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Brain Cancer Discussions

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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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Ricky passed
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Hi All,I haven't visited the site until this evening.  It was the only site that provided any type of comfort at all hours.  I even spent time wit...
907/20/08 Message Rating
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GBM IV and depression
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Our brother age 60 dx 9/21/07; Rad/Chemo did not work; 2 resections; 1 gamma knife;  has decided no more treatments;  He has been highly functional an...
107/20/08 Message Rating
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My mother is in her last days....
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My precious mother who is only 56 years old has GBM. She was diagnosed last November. We have been told many times that she only has 2-3 days left, but she'...
907/20/08 Message Rating
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novocure trial
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Is anyone in the novocure trial, and if so, how are you doing? mike
107/20/08 Message Rating
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Oligodendroglioma Grade III (M...
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My name is Patty and our son Taylor was diagnosed with his brain tumor June 13, 2007 2 months before he turned 15.  His will be 16 next mont...
607/19/08 Message Rating
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Hip Pain Associated with Temod...
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Just wondering if anyone has experienced hip pain, while on on Temodar.  My husband has been off decadron since Jan. 08.  He's currently on CPT-11...
307/19/08 Message Rating
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Please help..Doctors are too s...
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Hi all, my Dad was diagnosed with GBM stage 4 one month ago. He has 4 tumors that are inoperable, so the docs said he will need whole brain radiation....
1007/19/08 Message Rating
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what cause glioblastoma?
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I had a brother diagnose with Glioblastoma grade 4. In our family he is the only 1 who had this disease. He now on radiation, chemo theraphy and also evastin an...
1107/18/08 Message Rating
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what cause Glioblastoma?
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I had a brother diagnose with Glioblastoma grade 4. In our family he is the only 1 who had this disease. He now on radiation, chemo theraphy and also evastin an...
007/18/08 Message Rating
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urinating blood
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my husband was told on 1/24/08 that he had stage 4 gbm.he under wnet chem and radiation.No improvement .In fact he became worse.He has been in hospice care for&...
207/18/08 Message Rating
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Tumor is stable but physical
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My son has a GBM in his right frontal lob.since August his tumor has only grown with 9%.  The tumor is stable for 5 months. I much say there is allot of ed...
407/17/08 Message Rating
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