I have an Anaplastic Astrocytoma Grade 3. I was diagnosed 10/23/98
Last Wednesday, my 56 year old brother, living in Hollywood, FL, had surgery for a mengeanomia (spelling?) tumor 8 centimeters in size. The first day he was up and sitting in a chair then within 24 hours he started losing strength on his left side (the tumor was on the right side of the brain) he then went to sleep. Apparently, his brain has swollen and he is unable to move his limbs or open his eyes. They moved back to ICU. Would someone share with me if this is "normal". The doctor has told my sister-in-law that this may occur for 10-15 days. There are no drainage tubes. Are drainage tubes normally this needed for this surgery? Today, they are inserting a feeding tube so he can get his strength back. My sister-in-law is not an "assertive person" and my information from her is as you see above. Can anyone give me some advice as to what to ask or do?
thanks Judy
My husband was diagnosed on Nov 22 with a Grade III Malignant Astrocytoma on the right side of his brain controlling his speech and his comprehension. He had a biopsy and it his tumor is now called a Glioblastoma. It is 4 cm in size and growing fast. All of his doctors are talking of extension of life and Quality of Life, no one is speaking of long term remission which I find frustrating. Is this hopeless? I keep hearing about survivors and would like to know where they went and what treatment they received. He is currently undergoing radiation, his surgeon discouraged him from having it removed since he would have a 40% chance of becoming worse regarding his comprehension and speaking ability. He is so positive and loving right now and that's how I'm getting through this. We are surrounded by caring family and friends and find ourselves very lucky in that regard. Thanks for this ability to find help through support channels, it definitely is appreciated.
My 30 year old daughter Lisa has a brain tumor on her left occipital lobe. Lisa is scheduled for surgery on January 11. I would like to contact other patients that have had a similar type of surgery to gain some better insight as to what my daughte can expect beforeand after her surgery. I do not know anything about the type of tumor she has except that it isabout 8 cm in size. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thank You Jim Hilburger
I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH GLIOBLASTOMA MULTIFORME THIS PAST JULY AND GIVEN A YEAR TO LIVE BY THE DOCTORS. I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO SOMEONE AROUND MY AGE WITH THE SIMILIAR OR SAME PROGNOSIS. I'M 23 YEARS OLD.
i study medicine in romania so i am interested in everything you can possibly send me(new info). thank you.
My brother has a gliablastoma (gbm) in his spinal cord at the base of his neck. They were able to remove some of the tumor from his spine but they found a second tumor on his brain while performing the MRI after surgery. This is very rare and looking for anyone to share informaiton.
I just read some of the comments from others. I came looking because my niece had a portion of an anplastic astrcytoma removed Aug. 99. She has had radiation, is currently taking Chemotherapy. The portion that remained after surgery did not respond to the radiation. She is 30 yrs. Married, with 5 children, 10 yrs, 8 yrs. 7 yrs. and 17 mon. twins. Her attitude is extremely upbeat. She lives in a smal place, York, PA and doesn't have a computer. If anyone wants to be in contact with her for mutual encouragement or to just share experience, please e-mail me and I will send you her snail mail address. Take care everyone, remember the promises God has made. Isaiah 25:8, Isaiah 33:24, 2 Peter 3:13.
Sam. Mail me at <n1ds@ address.com> or <n1ds@yahoo.com>. 7Feb2000 Sorry about the chair, and the stress resulting from consequences. Haven't browsed thru the site but you have lots of sub pages and links. Good health and bon apetite, the pasta was good and just enough! Take care and au revoir. Dad.
Hi, My 52 year old mother diagnosed with a large, inoperable, astrocytoma, low grade glioma, Neuro Oncologist from Sloan Kettering in NY feel she is not a candidate for radiation at this time, seeking info ??
Thank You, Sue Belluardo
56 y/o mom diagnosed w/ anaplastic oligodendrogliomagr2 on 12/27. Lesion was right temporal,1.5 cm, and was completely excised using stereotaxy @ Mt. Sinai NYC. We are being treated w/ Radiation, course for 6 weeks @ Columbia Pres. NYC. Anyone out there w/ info re: this tumor, and CURE/Long term survival please write. Also, need info re: latest treatment options, prominent DR.'s, etc. Mom is otherwise in excellent heath. HELP!!!
I have already had a benign tumor removal last April but I am having headaches and losing my vision in my right eye. My dr. said the surgery and MRI after the surgery, turned out perfect. Could it be stress due to my upcoming MRI? Marilyn
My wife developed dementia 1.5 months after receiving brain radiation after surgury to remove a 1 inch malignant brain lesion on her right frontal lobe.
We were not aware that the radiation could cause atrophy of the brain. Does this happen to others & how frequently? Shouldn't patients be aware of this possiblity?
Her condition has deteriated over the lat 10 months & now she sleeps most of the day & opens her eyes on much prompting or after being moved by her nurses. She doesn't recognize me or our 30 year plus 3 sons.
CAN ANYTHING BE DONE TO STIMULATE HER MORE BY MEDICATION OR THERAPY? COGNITIVE & RANGE OF MOTION THERAPY THUS FAR GIVE HER HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL AS HAS PROZAK.
ALSO CAN ANYBODY ADVISE ME, HER SUPPORTER, INSOFAR AS BEING ABLE TO DEAL WITH THIS & HELP ME CONTINUE MY LIFE W/O SUCH GRIEF.
THANK YOU
I read with horror the story posted when you search for Glioblastoma Multiforme. {Houston Chronicle In strictist Confidence - The Untold story of the chemical industry) No one in my surviving family has ever talked about it, but I believe my father died from PVC exposure and Glioblastoma Multiforme. He died Feb. 10, 1964. I am his son, now 49 years old. The picture of man dying from the disease looked just like my dad's last days. He worked for Sperry Rand Corp, now UNISYS. He was an electronic technician, installing wiring in airplanes, most notably the B-58 Hustler. He also was a HAM radio operator. His first seizure occurred in September 1963. His second seizure occurred on the day JFK was shot & killed. He was admitted to the Long Island Jewish Center Hospital in early Dec. 1963, and they closed him back up, saying he was a dead man. He was allowed to go home for Christmas. Just after New Years he was back in a more local hospital, where he died. I genuinely believe he died from exposure to PVC. I feel is important to get this information out into the public, so people can make better choices about their lives. RWSTEVENS@prodigy.net
hx of meningioma......interested to discuss continued seizures and medications
Several years ago I had radiosurgery for a meningioma brain tumor. So far so good. When diagnosed the docters all agreed it was bengian(mis-spelled?) Now when asked for a docter report they will not put this in writing..at the time, I was lead to believe that all meningioma were non malignant...now I see more on meningioma being both ways?
