Hi My name is Ed K. and I have written to a few people with cancer looking for info or suupport. I was diagnosed with astrocytoma stage 3 18 months ago and it does set you back upon hearing the bad news. It took me and my wife a couple of weeks to accept it and I finally said hey, its not getting me. It took my sister 11 years ago. Mine is inoperable and I went through 7 weeks of radiation and chemo at the same time. I still am doing chemo 1 week out of the month and every 6 months I go for a MRI to see how things are doing. Well as of June 03 I have a hole in my brain about the size of a half dollar and a finger that has shrunk from 1.6 cm to 1.2 cm. I will have one in December again to see where I stand. I am feeling good and I wake up every morning and thank god for another day. My chemo treatments are by a pill called Temodar and I take a pill called Anzemet. Which really works good. No nausea whatsoever. If you feel any change in your body while on any of your meds no matter what it is do not be afraid to tell your doctor what is happening. I had to many of times when I first started my treatments even when I was still in the hospital. The doctors get you started on meds which they do not know how your body is going to react to all the meds you have to take and they just keep changing it to where your body will accept them at the same time. Just do not let it get you down and keep telling yourself you are going to beat it. I had fun with my radiation when I lost my hair on my left side and it was starting on my right side. I went to the beauty shop and got a mohawk and had my hair dyed about 6 different colors just to show it that I was not giving up. I feel pretty fortunate for being given 6 months to 1 year and I am kicking the sh t out of it. I am going to try and send a photo of me with my mohawk just so you can have a good laugh. And that is what you have keep doing. Do not get down on yourself. Just keep thinking positive and enjoy every day to the utmost I know there will be days you will feel like crap but you must just keep your head up and keep thinking positive. wish you luck and if you need someone to just to reach out to get in touch and I will try and help. Ed from Bullheadcity