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about a month postdiagnosis
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I was diagnosed with gbm, grade IV in July. Right temporal lobe Pretty shocking. Began chemo (Temodar) and radiation a week ago. I had a partial resection and a...
1208/07/08 Message Rating
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Thank You all!
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I just wanted to post a longer message than my last now that it has been a week since my Dad passed. My father was diagnoised last Oct at age 75 with a GBM...
808/07/08 Message Rating
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Jillby
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Hello Jillby,Where are you and how are things?? I have not heard or seen any postings from you in a few months. Halina--Message edited by CancerCompass staff. F...
308/07/08 Message Rating
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Clinical Studies and Insurance
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I posted a few months back about my dad who was dx in May with GBM.  He had surgery and went through the standard Temador + radiation, which he just finish...
208/06/08 Message Rating
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mri
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What does it mean when threre is black on the MRI ?
308/06/08 Message Rating
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scared and can't sleep
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My husband was dx on 04/08, he is 40 yrs. old and has completed 6 wks of radiation and chemo.  We go back tomorrow for another MRi and I am horrified. ...
1908/06/08 Message Rating
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What should I do???
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My mother died of GBM on 7/2/07. I am my mothers 1st beneficiary on her life insurance then my uncle and then her closest sister.  Well...
1208/06/08 Message Rating
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My Sister Gina - Pregnant with...
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Hi I wanted to update everyone on my sister Gina.  She is the one who was diagnosed with Brain Cancer in April of 2008.  She had surgery on May 12, 20...
1008/06/08 Message Rating
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Another clear scan...
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Another two months, another clear scan. Things are looking very good for my wife and I as her scans continue to look tumor free. We are now past the 1/2 way p...
808/05/08 Message Rating
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Bronchitis
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My sister, who has been doing well and off treatment now for almost 6 months, came down with a fever and bronchitis last week,  SHe got some antibiotics an...
308/05/08 Message Rating
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Frustrated by Doctors incompet...
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Is there anyone out there who has knowledge about re-growth, could you please describe what the Dr.'s are saying about the MRI scans when they see the re-growth...
008/04/08 Message Rating
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Frustrated by Doctors incompet...
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Is there anyone out there who has knowledge about re-growth, could you please describe what the Dr.'s are saying about the MRI scans when they see the re-growth...
408/04/08 Message Rating
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Dreams for come true
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Does anyone know if  their is any thing like the dream come true for people with brain tumor I wanted to take my husband to a football game on saturday and...
808/04/08 Message Rating
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GBM and low Testosterone
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Hi everyone,Has anyone ever heard GBM causing low Testosterone?  My tumor (resection on 9/25/07) was in the right frontal lobe (lemon sized).  I have ...
208/04/08 Message Rating
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Headache from avastin/cpt-11??
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My husband just completed his fourth round of avastin/cpt-11.  He gets severe, dibilitating headaches from it each time that last 4-6 days.  He doesn&...
408/04/08 Message Rating
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beginnig of this
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NEED TO TELL THIS TRUE VSTORY ABOUT ME.  AFTER FREAKFULLY FINDNG VMY GBM-IV,I WAS TRANSFERRED TO AUGUSTA,GA ,TO TEAM OF DRS.DR JOSE SANTAGO STOOD IN THE MI...
208/04/08 Message Rating
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Inappropriate sexual behavior ...
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My son is 15 and a 2 year survivor of GBM. His tumor was removed from the right temporal lobe. Suddenly I have been faced with an even greater challenge to add ...
308/04/08 Message Rating
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Prayers for my brother having ...
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My brother is having surgery tomorrow morning at UCLA.  Thank you to all who recommended this wonderful hospital in previous postings.  It was yo...
208/03/08 Rated by 1 members
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Don't know what to feel.....
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Hi all,So it's been over a month I think since I've posted on here. Just been trying to live a "normal" life and enjoy every day. I took ...
308/03/08 Message Rating
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Will question
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My husband is in end stages of this horrible disease. As if I don’t have enough on my plate…I found out yesterday that two months after his surgery...
1708/03/08 Message Rating
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Brain Mets bleeding
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My Dad fell the other day. We tried to get him up but he was weak on his left side. Went to the ER and found out he as a brain met but on top of finding that it...
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Survivors????
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Exactly what is a survivor. Is it someone who has gone into remission, but who is still walking around with this time bomb in their head. Or is it some one who ...
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Can anabolic steriods cause br...
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HiI just want to know if somebody on this site know of any person who used anabolic steriods who got brain cancer.Anabolic steriods the sort that some body buil...
108/03/08 Message Rating
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Are there really and honestly ...
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Yes I have seen the various sites but most of the info is old and not updated - do poeple realy survive this illness?  My partner was diagnosed aged 39 jus...
708/03/08 Message Rating
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sleeping too much/ shingles?
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When my mom was first diagnosed we were actually at UCLA pain mngmt. We were there to treat her shingles she had on the left side of her face. She had it for 6 ...
208/03/08 Message Rating
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