I found your website from a friend at NBTF. They said I might be able to find more information about people with oligodendroglioma(low grade, right pariatal) and siezures. And how they are coping. Mine is in operable, about half the size of a man's fist. They said I could logon and go to a part of your website "other lists", but I don't see it. Maybe you can help me, thanks.
My sister died from a anaplastic astrocytoma, after her second child, at the age of 34 years of age. The first diagnosis was after her first born at one year of age. Surgery followed at her son's birth then chemo and radiation and told no more kids. The n Emma was born March of '98 and Louise died March of 2000.
My question to the world is has any women experienced brain turmour brought on by pregancey. I have been told her type of tumour is an adolscent tumour and my curiosity is if it lay dormat did pregancy bring it on.
HI MY NAME IS MERANDA FOLDS.I AM 17 YRS.OLD AND IM FROM TULSA OK.IM WRITING IN HOPES THAT I CAN HELP SOME OF YOU.IN 1995 MY GRANDPA WAS DIAGNOSED WITH AN ASTROCYTOMA BRAIN TUMOR.IT WAS LOCATED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS BRAIN.WE DIDNT FIND OUT HE HAD IT UNTIL THE DAMAMAGE WAS ALREADY DONE.WE DID ALL WE COULD POSSIBLY DUE BUT NOTHING REALLY SEEMED TO HELP.THE DOCTORS IN TULSA ARENT TOO ADVANCED.HE WAS ON CEMO FOR LIKE TWO YEARS.IT DIDNT HELP AT ALL.IF ANYTHING IT JUST KEPT HIM HANGING ON ALITTLE LONGER.ON DAY MY MOM WAS WATCHING HER SOAPS,(GENERAL HOSPITAL) AND A MAN ON THE SHOW WITH THE SAME KIND OF CANCER AND HIS BROTHER ( A DOCTER IN NEW YORK ) REMOVED IT AND EVERYTHING WAS OK.THIS DOCTER IS THE HEAD THE OUONCOLOGY DEPARTMENT.HE IS THE BEST AND OUR FAMILY HIGHLY RECCOMENDS HIM.WE GOT THE MONEY AND SENT MY GRANDPA TO NEW YORK TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY THING HE COULD DO BUT UNFORTUNILY IT WAS TOO LATE.THE TUMOR HAD ALREADY SPREAD TO THE WHOLE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS BRAIN.THERE WAS NOTHING HE COULD HAVE DONE.MY GRANDPA PASSES AWAY THE YEAR 2000.IM WRITING YOU TO LET IN HOPES THAT I CAN HELP.THIS DOCTER IS GREAT AND I THINK ITS WORTH A TRY.I SUFERED A GREAT LOSS AND MY BEST WISHES GO TO ALL OF YOU.THIS DOCTER GOES BY THE NAME OF DOCTER MANGIARDI.YOU CAN FIND HIM AT LENNOX HILL HOSPITAL MANHATIN,NEW YORK. GOOD LUCK TYO ALL OF YOU
HI MY NAME IS MERANDA FOLDS.I AM 17 YRS.OLD AND IM FROM TULSA OK.IM WRITING IN HOPES THAT I CAN HELP SOME OF YOU.IN 1995 MY GRANDPA WAS DIAGNOSED WITH AN ASTROCYTOMA BRAIN TUMOR.IT WAS LOCATED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS BRAIN.WE DIDNT FIND OUT HE HAD IT UNTIL THE DAMAMAGE WAS ALREADY DONE.WE DID ALL WE COULD POSSIBLY DUE BUT NOTHING REALLY SEEMED TO HELP.THE DOCTORS IN TULSA ARENT TOO ADVANCED.HE WAS ON CEMO FOR LIKE TWO YEARS.IT DIDNT HELP AT ALL.IF ANYTHING IT JUST KEPT HIM HANGING ON ALITTLE LONGER.ON DAY MY MOM WAS WATCHING HER SOAPS,(GENERAL HOSPITAL) AND A MAN ON THE SHOW WITH THE SAME KIND OF CANCER AND HIS BROTHER ( A DOCTER IN NEW YORK ) REMOVED IT AND EVERYTHING WAS OK.THIS DOCTER IS THE HEAD THE OUONCOLOGY DEPARTMENT.HE IS THE BEST AND OUR FAMILY HIGHLY RECCOMENDS HIM.WE GOT THE MONEY AND SENT MY GRANDPA TO NEW YORK TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY THING HE COULD DO BUT UNFORTUNILY IT WAS TOO LATE.THE TUMOR HAD ALREADY SPREAD TO THE WHOLE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS BRAIN.THERE WAS NOTHING HE COULD HAVE DONE.MY GRANDPA PASSES AWAY THE YEAR 2000.IM WRITING YOU TO LET IN HOPES THAT I CAN HELP.THIS DOCTER IS GREAT AND I THINK ITS WORTH A TRY.I SUFERED A GREAT LOSS AND MY BEST WISHES GO TO ALL OF YOU.THIS DOCTER GOES BY THE NAME OF DOCTER MANGIARDI.YOU CAN FIND HIM AT LENNOX HILL HOSPITAL MANHATIN,NEW YORK. GOOD LUCK TYO ALL OF YOU
HI MY NAME IS MERANDA FOLDS.I AM 17 YRS.OLD AND IM FROM TULSA OK.IM WRITING IN HOPES THAT I CAN HELP SOME OF YOU.IN 1995 MY GRANDPA WAS DIAGNOSED WITH AN ASTROCYTOMA BRAIN TUMOR.IT WAS LOCATED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS BRAIN.WE DIDNT FIND OUT HE HAD IT UNTIL THE DAMAMAGE WAS ALREADY DONE.WE DID ALL WE COULD POSSIBLY DUE BUT NOTHING REALLY SEEMED TO HELP.THE DOCTORS IN TULSA ARENT TOO ADVANCED.HE WAS ON CEMO FOR LIKE TWO YEARS.IT DIDNT HELP AT ALL.IF ANYTHING IT JUST KEPT HIM HANGING ON ALITTLE LONGER.ON DAY MY MOM WAS WATCHING HER SOAPS,(GENERAL HOSPITAL) AND A MAN ON THE SHOW WITH THE SAME KIND OF CANCER AND HIS BROTHER ( A DOCTER IN NEW YORK ) REMOVED IT AND EVERYTHING WAS OK.THIS DOCTER IS THE HEAD THE OUONCOLOGY DEPARTMENT.HE IS THE BEST AND OUR FAMILY HIGHLY RECCOMENDS HIM.WE GOT THE MONEY AND SENT MY GRANDPA TO NEW YORK TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY THING HE COULD DO BUT UNFORTUNILY IT WAS TOO LATE.THE TUMOR HAD ALREADY SPREAD TO THE WHOLE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS BRAIN.THERE WAS NOTHING HE COULD HAVE DONE.MY GRANDPA PASSES AWAY THE YEAR 2000.IM WRITING YOU TO LET IN HOPES THAT I CAN HELP.THIS DOCTER IS GREAT AND I THINK ITS WORTH A TRY.I SUFERED A GREAT LOSS AND MY BEST WISHES GO TO ALL OF YOU.THIS DOCTER GOES BY THE NAME OF DOCTER MANGIARDI.YOU CAN FIND HIM AT LENNOX HILL HOSPITAL MANHATIN,NEW YORK. GOOD LUCK TYO ALL OF YOU
