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Brain Cancer Discussions

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my Mother...
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Dear Forum Members, Thank you for all the answers and support and for being there for me. My mother, though, is beginning to deteriorate and is losing some f...
206/22/06 Message Rating
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Need Information on Glioma in ...
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My husband was diagnosed Nov. 22/05 with an inoperable grade III Anaplastic Astrocytoma (perhaps moving into Grade IV GBM) primarily in the basal ganglia area o...
306/21/06 Message Rating
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Hospice Care
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I was a little disappointed with the social workers from Hospice. My mother has stage 4 Gliblastoma and is at home under hospice care. She will undergo no mor...
106/21/06 Message Rating
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us Too!!!
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Hi Heather, I just read your message and I just had to respond. My husband is 38yrs old and was diagnosed with a brain tumor in April 06'. It was located in t...
106/20/06 Message Rating
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Signs of Tumor Regrowth? *urge...
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CAN SOMEONE PLEASE RESPOND!?!?! I need to know EVERYTHING there is (ok, at least some of the things) to know about symptoms of tumor regrowth. Please share ex...
706/20/06 Message Rating
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Behavioral Change For The Wors...
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hi everyone, i hope you all had a nice weekend and a happy father's day. i need some help figuring something out: my mom's physical/motor/visual perceptual abil...
006/19/06 Message Rating
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Ogliodendroglioma ii
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hello. I'm just looking for some info on alternative therapies. My husband(37years old) has a golf ball sized oglio removed from his front left. huge scar an...
606/19/06 Message Rating
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Personality Changes
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My brother has brain cancer which has spread from cancer in his lungs. He recently finished raditation therpy along with a clinical trial for his brain cancer....
406/16/06 Message Rating
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Headache With Avastin/cpt-11
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My mom has been having headaches EVERY NIGHT BETWEEN 4-6PM. Every night, without fail. This has been going on for a few weeks now...we increased her Decadron, a...
106/16/06 Message Rating
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Gbm in Right Temporal Lobe
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Hello everyone, My Mom, 59, was diagnosed in Sept.05 with GBM. She had surgery in late Sept and came through the surgery great. By Nov. the tumor grew back co...
706/16/06 Message Rating
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Too Good???
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Hello Everyone. I wanted to share and update you on my mother's 1st treatments yesterday. I think it's good for people to know some "real-life" experiences, lik...
306/16/06 Message Rating
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Jennyrad and Natural Zeolite
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Jenny, just wanted to check in with you how is your dad doing. When I last heard from you he was taking Natural Zeolite and seemed to be improving. Is he stil...
006/15/06 Message Rating
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Pontine Glioma, a New Surgery ...
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Hello everyone, I was wondering if any the parents out there that have children with Pontine Glioma can tell me if any of their children had this procedure don...
106/15/06 Message Rating
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Travelling The Gbm Highway
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My husband was diagnosed after a biopsy on April 25 with a possibly cancerous brain tumor. The craniotomy was done on April 28 and confirmed a GBM Stage IV. T...
406/15/06 Message Rating
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Cpt-11 and Avastin
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My husband was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor 8 years ago. The tumor had been progressing slowly, but since Sept. 2005, it has been progressing rapidl...
606/14/06 Message Rating
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First Day of Avastin/cpt-11
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Hi Everyone. Tomorrow I take my mom for her first infusion session of Avastin/CPT11 and I'm terrified... I read up about the "expected" side effects, but I'm s...
606/14/06 Message Rating
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Astrocytoma
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I am a astrocytoma servivor. On October 12 2004 I had a Seizure at work. Had an MRI at the emergency and was told I had a brain tumor. On October 25 I had su...
206/13/06 Message Rating
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Insurance Problems
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My mom has begun the avastin + CPT-11 protocol to treat her GBM. Since the protocol has only been approved for colon-rectal cancer and not for GBM by the FDA, ...
106/13/06 Message Rating
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Failed Temodar- Now Avastin/cp...
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I feel like I'm living on the rollercoaster. Here's the update. My mom (48 years old) was diagnosed with GBM 1.11.06. This was the biggest shock of our lives an...
1206/11/06 Message Rating
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Decadron Dose & Swelling
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Hello, I am once again in need of the expert advice of the kind people that I have met thru this message board over the past nine months. My dad's most recent ...
1706/11/06 Message Rating
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After Radiation
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My mother has anaplastic astrocytoma (III) of the left temporal lobe. She had surger March 24th which they removed 80%. She just finished radiation therapy an...
306/11/06 Message Rating
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Any Encouragement is Welcome
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I am 18 years old, and a close family friend has brain cancer. She is like a second mom to me, and my family has known her forever. Both her and my own mother...
306/11/06 Message Rating
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Pontine Gliomas
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hello everyone...we are new to this message board. i was poking around for information and stumbled in. i have read many of the stories from parents of child...
106/09/06 Message Rating
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Gbm
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Hello all. I am new to this monster. My mother of 58 years old just had biopsy/removal of 4 cm. "leison" on her right frontal lobe. Had surgery May 31 2006. Do...
1106/07/06 Message Rating
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Gbm in Left Temporal Lobe
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My mom was diagnosed with a GBM in her left temporal lobe in September 2005 after a major Seizure just weeks before her 61st birthday. She had a resection done...
806/07/06 Message Rating
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