Forum: Brain Tumors Forum

My friend has GBM4 in month 17 and still on chemo 5/28....she has been very tired, no energy, and her latest MRI showed some swelling and growth. ...

Hi all, I'd first like to say thank you for any advice you can give me and that I respect all of you for your bravery in your battles against cancer....

A little about me...I am 34 yrs old with 3 girls and a very supporting husband.:). I have a brain tumor that is located within the left cavernous...

Mom finished cheno/radiation on 4/15. The wanted her to start the next phase of chemo 4/30, but her blood work has been bad. We have also been...

My dad was diagnosed in January of this year with stage IV GBM. He was given a 3 month prognosis, and he refused any treatment. He had had a...

where has everone gone . Im not seeing much for posts or even seeing spam josh

My brother in law was diagnosed with testicular cancer 10 months ago, it was very aggressive and spread to his stomach, lungs and his brain, he had...

Hello. I posted about year ago about my Dad who is now 67, dx with GBM in the Right Frontal Lobe. Anyway - we have recurrence, the tumor has doubled...

On 3 March I had a tumor resected from my right temporal lobe- the surgery went well and the doctors stated they "got it all" or as close as...

Hi - I'm brand new to this forum and just have a question for anyone who may have had a similar experience with this.... I found I had a low-grade...

Hello, My beautiful dad has just been diagnosed with GBM after a seizure a couple of weeks ago, followed by complete tumour ressection on the right...

HELO EVERYONE! I'm a 59 year woman who had a left temporal tumor removed on April 8/13 which was the diameter of a golf ball up to 1/2 " in...

Ben Williams beat his GBM 17 years ago and wrote a book about his approach using a brain tumor cocktail of off label drugs. An international...

I have oligodendroglioma grade 2. My journey started in March 9, 2013. I had a seizure and was taken to ER. MRI showed 2-2.5 cm on my front right...

HELLO EVERYONE! I'm a 59 year woman who had a left temporal tumor removed on April 8/13 which was the diameter of a golf ball up to 1/2 " in depth....

I'd say for about over 2 months or so I've been experiencing headaches, they aren't agonizing but can be a pain from time to time, some times worse...

My wife had craniotomy w/resection two weeks ago LFL. Three NS and three radiologist confirmed low grade glioma on MRI. It was the old "looks like...

Hi I am brand new to this site. I had a surgery last February to remove a stage II oligodendroglioma on my right frontal lobe..Surgeon felt he got it...

Who can help to provide some authoritative report or information about Vitamin B17 as antineoplastic drug, thanks. Rissun@5.13,2013

We had a lovely Mother's Day. Mom was laughing and as strong and coherent as I've seen her in weeks. This following a brutal week with 2 admissions...

Hi there, I was surfing around looking for a few topics, and this site came up. I have had my biopsy done already and I been diagnosed with gr2...

I have a problem. Last year, a good family friend of mine had a benign brain tumor removed (a grade one ganglioglioma). He had a complete...

My dad was diagnosed a week ago with brain tumor in his left side of the brain. He is going to biopsy two days from now. I read many things about...

Hi everyone, I'm a techno phobic newbie to this forum. So relieved that I've finally worked out how to post. Hoping someone can help me with...

Hi all (old and new friends)! I have been off forever due to my parent's health and relocating my GBM brother back to our town where the entire...

Hi all, I'm 16 and I had a grand mal seizure out of the blue three weeks ago, landing me in hospital overnight for blood tests and monitoring. My...

Hi. I just thought I would check in to let you all know that even though my fathers battle is over, I still think about everyone else battling this...

Have had my first Neuro-oncology appointment at a new hospital today. Rather a shocker. Have been told my other hospital should NEVER had this...

hi i stumbled across this forum my son 21 at the time was diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor in nov 2010 drs told us our son life expectancy...

week 14 update: Mom is still home, not much discomfort but very weak, tired, frustrated and depressed. Anyone taking anti depressants? Side...

My husband is 68 dx Feb this year with GBM. Had tumor the size of an egg in left frontal removed successfully. Did radiation and temodar for 5 weeks...

GOOD Morning everyone. Happy Friday and here is another great weekend. Feel Gods blessings each and everyday. about 45 minutes till my doc...

Sitting in the er after a 3 hour long seizure, wondering if anyone has an experience with these

Hi not been on here in a while myself having had breast cancer My best friend has brain cancer she has had six weeks radiation and chemo tablets...

Hi there, My mother is under treatment for Brain Cancer (Gliosarcoma grade-4). She underwent her first surgery on 19th Jan 2013. The latest MRI...

My Son 12 year old is diagnosed by doctors in Nov, 2012 as Glioblastoma.His Surgery and Radio Static Therapy is done and now his Chemotherapy is in...

has taken my partner of 32 years...this struggle started last june 12th..and ended april 22nd...reading the posts i admire all your positiveness...i...

Hello, I have technical quetion. Whan everyone says "survival rate", does it mean after doing all treatments (temodal, rediation etc..). I am...

The first post op MRI was not remarkably different (except for the removal of one of the tumors). Today marks 2 weeks since we finished radiation and...

This is my first time posting here, so I apologize if the post is misplaced. My step dad has very advance cancer, of every kind. But the biggest...

Hello Our son (17) was yesterday diagnosed with: "2x3,5x2 cm blurred defined area with 5 mm multiple cysts. Left side multi cyst expansive in...

just wondered if there was a site that tracked gbm locations and occupations, hobbies etc..i detailed my parnters and my journey with this illness...

Hello Everyone: I was operated on April 8th and had a golf ball sized tumor removed. Cancer bits still in and will be going into radiation and...

Anyone out there experience discontinuing Decadron (steriod). Mom has been on since January (walnut size met to brain); triturating down and tried to...

Hello everyone, My mom just had a sizeable mass removed from her left frontal lobe (size of a plum) surgery was successful but she is having...

Who can tell me what's the difference of TEMODAR and TEMODAL for temozolomide capsules? Thanks. Rissun

Hi, I am 63 years old and was diagnosed with oligodendroglioma grade II a year ago this month. I have just finished a year of Temodar 5/28 and my...

I am curious if anyone else has this genetic marker. From what I've read this means that my tumor will not respond well to chemo, and tends to be...

Hello all I am new to this and I am not a patient myself, but my husband's family has had many cases of various types of cancer. His...

My mom has an infection on her face. She had some irritation in her nostril upon leaving the hospital after surgery on 2/6 that she said was from the...