HI MY NAME IS MERANDA FOLDS.I AM 17 YRS.OLD AND IM FROM TULSA OK.IM WRITING IN HOPES THAT I CAN HELP SOME OF YOU.IN 1995 MY GRANDPA WAS DIAGNOSED WITH AN ASTROCYTOMA BRAIN TUMOR.IT WAS LOCATED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS BRAIN.WE DIDNT FIND OUT HE HAD IT UNTIL THE DAMAMAGE WAS ALREADY DONE.WE DID ALL WE COULD POSSIBLY DUE BUT NOTHING REALLY SEEMED TO HELP.THE DOCTORS IN TULSA ARENT TOO ADVANCED.HE WAS ON CEMO FOR LIKE TWO YEARS.IT DIDNT HELP AT ALL.IF ANYTHING IT JUST KEPT HIM HANGING ON ALITTLE LONGER.ON DAY MY MOM WAS WATCHING HER SOAPS,(GENERAL HOSPITAL) AND A MAN ON THE SHOW WITH THE SAME KIND OF CANCER AND HIS BROTHER ( A DOCTER IN NEW YORK ) REMOVED IT AND EVERYTHING WAS OK.THIS DOCTER IS THE HEAD THE OUONCOLOGY DEPARTMENT.HE IS THE BEST AND OUR FAMILY HIGHLY RECCOMENDS HIM.WE GOT THE MONEY AND SENT MY GRANDPA TO NEW YORK TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY THING HE COULD DO BUT UNFORTUNILY IT WAS TOO LATE.THE TUMOR HAD ALREADY SPREAD TO THE WHOLE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS BRAIN.THERE WAS NOTHING HE COULD HAVE DONE.MY GRANDPA PASSES AWAY THE YEAR 2000.IM WRITING YOU TO LET IN HOPES THAT I CAN HELP.THIS DOCTER IS GREAT AND I THINK ITS WORTH A TRY.I SUFERED A GREAT LOSS AND MY BEST WISHES GO TO ALL OF YOU.THIS DOCTER GOES BY THE NAME OF DOCTER MANGIARDI.YOU CAN FIND HIM AT LENNOX HILL HOSPITAL MANHATIN,NEW YORK. GOOD LUCK TYO ALL OF YOU
My husband was diagnosed with Glioblastoma Multiforme in March, 2000. He is having a recurrence for the second time and we are in search of a new treatment!
My husband was diagnosed with Glioblastoma Multiforme in March, 2000. He is having a recurrence for the second time and we are in search of a new treatment!
My 70 year old Mom was diagnosed with an anaplastic astrocytoma in her right temporal lobe in April of 2002. With the exception of siezure (now being controlled with medication) she has no symptoms. She decided that surgery was not an option at this point, but is pursuing external radiation therapy and chemotherapy. Personal experiences from patients or family members who are dealing with this type of tumor in an "not so young" person would be welcome.
Hi Everyone,
My name is Cheryl. My husband recently had a 6.5 cm oligo removed from his L temporal lobe. The plan of treatment is to start him on Temodar. Can you give me a reliable source for learning more about Temodar? Also, I could use some success stories from individuals who have grade II oligos? Please let me know if you are out there!
Thank you so much, CherylM.
My Father died a week ago from a stage IV cancerous tumor. He lived only 7 weeks after being diagnosed with the disease. But I was with him till the end and his passing was very peaceful. He went to sleep and never awoke. He ate till the day before. If your going to go by cancer this illness is painless. My Father complained about pain, his mind went at the end and that was tough on the family.
shk
My Father died a week ago from a stage IV cancerous tumor. He lived only 7 weeks after being diagnosed with the disease. But I was with him till the end and his passing was very peaceful. He went to sleep and never awoke. He ate till the day before. If your going to go by cancer this illness is painless. My Father complained about pain, his mind went at the end and that was tough on the family.
shk
I had a benign meningioma removed from the left front part of my head in the spring of 1996. The operation was performed at John Hopkins Medical Center. The operation was completely successful, and there has been no sign of any recurrence-I had MRI's for a few years, and then stopped. I feel very fortunate, but I knew something was wrong when I had a contstant headache and pressure near my eyes and nose, as well as sudden nausea. Following the surgery, I had head pains for sixth months, and then they gradually stopped. My advice is that if you have unexplained sudden headaches, do not wait. See a doctor/neurosurgeon immediately.
I am now 52 years old, but when I was 46, I was diagnosed with a benign meningioma. I had had for about two weeks constant headaches and pressure near my eyes and nose, as well as unexplained nausea. The craniotomy was performed at Hopkins, and I was home in four days. I had 40 stitches in my head when I came home, and after thet were removed I had sixth months of head pains from the recocery process. But my advice is to never let an unexplained headache be ignored, and see a doctor/neurosurgeon as soon as possible. I went back for several years for MRI's, but then stopped them after 3 years- my neurosurgeon said I could stop them, and I have had no recurrence. But please do not wait if you feel the symptoms! Thanks for reading this.
i am 31 years old and have recurring cancer in my brain. would anyone like to e-mail or chat sometime.
HI MY NAME IS TRACY. ABOUT 6 YEARS AGO MY MOTHER WAS DIAGNOSE WITH NEUROCYTOMA. IT WAS A LOW GRADE TUMOR. SHE HAD A CRANIOTOMY DONE THEN IT GREW BACK ABOUT 3 MONTHS LATER. SHE HAD RADIATION THERAPY. THEN ABOUT JUNE OF 2001 ANOTHER TUMOR WAS FOUND. WE WERE NEVER TOLD WHAT TYPE OF TUMOR OR HOW BIG OR ANYTHING. WE WERE LEFT IN THE DARK. SHE HAD ANOTHER CRANIOTOMY. THEN ABOUT 4 MONTHS AGO THIS YEAR (JULY) HTERE WAS ANOTHER TUMOR. THERE WAS A THIRD CRANIOTOMY DONE. WE WERE TOLD THAT THIS TUMOR IS AN ANAPLASTIC ASTROCYTOMA GRADE 3. I WAS SCARED BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE HEARD FROM THIS TUMOR. I HAVE DONE ALL KINDS OF RESEARCH. IS IT TRUE THAT MOST GRADE 3 ANAPLASTIC ASTROCYTOMAS TURN TO GRADE 4 GLIOBLASTOMAS? PLEASE EB HONEST WITH ME HERE. WHAT IS THE USAUAL PROGNOSIS ON THESE PARTICULAR TUMORS? THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. PLEASE E-MAIL ME A RESPONSE. I WILL BE WAITING.
