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Originally Posted by Carmeow  He got the results. When I started this thread he was going into his first brain surgery, the resulrs of which said it was a benign stage 2 tumor.
Now after his second surgery the results are that it is now a high grade stage 3 anaplastic astrocytoma. The good news is that this cancer does not spread to other parts of the body. The bad news is that they gave him 18 months survival rate, with treatment. He is starting chemo on a drug called Temodar. I am terrified for him amd his wife, they are very young, not even 30, havent had kids yet...they're taking the appeoach that no one is allowed to say the "C" word in the house and that they are going to kick its butt. They dont want to scare our family and friends but we are all terrified. Please yall, pray for Charles and Allison, and their families. They are very close family friends of mine. |
So, sorry that your friend is going through this. I will keep him in my prayers. And just so you know that 18 months is only an estimate when the future of the treatment is unknown. My sister had no signs of any issues but when she started having the seizures and a minor stroke. Soon after she was diagnosed with stage 4 brain cancer. It was an invasive cell type that attaches itself to other parts and gets imbedded into the tissue, don't know the proper term but it was a nasty one. She had surgery to remove a cell the size of a baseball. They gave her 18 months to live also. They did everything possible to beat it and at one time though that surgery would be needed again. But thank God that wasn't the case. With chemo and a great team of doctors she beat it, its been 5 years since her surgery and she just had her
3rd year of being cancer free.
Having cancer and beating it has changed her life and she has show all of us that even with brain cancer life does go on. Moral of the story, stay strong and stay positive and like my sister always says it's only a number. Plus she always says . . "F that 18 month , I'm still here aren't I "
I don't mean to highjack your thread but I just wanted to give you some hope and also share my sisters story and her photo..... She really is a true survivor in many ways and I love her so much.