Long term effects
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I am sorry, I really can not
I am sorry, I really can not remember , I want to say it was in the neighborhood of 3.5 x 3.5 cm or 4 x 4, but i am just not sure , they said it was a pretty good size tumor. Also, here are the chemo drugs I took.
1- Dfmo-controlled study
2- vincristine
3- lomustine or CCNU
4- procarbazine- this made me break out in rashes and they took me off of this mid stream.
I also took chemo during the radiation treatments but I can not remember the name of it.0 -
wow!ronefx said:I am sorry, I really can not
I am sorry, I really can not remember , I want to say it was in the neighborhood of 3.5 x 3.5 cm or 4 x 4, but i am just not sure , they said it was a pretty good size tumor. Also, here are the chemo drugs I took.
1- Dfmo-controlled study
2- vincristine
3- lomustine or CCNU
4- procarbazine- this made me break out in rashes and they took me off of this mid stream.
I also took chemo during the radiation treatments but I can not remember the name of it.
Its ok that you can't remember---afterall, brain tumors are not easy! It sounds like your size and all was similar to what mine was. That is so awesome and you give so much hope and inspiration. Have you had any reoccurences?0 -
No, I sure have not.ChristyM said:wow!
Its ok that you can't remember---afterall, brain tumors are not easy! It sounds like your size and all was similar to what mine was. That is so awesome and you give so much hope and inspiration. Have you had any reoccurences?
The Lord has been good to me. My current problems may or may not have anything to do with the tumor or the treatments, so thats why I was just curious if anyone else could share there experiences. I hope all is well for you and I will be praying for the Lord's hand to heal & comfort you.0 -
your tumorronefx said:No, I sure have not.
The Lord has been good to me. My current problems may or may not have anything to do with the tumor or the treatments, so thats why I was just curious if anyone else could share there experiences. I hope all is well for you and I will be praying for the Lord's hand to heal & comfort you.
good luck to you -- can you remember if the doctors told you that they "got it all" --- at least what was visible?
thank you.0 -
I ran across some information that may help...
you understand your side effects. I had a brain tumor, I guess since childhood that was slow growing and never had any side effects, when I had a seizure at 45 the found an astrocytoma, benign. I have stage 3c colon cancer now at 49 and an on intense chemo. Anyway, enough about me. I ran across an article about young people with cancer and they've done research following long term effects of young people who have a lot of severe side effects later in life. After I read the article, no, you are not a hypochondriac. This is the address to the article, I hope it helps. http://www.themedguru.com/articles/childhood_cancer_survivors_develop_worse_problems_later-732232.html0 -
Fatigue
You aren't alone or going crazy.This is one of those late effects of radiation which never seems to let up. I had my brain cancer at age 4. I have always been waiting for the time in life when I don't need 13 to 15 hours of sleep a night to feel good. I never knew why I have such a hard time on less sleep. It is very frustrating.0
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