HI MY NAME IS TRACY. ABOUT 6 YEARS AGO MY MOTHER WAS DIAGNOSE WITH NEUROCYTOMA. IT WAS A LOW GRADE TUMOR. SHE HAD A CRANIOTOMY DONE THEN IT GREW BACK ABOUT 3 MONTHS LATER. SHE HAD RADIATION THERAPY. THEN ABOUT JUNE OF 2001 ANOTHER TUMOR WAS FOUND. WE WERE NEVER TOLD WHAT TYPE OF TUMOR OR HOW BIG OR ANYTHING. WE WERE LEFT IN THE DARK. SHE HAD ANOTHER CRANIOTOMY. THEN ABOUT 4 MONTHS AGO THIS YEAR (JULY) HTERE WAS ANOTHER TUMOR. THERE WAS A THIRD CRANIOTOMY DONE. WE WERE TOLD THAT THIS TUMOR IS AN ANAPLASTIC ASTROCYTOMA GRADE 3. I WAS SCARED BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE HEARD FROM THIS TUMOR. I HAVE DONE ALL KINDS OF RESEARCH. IS IT TRUE THAT MOST GRADE 3 ANAPLASTIC ASTROCYTOMAS TURN TO GRADE 4 GLIOBLASTOMAS? PLEASE EB HONEST WITH ME HERE. WHAT IS THE USAUAL PROGNOSIS ON THESE PARTICULAR TUMORS? THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. PLEASE E-MAIL ME A RESPONSE. I WILL BE WAITING.
HI MY NAME IS TRACY. ABOUT 6 YEARS AGO MY MOTHER WAS DIAGNOSE WITH NEUROCYTOMA. IT WAS A LOW GRADE TUMOR. SHE HAD A CRANIOTOMY DONE THEN IT GREW BACK ABOUT 3 MONTHS LATER. SHE HAD RADIATION THERAPY. THEN ABOUT JUNE OF 2001 ANOTHER TUMOR WAS FOUND. WE WERE NEVER TOLD WHAT TYPE OF TUMOR OR HOW BIG OR ANYTHING. WE WERE LEFT IN THE DARK. SHE HAD ANOTHER CRANIOTOMY. THEN ABOUT 4 MONTHS AGO THIS YEAR (JULY) HTERE WAS ANOTHER TUMOR. THERE WAS A THIRD CRANIOTOMY DONE. WE WERE TOLD THAT THIS TUMOR IS AN ANAPLASTIC ASTROCYTOMA GRADE 3. I WAS SCARED BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE HEARD FROM THIS TUMOR. I HAVE DONE ALL KINDS OF RESEARCH. IS IT TRUE THAT MOST GRADE 3 ANAPLASTIC ASTROCYTOMAS TURN TO GRADE 4 GLIOBLASTOMAS? PLEASE EB HONEST WITH ME HERE. WHAT IS THE USAUAL PROGNOSIS ON THESE PARTICULAR TUMORS? THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. PLEASE E-MAIL ME A RESPONSE. I WILL BE WAITING.
HI MY NAME IS TRACY. ABOUT 6 YEARS AGO MY MOTHER WAS DIAGNOSE WITH NEUROCYTOMA. IT WAS A LOW GRADE TUMOR. SHE HAD A CRANIOTOMY DONE THEN IT GREW BACK ABOUT 3 MONTHS LATER. SHE HAD RADIATION THERAPY. THEN ABOUT JUNE OF 2001 ANOTHER TUMOR WAS FOUND. WE WERE NEVER TOLD WHAT TYPE OF TUMOR OR HOW BIG OR ANYTHING. WE WERE LEFT IN THE DARK. SHE HAD ANOTHER CRANIOTOMY. THEN ABOUT 4 MONTHS AGO THIS YEAR (JULY) HTERE WAS ANOTHER TUMOR. THERE WAS A THIRD CRANIOTOMY DONE. WE WERE TOLD THAT THIS TUMOR IS AN ANAPLASTIC ASTROCYTOMA GRADE 3. I WAS SCARED BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE HEARD FROM THIS TUMOR. I HAVE DONE ALL KINDS OF RESEARCH. IS IT TRUE THAT MOST GRADE 3 ANAPLASTIC ASTROCYTOMAS TURN TO GRADE 4 GLIOBLASTOMAS? PLEASE EB HONEST WITH ME HERE. WHAT IS THE USAUAL PROGNOSIS ON THESE PARTICULAR TUMORS? THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. PLEASE E-MAIL ME A RESPONSE. I WILL BE WAITING.
HI MY NAME IS TRACY. ABOUT 6 YEARS AGO MY MOTHER WAS DIAGNOSE WITH NEUROCYTOMA. IT WAS A LOW GRADE TUMOR. SHE HAD A CRANIOTOMY DONE THEN IT GREW BACK ABOUT 3 MONTHS LATER. SHE HAD RADIATION THERAPY. THEN ABOUT JUNE OF 2001 ANOTHER TUMOR WAS FOUND. WE WERE NEVER TOLD WHAT TYPE OF TUMOR OR HOW BIG OR ANYTHING. WE WERE LEFT IN THE DARK. SHE HAD ANOTHER CRANIOTOMY. THEN ABOUT 4 MONTHS AGO THIS YEAR (JULY) HTERE WAS ANOTHER TUMOR. THERE WAS A THIRD CRANIOTOMY DONE. WE WERE TOLD THAT THIS TUMOR IS AN ANAPLASTIC ASTROCYTOMA GRADE 3. I WAS SCARED BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE HEARD FROM THIS TUMOR. I HAVE DONE ALL KINDS OF RESEARCH. IS IT TRUE THAT MOST GRADE 3 ANAPLASTIC ASTROCYTOMAS TURN TO GRADE 4 GLIOBLASTOMAS? PLEASE EB HONEST WITH ME HERE. WHAT IS THE USAUAL PROGNOSIS ON THESE PARTICULAR TUMORS? THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. PLEASE E-MAIL ME A RESPONSE. I WILL BE WAITING.
