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mom
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My beautiful mother Mary francis died april 29 2007 of gbm4 It seems like yesterday and I miss her tremendously She did well fro along time considering her age ...
107/27/08 Message Rating
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The Pressure is Building
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My fathers brain tumor had caused mass effect swelling back in June. he was then put on 16mg/day of Decadron and remains on it.However.... he has very bad heada...
107/27/08 Message Rating
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Big decision to restart Temoda...
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I have only written a few times about my mother's battle with GBM dx 5/2008 but read messages here all the time and find the responses to always be helpful....
207/26/08 Message Rating
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GMB IV 2ND SURGERY IN 7 MONTHS...
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Husband was Dx on 11/30/07 1st Surgery 12/06/071 st Seizure 7/5/082nd Surgery 7/17/08Can anyone tell me about short term memory.  My husband was doing grea...
307/26/08 Message Rating
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Glioblastoma
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Hi, my name is Annemarie. My father(62) was diagnosed with a brain tumor in May 2006. He went to see specialists at Universitas Hospital (South Africa). They sc...
507/26/08 Message Rating
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survivor of inoperable GBM NEE...
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My husband has inoperable glioblastoma multiforme I am looking for hope and a survivor! I have found people who have had operations but none that haven't. I...
1207/25/08 Message Rating
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Sterotactic Radiosurgery
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Hi.  My mother was diagnosed with breast cancer two years ago, then had that spread directly to her brain a year later.  Now another year later, anoth...
007/25/08 Message Rating
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Hospice
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Dear Friends....we have taken a huge step and moved my mom into a hospice facility. She continued to remain stable in the ICU and we could either admit her...
007/25/08 Message Rating
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My first post - Dad has oliode...
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Hi everyone,I was so happy to find this forum. My Dad was diagnosed last month with oliodendroglioma 3. He is in his early 60s and was showing no signs until ju...
607/25/08 Message Rating
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Just an oldtimer checking in
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I haven't posted here in so long, I'm sure most of you don't know me.  I used to post regularly several years ago.  My husband was diagnos...
707/25/08 Rated by 1 members
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need need!!!
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Hi, my mom was diagnosed in April 06 and after 2 operations, radiation and chemo the doctors now want to give her chemo - avastin cpt-11.  We are not sure ...
407/25/08 Message Rating
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How will she die??
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My mom has been living with this glioblastoma for eight months.  Over the weekend she decided to refuse any additional treatment and come home with hospice...
1307/25/08 Message Rating
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Update on my Dad again - need ...
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Hey guys,If you've been following our story, my father is not well. He has only continued to deteriorate since the last time I wrote. Anyways, this morning,...
307/25/08 Message Rating
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Dexamesthasone - stretchmarks ...
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HelloMy son has a GBM.  He is on 24mg of Decadron a day.He is on Decadron now for 10 months. We have tried to lower the dosis but then it seems that he is ...
207/25/08 Message Rating
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Back on steroids
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So my dad has had increased edema so he is back on steroids and he is crazy again.  Staying up all night, fighting sleep after 2 days of not sleeping, bein...
307/24/08 Message Rating
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maybe you could help
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My Dad has Kidney cancer with mets to the lungs. The last month or so I have noticed that he is confused alot. He also sleeps like 18 hours a day. The doctors d...
507/24/08 Message Rating
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Don't know what to tell him
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Hi everybody.This is Marco's friend from Italy again. I haven't updated our situation in a while, but bear with me, I need to vent and I know that I'...
907/24/08 Message Rating
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Off Treatment
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An update on my sister who is being treated at Duke.  She completed the avastin/cpt-11 and had a clear scan on 3/08, and has been off treatment since ...
1107/23/08 Message Rating
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Travel information for a cance...
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Hi All,My mom has  a grade 2 astrocytoma. She has had 32 rounds of radiation therapy.At present her MRI showed the tumor to be stable. She is in India.I am...
307/23/08 Message Rating
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The shoe just dropped....
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On 7/17/08 I posted that my mom was stable and yet I was just waiting for the shoe to drop. Yesterday she experienced severe seizures which put her in the ICU. ...
607/22/08 Message Rating
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Temodar & Zofran - do you get ...
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Hello All, My wife has just completed her 4th month of Temodar & Zofran.  (Anaplastic Astrocytoma 3, surgery, radiation with Temodar and now Temod...
607/22/08 Message Rating
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Is this the beginning of the e...
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 Husband diagnosed with GBM on August 2007, surgery+temodar, temodar for 4 months (did not help), Avastin+Cp11 for 4 months (after 2 months considerable sh...
707/22/08 Message Rating
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brother in law with GBM IV
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My brother in law Jim was diagnosed with GBM IV in April 2008. No resection was possible. He went through 6 weeks of radiation and Temodar. Spent 17 of the last...
307/22/08 Message Rating
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Help! Information on GBM IV p...
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My 76 year old father was diagnosed with an inoperable GBM IV in April and has gone through six weeks of radiation with Termador (sp?) chemo.  We have...
607/21/08 Message Rating
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Child Cancer Act
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Last week the 3 senator's who were blocking the Conquer Child Cancer Act suddenly and abruptly changed there minds and that Act has now passed.It's on t...
607/21/08 Message Rating
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