I had 6 weeks of radiation and have been on Temdar chemo ever since surgery in Jan 2009. I can still do most things I did before with good quality of life. Find a doctor to do surgery if yours say it's inoperable. The 3rd one I ran across said he would do it and does them all the time. His name is Dr. Healy in Toledo Ohio. I could not be more pleased in what he had done. Don't give up HOPE.

my brother diagnosed in jan 2011 , he is under treatment , sir please say where was your treatment which hospitel and the doctors name

thank you

Hi, My father was just found out he has brain cancer, 9 months ago, he had a small cancer tumor removed from his lung, he had been in terrible pain, in the back neck, etc they thought it was nerve damage, to make a long story shorter, he has 2 lison's and another on the neck near the spine. He is having radiation now for 10 days, then that's all they can do. We don't know what to expect, the Dr's say best case he will live for a year, has anyone gone through this ?? they can't operate, due to multiple spots, and they say they can only radiate the head for the 10 days.
He is 67yrs old.......pray for recovery...

Dear Sir,
my wife(31 yrs) has got Ependymoma Grade II and removed surgically..Doctor saying most of it is removed..
She has increased Intracranical Pressure and may need Shunt.
May i know your story and what is the approx lifespan that can be expected for Ependymoma Grade II ? Doctor is telling it is a slow growing tumour.
I will be happy if you give your mail ID.(my id is : sumanghosh90@gmai.com)
regards
suman ghosh

Hi lisa777 I had a tumour removed from near brain stem about 13 months ago, said to be rare and slow growing.Had stereotactic radio therapy 2 months ago.I have right side weakness,but can walk and talk alright.Live in New Zealand am 69.
user name is mwiltshire
greetings from Michael

my 2.5 year old grandaughter was diagnosed with a brain tumor back in january it has now been over two months and she is on her second chemo out of six they are very extensive she is not able to talk,see,situp or move any of her body parts. can you let me know if this is what your son went through or let me know how long it took for him to start getting back to normal.thanks beth

Yes, Ihave survived over 5 years. I went through Radiation, and Chemo. But I think the best thing is to look Up and ask the Lord for Help

what type of tumor and cancer did you have and where was it located in the head. mine is between the frontal and temporal lobe, deep down in crease. I have anaplastic astrocytoma (dont know if i spelled it right). they say mine is inoperable. say ill have it rest of my life

Are there any survivors from melanoma metastases to the brain? Would love to hear a positive!!!