HI MY NAME IS TRACY. ABOUT 6 YEARS AGO MY MOTHER WAS DIAGNOSE WITH NEUROCYTOMA. IT WAS A LOW GRADE TUMOR. SHE HAD A CRANIOTOMY DONE THEN IT GREW BACK ABOUT 3 MONTHS LATER. SHE HAD RADIATION THERAPY. THEN ABOUT JUNE OF 2001 ANOTHER TUMOR WAS FOUND. WE WERE NEVER TOLD WHAT TYPE OF TUMOR OR HOW BIG OR ANYTHING. WE WERE LEFT IN THE DARK. SHE HAD ANOTHER CRANIOTOMY. THEN ABOUT 4 MONTHS AGO THIS YEAR (JULY) HTERE WAS ANOTHER TUMOR. THERE WAS A THIRD CRANIOTOMY DONE. WE WERE TOLD THAT THIS TUMOR IS AN ANAPLASTIC ASTROCYTOMA GRADE 3. I WAS SCARED BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE HEARD FROM THIS TUMOR. I HAVE DONE ALL KINDS OF RESEARCH. IS IT TRUE THAT MOST GRADE 3 ANAPLASTIC ASTROCYTOMAS TURN TO GRADE 4 GLIOBLASTOMAS? PLEASE EB HONEST WITH ME HERE. WHAT IS THE USAUAL PROGNOSIS ON THESE PARTICULAR TUMORS? THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. PLEASE E-MAIL ME A RESPONSE. I WILL BE WAITING.
HI MY NAME IS TRACY. ABOUT 6 YEARS AGO MY MOTHER WAS DIAGNOSE WITH NEUROCYTOMA. IT WAS A LOW GRADE TUMOR. SHE HAD A CRANIOTOMY DONE THEN IT GREW BACK ABOUT 3 MONTHS LATER. SHE HAD RADIATION THERAPY. THEN ABOUT JUNE OF 2001 ANOTHER TUMOR WAS FOUND. WE WERE NEVER TOLD WHAT TYPE OF TUMOR OR HOW BIG OR ANYTHING. WE WERE LEFT IN THE DARK. SHE HAD ANOTHER CRANIOTOMY. THEN ABOUT 4 MONTHS AGO THIS YEAR (JULY) HTERE WAS ANOTHER TUMOR. THERE WAS A THIRD CRANIOTOMY DONE. WE WERE TOLD THAT THIS TUMOR IS AN ANAPLASTIC ASTROCYTOMA GRADE 3. I WAS SCARED BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE HEARD FROM THIS TUMOR. I HAVE DONE ALL KINDS OF RESEARCH. IS IT TRUE THAT MOST GRADE 3 ANAPLASTIC ASTROCYTOMAS TURN TO GRADE 4 GLIOBLASTOMAS? PLEASE EB HONEST WITH ME HERE. WHAT IS THE USAUAL PROGNOSIS ON THESE PARTICULAR TUMORS? THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. PLEASE E-MAIL ME A RESPONSE. I WILL BE WAITING.
HI MY NAME IS TRACY. ABOUT 6 YEARS AGO MY MOTHER WAS DIAGNOSE WITH NEUROCYTOMA. IT WAS A LOW GRADE TUMOR. SHE HAD A CRANIOTOMY DONE THEN IT GREW BACK ABOUT 3 MONTHS LATER. SHE HAD RADIATION THERAPY. THEN ABOUT JUNE OF 2001 ANOTHER TUMOR WAS FOUND. WE WERE NEVER TOLD WHAT TYPE OF TUMOR OR HOW BIG OR ANYTHING. WE WERE LEFT IN THE DARK. SHE HAD ANOTHER CRANIOTOMY. THEN ABOUT 4 MONTHS AGO THIS YEAR (JULY) HTERE WAS ANOTHER TUMOR. THERE WAS A THIRD CRANIOTOMY DONE. WE WERE TOLD THAT THIS TUMOR IS AN ANAPLASTIC ASTROCYTOMA GRADE 3. I WAS SCARED BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE HEARD FROM THIS TUMOR. I HAVE DONE ALL KINDS OF RESEARCH. IS IT TRUE THAT MOST GRADE 3 ANAPLASTIC ASTROCYTOMAS TURN TO GRADE 4 GLIOBLASTOMAS? PLEASE EB HONEST WITH ME HERE. WHAT IS THE USAUAL PROGNOSIS ON THESE PARTICULAR TUMORS? THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. PLEASE E-MAIL ME A RESPONSE. I WILL BE WAITING.
HI MY NAME IS TRACY. ABOUT 6 YEARS AGO MY MOTHER WAS DIAGNOSE WITH NEUROCYTOMA. IT WAS A LOW GRADE TUMOR. SHE HAD A CRANIOTOMY DONE THEN IT GREW BACK ABOUT 3 MONTHS LATER. SHE HAD RADIATION THERAPY. THEN ABOUT JUNE OF 2001 ANOTHER TUMOR WAS FOUND. WE WERE NEVER TOLD WHAT TYPE OF TUMOR OR HOW BIG OR ANYTHING. WE WERE LEFT IN THE DARK. SHE HAD ANOTHER CRANIOTOMY. THEN ABOUT 4 MONTHS AGO THIS YEAR (JULY) HTERE WAS ANOTHER TUMOR. THERE WAS A THIRD CRANIOTOMY DONE. WE WERE TOLD THAT THIS TUMOR IS AN ANAPLASTIC ASTROCYTOMA GRADE 3. I WAS SCARED BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE HEARD FROM THIS TUMOR. I HAVE DONE ALL KINDS OF RESEARCH. IS IT TRUE THAT MOST GRADE 3 ANAPLASTIC ASTROCYTOMAS TURN TO GRADE 4 GLIOBLASTOMAS? PLEASE EB HONEST WITH ME HERE. WHAT IS THE USAUAL PROGNOSIS ON THESE PARTICULAR TUMORS? THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. PLEASE E-MAIL ME A RESPONSE. I WILL BE WAITING.
HI MY NAME IS TRACY. ABOUT 6 YEARS AGO MY MOTHER WAS DIAGNOSE WITH NEUROCYTOMA. IT WAS A LOW GRADE TUMOR. SHE HAD A CRANIOTOMY DONE THEN IT GREW BACK ABOUT 3 MONTHS LATER. SHE HAD RADIATION THERAPY. THEN ABOUT JUNE OF 2001 ANOTHER TUMOR WAS FOUND. WE WERE NEVER TOLD WHAT TYPE OF TUMOR OR HOW BIG OR ANYTHING. WE WERE LEFT IN THE DARK. SHE HAD ANOTHER CRANIOTOMY. THEN ABOUT 4 MONTHS AGO THIS YEAR (JULY) HTERE WAS ANOTHER TUMOR. THERE WAS A THIRD CRANIOTOMY DONE. WE WERE TOLD THAT THIS TUMOR IS AN ANAPLASTIC ASTROCYTOMA GRADE 3. I WAS SCARED BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE HEARD FROM THIS TUMOR. I HAVE DONE ALL KINDS OF RESEARCH. IS IT TRUE THAT MOST GRADE 3 ANAPLASTIC ASTROCYTOMAS TURN TO GRADE 4 GLIOBLASTOMAS? PLEASE EB HONEST WITH ME HERE. WHAT IS THE USAUAL PROGNOSIS ON THESE PARTICULAR TUMORS? THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. PLEASE E-MAIL ME A RESPONSE. I WILL BE WAITING.
