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    I agree with Ozgirl. You can get all of your nutrients from eating a whole foods, plant based diet. The only thing you will need is a vitamin B12 supplement. I do take a multi-vitamin and other supplements, but the B12 is mandatory. You can watch Forks Over Knives (free on hulu.com) to get more information about this diet and how it will help everyone's health. They have a website too. Raw vegetables are better than ...

    April 30 at 11:33 AM view post
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      I would suggest looking into getting another doctor. You need to go to one that answers all of your questions, explains everything clearly and be someone that you trust. Search US News and World Report Top Hospitals, then check which ones are best in Neurology. My doctors told me the temodar and radiation would not shrink my tumor but it should keep it from growing. A few months later, mine started growing again.&nb...

      April 23 at 6:11 PM view post
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        I was referred to the University of Michigan, but wasn't impressed. I went to Cleveland Clinic on my own and love it. They have a brain tumor board, great doctors who give you all of the information, give you plenty of time at appointments, and they are either #4 or #6 in neurology in the U.S. I look up top hospitals in neurology on the US News and World Report website. Google it and it will come up. Then you can lo...

        April 23 at 6:01 PM view post
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          oops, I just realized I typed stage 4 in the title. It was stage 3!

          April 23 at 5:43 PM view post
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            http://www.chrisbeatcancer.com/ricki-lake/ Chris was asked to be on the Ricki Lake show to discuss how he got rid of stage 3 colon cancer by eating raw vegetables and fruit. He didn't do any chemo. He is still healthy 10 years later. Go directly to the videos. Great information!

            April 23 at 5:41 PM view discussion
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              I love your quote at the bottom and your "notimpossible" name! :) It's awesome to have faith and a positive attitude about this. Good for you! My tumor is in/on my left frontal lobe. I lost all my hair on the left side and quite a bit on the back. It just depends where the radiation is going in/out. You could ask your doctor, but I asked and he didn't know how much I would lose or where. He just said I might lo...

              February 28 at 9:35 PM view post
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                Have you noticed on older posts that there are some people who have commented but now it says "inactive" by their name? What does that mean?

                January 29 at 2:40 PM view discussion
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                  I'm sorry you and your husband are going through this. I have an oligo and have had 2 surgeries (2008/2009), chemo/radiation and then 6 months of chemo (temodar). The tumor was stable until May 2011. My dr said I would need to get on a different chemo if the tumor was larger in Sept. I got all of these "signs" to go on this whole food, plant based diet and started that in early June. The MRI in Sept showed ...

                  January 23 at 7:40 PM view post
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                    I'm sorry you had another seizure last night. I'm glad your kids helped out! Did you talk to your doctor about it today? I wonder if they will have you come in for an MRI earlier than Feb? If it's nothing, it will ease your mind and you won't be worrying about it until Feb. It's so hard...I don't want to know if it's going to be bad news, but I know I need to know so I can take care of it. You can get all of yo...

                    January 23 at 7:13 PM view post
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                      I am really sorry that you are going through this! Krys gave you a lot of great advice! I don't know which hospital you are going to, but make sure it's a good hospital that has a brain tumor board and is ranked high on US News and World Report. Also, temodar works much better if you have deletions. I have an oligo and don't have the deletions. I was diagnosed in 2008 and had a partial resection then and&n...

                      January 22 at 9:48 PM view post
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                      About shariv

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                      Brain Cancer
                      Alternative Treatments, Cancer Nutrition, Chemotherapy, Clinical Trials and Research, Conventional Treatments, Naturopathic Medicine

                      I was diagnosed with a grade 2 oligodendroglioma in August 2008. It was the size of a softball. I had surgery, but he didn't remove all of it. I switched to Cleveland Clinic and had MRIs every 3 months. It grew slowly so I had another surgery in July 2009. It was a partial resection because there was some functional brain in the middle of the tumor. The pathology report showed some of it was grade 3 and I didn't have deletions like the first pathology report said. So I had 6 1/2 weeks of radiation and temodar. Then I took temodar from January 2010 through June 2010. I had no side effects from the temodar, but did have some hair loss from the radiation. Stable MRIs until May 2011 when it showed the cancer was growing slowly again and there was a spot of fast growing tumor cells. I started a vegan (whole foods, plant based) diet in early June. The MRI 3 months later showed no growth and no enhanced spot! All MRIs through April 2013 have shown no growth or enhancement! :)

                      Watch this Forks Over Knives movie free online for information about how diet can help you:
                      http://www.hulu.com/#!watch/279734

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