Hi,
My sister was diagnosed with Glioblastoma Multiforme Stage IV in May 2006. She underwent surgery, chemotherapy and radiation treaments n addition to steroid therapy. Unfortunately, her husband did not tell us the grim news or the type of brain cancer she had. Her family, including me, were all under the impression that she would be back to herself within a year and she was going to be A OK. Well, her husband dropped dead of a heart attack in June 07. One week later is when we were told the truth about her condition. Right now, the doctors say she is clear of cancer, however; they have told us that it will return and when it does, it will return with a vengence. They basically said there is no hope for her and told us to go and see her now as they do not believe she will be here at Christmastime. I am going to see her this weekend. She lives in the South. I'm frightened to see her and yet I am also anxious to see her. I feel so overwhelmed by all of this. How do you get through these array of emotions?
On 6/15/2007
Lisey07 wrote:
Hello Dana,
It would be good if I could contact you some other way but I hope you get this. My mum is doing OK at the moment, we had a bad episode where her brain swelled and she had too much fluid on her brain, it was very frightening but after a hospital stay it all seems to be under control again.
I do believe there are survivors out there, and I know my mum will be one of them! So you must fight for your dad too. It's so hard but we have very little help from the hospital so I am looking in to alternative therapies which offer so much more light in this abyss. My mum is takig glyconutrients and I am making sure she has lots of good foods to keep her vitamin intake up and make sure her immune system is doing as well as possible. I do hope your dad is doing ok? We are also going to a Brandon Bays weekend, don't know if you've heard of her but she cured herself of a basketball sized stomach tumor with no western therapies - and as they say 'anything you can do we can do better'. I am absolutely sick of all the negativity of the doctors, all they ever do is quote dreadful statistics at my mum - SHE IS NOT A STATISTIC!!!! I would love to know how you are doing,
Best wishes too you all,
Lisa x