jefuchs

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  To me, that really does seem like excessive treatment.  My wife's initial diagnosis was uncertain, so MD Anderson treated it as a grade 3 oligo to be on the safe side, and that was still less aggressive than your treatment.  She had Temodar only. After seeing two years' worth of MRIs, they concluded that it was a grade 2.

  February 23, 2012 view post

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  My wife has been on topamax (Topiramate) for nearly two years without the side effects you mention.  So far, no seizures at all. 

  The main side effect she has had is weight loss. 

  September 29, 2011 view post

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  By "normal" I mean more or less feeling like you did before Temodar. 

  My wife finished her 18 months of Temodar about 6 weeks ago, and she doesn't seem to feel like her old self yet. She's okay, but not 100%.

  I suppose this could be attributed to the meds she still takes (topamax and klonopin), but I feel like it's the Temodar.

  July 20, 2011 view discussion

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  We're in Houston now, and went to MDA this week. For months we've seen no change in my wife's MRIs, and the most recent was no different.The NO showed us a side-by-side comparison of the newest MRI and one of the first ones from a year and a half ago. To my untrained eye, they looked the same, but the doctor pointed out areas that had a lighter color, but no identifiable tumor. Those areas now are clear in the new MR...

  June 17, 2011 view discussion

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  After 18 months of Temodar, 5/23, my wife is finally off chemo.  She has felt awful through the entire course of treatment, but considering this is chemotherapy, she's done great. We go for yet another MRI this week, then back to MD Anderson for their opinion.  My wife has already decided she's finished with chemo, so if they say they want her to stay on it, they'd better have a really good reason. Unfort...

  June 08, 2011 view discussion

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  I saw this video online today, and I wonder if there's anything to it.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeA84udy7hY An existing OTC drug has been found effective in reducing tumors, but it is not profitable enough for drug companies to perform clinical trials.   The wikipedia article for the drug specifically mentioned GBM: ""An ideal therapy should increase GBM apoptosis, overcome the molecu...

  May 03, 2011 view discussion

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  Hi guys.  I'd like to request that people please update your profile to include information about your diagnosis and treatment (or, as in my case, the info about your loved one).  Some of you post comments about your treatment, or complications, etc., but without the context of your cancer history, it is difficult for others to respond competently.  I find myself clicking your profiles often.&nbs...

  April 18, 2011 view discussion