HI MY NAME IS TRACY. ABOUT 6 YEARS AGO MY MOTHER WAS DIAGNOSE WITH NEUROCYTOMA. IT WAS A LOW GRADE TUMOR. SHE HAD A CRANIOTOMY DONE THEN IT GREW BACK ABOUT 3 MONTHS LATER. SHE HAD RADIATION THERAPY. THEN ABOUT JUNE OF 2001 ANOTHER TUMOR WAS FOUND. WE WERE NEVER TOLD WHAT TYPE OF TUMOR OR HOW BIG OR ANYTHING. WE WERE LEFT IN THE DARK. SHE HAD ANOTHER CRANIOTOMY. THEN ABOUT 4 MONTHS AGO THIS YEAR (JULY) HTERE WAS ANOTHER TUMOR. THERE WAS A THIRD CRANIOTOMY DONE. WE WERE TOLD THAT THIS TUMOR IS AN ANAPLASTIC ASTROCYTOMA GRADE 3. I WAS SCARED BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE HEARD FROM THIS TUMOR. I HAVE DONE ALL KINDS OF RESEARCH. IS IT TRUE THAT MOST GRADE 3 ANAPLASTIC ASTROCYTOMAS TURN TO GRADE 4 GLIOBLASTOMAS? PLEASE EB HONEST WITH ME HERE. WHAT IS THE USAUAL PROGNOSIS ON THESE PARTICULAR TUMORS? THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. PLEASE E-MAIL ME A RESPONSE. I WILL BE WAITING.
HI MY NAME IS TRACY. ABOUT 6 YEARS AGO MY MOTHER WAS DIAGNOSE WITH NEUROCYTOMA. IT WAS A LOW GRADE TUMOR. SHE HAD A CRANIOTOMY DONE THEN IT GREW BACK ABOUT 3 MONTHS LATER. SHE HAD RADIATION THERAPY. THEN ABOUT JUNE OF 2001 ANOTHER TUMOR WAS FOUND. WE WERE NEVER TOLD WHAT TYPE OF TUMOR OR HOW BIG OR ANYTHING. WE WERE LEFT IN THE DARK. SHE HAD ANOTHER CRANIOTOMY. THEN ABOUT 4 MONTHS AGO THIS YEAR (JULY) HTERE WAS ANOTHER TUMOR. THERE WAS A THIRD CRANIOTOMY DONE. WE WERE TOLD THAT THIS TUMOR IS AN ANAPLASTIC ASTROCYTOMA GRADE 3. I WAS SCARED BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE HEARD FROM THIS TUMOR. I HAVE DONE ALL KINDS OF RESEARCH. IS IT TRUE THAT MOST GRADE 3 ANAPLASTIC ASTROCYTOMAS TURN TO GRADE 4 GLIOBLASTOMAS? PLEASE EB HONEST WITH ME HERE. WHAT IS THE USAUAL PROGNOSIS ON THESE PARTICULAR TUMORS? THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. PLEASE E-MAIL ME A RESPONSE. I WILL BE WAITING.
HI MY NAME IS TRACY. ABOUT 6 YEARS AGO MY MOTHER WAS DIAGNOSE WITH NEUROCYTOMA. IT WAS A LOW GRADE TUMOR. SHE HAD A CRANIOTOMY DONE THEN IT GREW BACK ABOUT 3 MONTHS LATER. SHE HAD RADIATION THERAPY. THEN ABOUT JUNE OF 2001 ANOTHER TUMOR WAS FOUND. WE WERE NEVER TOLD WHAT TYPE OF TUMOR OR HOW BIG OR ANYTHING. WE WERE LEFT IN THE DARK. SHE HAD ANOTHER CRANIOTOMY. THEN ABOUT 4 MONTHS AGO THIS YEAR (JULY) HTERE WAS ANOTHER TUMOR. THERE WAS A THIRD CRANIOTOMY DONE. WE WERE TOLD THAT THIS TUMOR IS AN ANAPLASTIC ASTROCYTOMA GRADE 3. I WAS SCARED BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE HEARD FROM THIS TUMOR. I HAVE DONE ALL KINDS OF RESEARCH. IS IT TRUE THAT MOST GRADE 3 ANAPLASTIC ASTROCYTOMAS TURN TO GRADE 4 GLIOBLASTOMAS? PLEASE EB HONEST WITH ME HERE. WHAT IS THE USAUAL PROGNOSIS ON THESE PARTICULAR TUMORS? THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. PLEASE E-MAIL ME A RESPONSE. I WILL BE WAITING.
HI MY NAME IS TRACY. ABOUT 6 YEARS AGO MY MOTHER WAS DIAGNOSE WITH NEUROCYTOMA. IT WAS A LOW GRADE TUMOR. SHE HAD A CRANIOTOMY DONE THEN IT GREW BACK ABOUT 3 MONTHS LATER. SHE HAD RADIATION THERAPY. THEN ABOUT JUNE OF 2001 ANOTHER TUMOR WAS FOUND. WE WERE NEVER TOLD WHAT TYPE OF TUMOR OR HOW BIG OR ANYTHING. WE WERE LEFT IN THE DARK. SHE HAD ANOTHER CRANIOTOMY. THEN ABOUT 4 MONTHS AGO THIS YEAR (JULY) HTERE WAS ANOTHER TUMOR. THERE WAS A THIRD CRANIOTOMY DONE. WE WERE TOLD THAT THIS TUMOR IS AN ANAPLASTIC ASTROCYTOMA GRADE 3. I WAS SCARED BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE HEARD FROM THIS TUMOR. I HAVE DONE ALL KINDS OF RESEARCH. IS IT TRUE THAT MOST GRADE 3 ANAPLASTIC ASTROCYTOMAS TURN TO GRADE 4 GLIOBLASTOMAS? PLEASE EB HONEST WITH ME HERE. WHAT IS THE USAUAL PROGNOSIS ON THESE PARTICULAR TUMORS? THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. PLEASE E-MAIL ME A RESPONSE. I WILL BE WAITING.
A friend of mine has been diagnosed with a grade 3 astrocytoma brian tumor- a physician has recommened a chemo treatment with a combination of drugs called PVC - i am interested in anyone experience use of this type of Chemo for the purpose
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Hi, my live-in boyfriend has anaplasticganglioglioneurocytoma. He just had his second surgery to remove a tumor & is going to be starting Chemo next week. How successful is the chemo on this stye of tumor?
