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Brain Cancer Discussions

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losing my mind
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How does everybody do it?  How do we see this through to the end without totally losing our mind and without hurting our loved ones who have this illness.&...
408/17/08 Rated by 1 members
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chemo side effects or somethin...
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My husband was diagnosed with glioblastoma on july 8th.  Thot he had heat stroke then WHAM! he has brain mass...on the 1th we were told cancer and soon aft...
208/17/08 Message Rating
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Envita Medical Centers?
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My cousin's little boy was just diagnosed with a brain tumor, and she heard about a place in Arizona called Envita that provides alternative treatments for ...
808/16/08 Message Rating
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New here-scared to death
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My dad, 56, was diagnosed with GBM IV earlier this week after a complete resection of a tumor in his left temporal lobe. The surgeon took out "everything h...
408/16/08 Message Rating
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Avastin or Temodar if on Couma...
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My dad just finished his last treatment of radiation and temodar after his successful craniotomy (diagnosed 5/22/08 GGM grade 4). He ended up in the ICU near th...
608/16/08 Message Rating
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side effects of avastin and cp...
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hello everyone,i've noticed there are plenty of you on here that take avastin and cpt-11. what are some of the side effects you've had? and how is this ...
508/16/08 Message Rating
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Remisson
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 Ive been in remission for 4 months now cause of Avastin and Ctp11 so I would definitly these meds. If you can get your insurance to pay for them.   I...
108/16/08 Message Rating
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Genentech
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Several months ago my husband's treatment was changed to Avastin/cpt-11.  After 4 treatments, the doctor told us he just found out our insurance is ref...
008/15/08 Message Rating
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avastin
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We are looking for the right treatment center  for my husband, I wish someone could tell me more about Avastin and also if anyone knows about the vaccine a...
408/15/08 Message Rating
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Disappointing news: Avastin a...
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We just received some disappointing news. My mother, diagnosed with left frontal lobe and left temporal lobe tumors on May 30, 2008,  has not had a success...
408/15/08 Message Rating
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New...Need Happy Stories
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Hello.  A few weeks after finding out we were pregnant with our first child we actually had to have in vitro for, my husband started getting bad headaches ...
308/15/08 Message Rating
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Another clear MRI
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Had another "great" (doc's word) MRI yesterday. My neuronc and his PA went out of their way to meet with me moments after the MRI (it was not thei...
808/15/08 Message Rating
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length of time patients are re...
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I know this has been posted before, but I would like to see if there is any new updates.I am being treated for an Oligodendroglioma II, partially resected 11-06...
708/14/08 Message Rating
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The Clinical Trial did not wor...
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Hi everyone.My husband was placed in a clinical trial at Duke, using Dasatinib and Tarceva.  Yesterday,  he had the first MRI since starting the trial...
608/14/08 Message Rating
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Don't know what to feel...(Upd...
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 Hi everyone....hoping all is as well as it can be with you.Well my mil got her third MRI after her third round of temodar and....the tumor is STILL the sa...
208/14/08 Message Rating
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hyperbaric oxygen to treat rad...
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Is anyone familiar with HBOT to treat delayed post radiation treatment to the brain for CNS lymphoma?Thanks so much !
108/14/08 Message Rating
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losing sensation in legs
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hi everyone,my brother  (age 55) is battling stage iv glioblastoma.  he's had 2 surgeries, chemo and radiation.  The tumor returned in Jan. a...
108/14/08 Message Rating
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I've decided to come to the ex...
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I had posted maybe a month back. I was writing about my Dad who has renal cell carcinoma with mets to the lungs. Well he was acting kind out strange and out of ...
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Hello everyonne
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Hi I am Jeffrey Recor aka Hammerhead in the Paintball world. I am 39 years old, married(wife Amy) and have a 6 year old daughter (Erin Reiley). On June 16t...
708/14/08 Message Rating
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tarceva and vitamins
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I have just read a lot of messages that state that Tarceva should not be taken with vitamins.  I would like to know which vitamins and why. My husband is o...
208/14/08 Message Rating
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New here as well
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Hi.  My husband was diagnosed in June with GBM right frontal lobe.  His tumor was about 2 cm.  Our neurosurgeon fully resected the tumor and surr...
408/14/08 Message Rating
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New Here
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hi everyone.  My name is Shawn and I stumbled across this website this morning and, though not good that everyone is going through this, it's nice to k...
708/14/08 Message Rating
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mom passed away
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Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Micros...
708/14/08 Message Rating
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Returned from Duke
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Hi again everyone,Well the prayers worked!  My mom's MRI looked great!  Dr. Vrendenburg (sp?) said that she was a miracle worker.  He came in...
508/14/08 Message Rating
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Hydrocephalus
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My wife, age 49, was diagnosed with large GBM-4, frontal and parietal lobes, in April. Surgery got 50%. She had the usual radiation and Temodar, and had to be o...
208/13/08 Message Rating
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