Hi, my live-in boyfriend has anaplasticganglioglioneurocytoma. He just had his second surgery to remove a tumor & is going to be starting Chemo next week. How successful is the chemo on this stye of tumor?
Hi, my live-in boyfriend has anaplasticganglioglioneurocytoma. He just had his second surgery to remove a tumor & is going to be starting Chemo next week. How successful is the chemo on this stye of tumor?
I am looking for tumor support groups in Northern, NJ area
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DISCOVERED MY GBM4 IN OCT OF 2001--DOCTORS DIDNT BELEIVE THAT I SCHEDULED A BRAIN SCAN--THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH ME--TO MUCH WEIGHT LIFTING A TRYING TO KEEP IN SHAPE. AFTER MRI, IT HIT THE SAD STUFF, DOCS SAID I HAD ABOUT 6 WEEKS TO SAY GOODBYE TO MY FAMILY AND LOVED ONES. VERY SAD FOR ALL OF US. WE DECIDED TO TRY A SPECIAL DOC THAT JUST BASICALLY WORKED ON GBM4. DR PRADOS AT UCSF. CALLED AND GOT A OPERATION DATE WITHIN DAYS---IT WAS OCT 29,2001- BEFORE HALLOWEEN THANK GOODNESS HA HA HA--BEEN DOING PRETTY GOOD FOR 17 MONTHS-- HAD OPERATION #2 ON FEB 10 2003--- THEY SAID IT IS STILL GROWING BACK AND PRETTY MUCH DONE WITH OPERATIONS, VERY FIRST ONE WAS AS BIG AS A SMALLER APPLE--NUMBER 2 WAS ABOUT THUMB SIZE--NOT MUCH LEFT TO CUT ON ON THAT LEFT SIZE. I AM ONE LUCKY BOY- 45 YEARS OLD, BUT AT LEAST I AM ABLE TO LOVE MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND PRAY AND THANK GOD FOR LETTING ME KICK AROUND HERE JUST A LITTLE LONGER. DRS SAY PROBABLY TIME WILL RUN SHORT IN ABOUT 6 TO 8 MORE MONTHS. THAT MEANS I HOPE TO MAKE IT 2 YEARS ON THIS GBM4--AT LEAST I WAS ABLE TO BE SPOILED BY TOOOO MANY LOVED FOLKS. IM SO SPOILED THAT I WENT FISHING IN A BASS TOURNEY AT SHASTA LAKE THIS LAST SATURDAY-DIDNT PLACE THOUGH. OH WELL, HARD FOR ME TO FIND ANY HAPPY NOTES FROM GBM4 FOLKS, BUT I HAVE BEEN HAPPY-EVERY MINUTE- LOVING MY FAMILY- ANY JUST TRYING TO ENJOY ALL THE LIFE I CAN. ACCUTANE FOR ABOUT 10 MONTHS- THEN BCNU 6 WEEKS NEXT ONE WAS PCV NEXT WAS THE BEN WILLIAMS SPECIAL BORAGE OIL, TAMOXIFEN, ACCUTANE, PSK, MELATONIN,SELENIUM, GENISTEIN, THALIDOMIDE, AND MORE!!!!! I HOPED THIS ONE PER THE SURVIVING TERMINAL CANER BOOK BY BEN WILLIAMS WOULD DO THE TRICK--I HAD SCHEDULED ALL THE 3 MONTHS PER HIS BOOK, BUT THE DOC SAID IT WAS GROWING BACK ANYWAY. DARN THE BUCK LUCK. ANYWAY GOT TO GO CANT WRITE ALL NIGHT TONIGHT JUST A WORD FOR GBM4 FOLKS, ENJOY LIFE- ITS SHORT FOR EVERYONE- JUST A WAY TO LET OTHER PEOPLE KNOW THEY CAN SPOIL US BEFORE WE GO SOOO EARLY. HAVE FAITH ONE DAY THIS WILL BE CURED WITH A PILL-- LOVE MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS- LOVE MY WIFE SOOO MUCH- ENJOY EACH CORYMAC 03/24/03
DISCOVERED MY GBM4 IN OCT OF 2001--DOCTORS DIDNT BELEIVE THAT I SCHEDULED A BRAIN SCAN--THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH ME--TO MUCH WEIGHT LIFTING A TRYING TO KEEP IN SHAPE. AFTER MRI, IT HIT THE SAD STUFF, DOCS SAID I HAD ABOUT 6 WEEKS TO SAY GOODBYE TO MY FAMILY AND LOVED ONES. VERY SAD FOR ALL OF US. WE DECIDED TO TRY A SPECIAL DOC THAT JUST BASICALLY WORKED ON GBM4. DR PRADOS AT UCSF. CALLED AND GOT A OPERATION DATE WITHIN DAYS---IT WAS OCT 29,2001- BEFORE HALLOWEEN THANK GOODNESS HA HA HA--BEEN DOING PRETTY GOOD FOR 17 MONTHS-- HAD OPERATION #2 ON FEB 10 2003--- THEY SAID IT IS STILL GROWING BACK AND PRETTY MUCH DONE WITH OPERATIONS, VERY FIRST ONE WAS AS BIG AS A SMALLER APPLE--NUMBER 2 WAS ABOUT THUMB SIZE--NOT MUCH LEFT TO CUT ON ON THAT LEFT SIZE. I AM ONE LUCKY BOY- 45 YEARS OLD, BUT AT LEAST I AM ABLE TO LOVE MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND PRAY AND THANK GOD FOR LETTING ME KICK AROUND HERE JUST A LITTLE LONGER. DRS SAY PROBABLY TIME WILL RUN SHORT IN ABOUT 6 TO 8 MORE MONTHS. THAT MEANS I HOPE TO MAKE IT 2 YEARS ON THIS GBM4--AT LEAST I WAS ABLE TO BE SPOILED BY TOOOO MANY LOVED FOLKS. IM SO SPOILED THAT I WENT FISHING IN A BASS TOURNEY AT SHASTA LAKE THIS LAST SATURDAY-DIDNT PLACE THOUGH. OH WELL, HARD FOR ME TO FIND ANY HAPPY NOTES FROM GBM4 FOLKS, BUT I HAVE BEEN HAPPY-EVERY MINUTE- LOVING MY FAMILY- ANY JUST TRYING TO ENJOY ALL THE LIFE I CAN. ACCUTANE FOR ABOUT 10 MONTHS- THEN BCNU 6 WEEKS NEXT ONE WAS PCV NEXT WAS THE BEN WILLIAMS SPECIAL BORAGE OIL, TAMOXIFEN, ACCUTANE, PSK, MELATONIN,SELENIUM, GENISTEIN, THALIDOMIDE, AND MORE!!!!! I HOPED THIS ONE PER THE SURVIVING TERMINAL CANER BOOK BY BEN WILLIAMS WOULD DO THE TRICK--I HAD SCHEDULED ALL THE 3 MONTHS PER HIS BOOK, BUT THE DOC SAID IT WAS GROWING BACK ANYWAY. DARN THE BUCK LUCK. ANYWAY GOT TO GO CANT WRITE ALL NIGHT TONIGHT JUST A WORD FOR GBM4 FOLKS, ENJOY LIFE- ITS SHORT FOR EVERYONE- JUST A WAY TO LET OTHER PEOPLE KNOW THEY CAN SPOIL US BEFORE WE GO SOOO EARLY. HAVE FAITH ONE DAY THIS WILL BE CURED WITH A PILL-- LOVE MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS- LOVE MY WIFE SOOO MUCH- ENJOY EACH CORYMAC 03/24/03
my brother has lived with this for three years. he is a fighter.as young as he is it seems unfair. i just need support. i have to come to terms that his time is running short.
tank god for this site
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I need to know if the buonpastore listed here is a direct descendant of a Gaspare Buonpastore,who lived from 1897 and died on October 24, 1935. Gaspare also known as Patsy was married to Anna who had five children Nicholas, Joseph, Marie, Bennie and Dominick.
I know this is a mailing list for brain tumors but I can't seem to find any living relatives I can e-mail at this time, who can answer this particular question. thank You Giacomo
Has anyone with a dermoid/epidermoid brain tumor been able to utilize gamma knife?
Has anyone with a dermoid/epidermoid brain tumor been able to utilize gamma knife?
My husband Daniel was recently diagnosed with anaplastic Oligodenroglioma Gread III/IV. I am seeking information regarding treatment options and all other information. thanks, debbie and family
My husband Daniel was recently diagnosed with anaplastic Oligodenroglioma Gread III/IV. I am seeking information regarding treatment options and all other information. thanks, debbie and family
My husband Daniel was recently diagnosed with anaplastic Oligodenroglioma Gread III/IV. I am seeking information regarding treatment options and all other information. thanks, debbie and family
My father was 64 and had just dropped his insurance. Daddy fell down on a saturday in March of 2002 (we think from a seizure). He had surgery the following friday to remove the tumor and had chemo implanted. All the lesions could not be removed. One month later he began 5 weeks of radiation treatment at the VA hospital ... thank god for being a veteran!
Onocologist stated that a healthy young person would most likely live 9 months. Well Daddy wasn't young but he certainly was healthy .. other than smoking! Heck, he was even once the fifth best horseshoe pitcher in the whole state of texas! Ya gotta be in some good shape to be that! ;) But what he had that that was even healthier and weighed the most in his favor was his optomistic attitude! He always saw the silver lining and Daddy always had a sense of humor to go along with it. As he was becoming paralyzed he would stumble and fall and laugh it off saying that somebody pushed him! The doctor calls my father a miracle patient because he is still alive today!
But today the cancer is taking its toll. He is totally paralyzed on his right side. He can not hear out of his right ear. His right eye droops as well as his mouth. He can no longer swallow his food so a tube had to be inserted into his stomach to feed him. He wears diapers. He sleeps most of the time now. He will wake up and say a couple of sentences then go back to sleep. I guess it won't be long before he goes into a coma. Its awful! Its devistating! The pain and suffering it brings to the family can be over whelming.
So he has survived 1 1/2 years so far and it has only been the past month that has been severe. He is in no pain, nor has he suffered any headaches. Thank God! But yes! watching him slowly deteriorate is very hard! All we can do is just be there to tell him how much we love him and how proud we are of him!
Raynelle
My father was 64 and had just dropped his insurance. Daddy fell down on a saturday in March of 2002 (we think from a seizure). He had surgery the following friday to remove the tumor and had chemo implanted. All the lesions could not be removed. One month later he began 5 weeks of radiation treatment at the VA hospital ... thank god for being a veteran!
Onocologist stated that a healthy young person would most likely live 9 months. Well Daddy wasn't young but he certainly was healthy .. other than smoking! Heck, he was even once the fifth best horseshoe pitcher in the whole state of texas! Ya gotta be in some good shape to be that! ;) But what he had that that was even healthier and weighed the most in his favor was his optomistic attitude! He always saw the silver lining and Daddy always had a sense of humor to go along with it. As he was becoming paralyzed he would stumble and fall and laugh it off saying that somebody pushed him! The doctor calls my father a miracle patient because he is still alive today!
But today the cancer is taking its toll. He is totally paralyzed on his right side. He can not hear out of his right ear. His right eye droops as well as his mouth. He can no longer swallow his food so a tube had to be inserted into his stomach to feed him. He wears diapers. He sleeps most of the time now. He will wake up and say a couple of sentences then go back to sleep. I guess it won't be long before he goes into a coma. Its awful! Its devistating! The pain and suffering it brings to the family can be over whelming.
So he has survived 1 1/2 years so far and it has only been the past month that has been severe. He is in no pain, nor has he suffered any headaches. Thank God! But yes! watching him slowly deteriorate is very hard! All we can do is just be there to tell him how much we love him and how proud we are of him!
Raynelle
My father was 64 and had just dropped his insurance. Daddy fell down on a saturday in March of 2002 (we think from a seizure). He had surgery the following friday to remove the tumor and had chemo implanted. All the lesions could not be removed. One month later he began 5 weeks of radiation treatment at the VA hospital ... thank god for being a veteran!
Onocologist stated that a healthy young person would most likely live 9 months. Well Daddy wasn't young but he certainly was healthy .. other than smoking! Heck, he was even once the fifth best horseshoe pitcher in the whole state of texas! Ya gotta be in some good shape to be that! ;) But what he had that that was even healthier and weighed the most in his favor was his optomistic attitude! He always saw the silver lining and Daddy always had a sense of humor to go along with it. As he was becoming paralyzed he would stumble and fall and laugh it off saying that somebody pushed him! The doctor calls my father a miracle patient because he is still alive today!
But today the cancer is taking its toll. He is totally paralyzed on his right side. He can not hear out of his right ear. His right eye droops as well as his mouth. He can no longer swallow his food so a tube had to be inserted into his stomach to feed him. He wears diapers. He sleeps most of the time now. He will wake up and say a couple of sentences then go back to sleep. I guess it won't be long before he goes into a coma. Its awful! Its devistating! The pain and suffering it brings to the family can be over whelming.
So he has survived 1 1/2 years so far and it has only been the past month that has been severe. He is in no pain, nor has he suffered any headaches. Thank God! But yes! watching him slowly deteriorate is very hard! All we can do is just be there to tell him how much we love him and how proud we are of him!
Raynelle