I am a 25 year old female. I was diagnosed with a primary brain tumor in June 2008 and underwent surgery to remove it. It was the size of an apple and diagnosed a grade 2 tumor. It grew back in September 2008 and that's when i began rigorous radiation and oral chemotherapy (Temozolomide). My recent MRI has showed the regrowth of the tumor to be "gone." The plan is to take the Temozolomide for 2 years along with Accutane (which helps the oral chemotherapy work better).
My father is a patient of Grade 4 Brain Tumor (GBM) in his left parietal lobe He is surviving from past 5 years 8 months.
1) He underwent for a surgery on August 2002. Doctor told he was not able to remove the total tumor.
2) After 1 month in September last week of 2002 he started Radiations using Linear Accelerator. He had 33 Radiations along with 100 mg Temodal (Temozolomide). He used to take the capsule 1 hour before the radiation.
I think I may be in the wrong discussion group. Never having done this... advice i seek may be premature. thank you though and enjoy your babies....
Hi everyone, I was recently , like yesterday, told I have white brain mass disease. Im going to a nurologist this week but has anyone here heard of this and does it or can it lead to MS. im really ok with it, if thats what has to be , it has to be.
A close family member was told by his nuerologist "the memory part of brain is shrinking on both sides". He then set up an appointment with a sychiatrist. My question is why a sychiatrist.
insomnia, brain activiety off the scale, anxiety,extreme fatigue and brain fog.. lump in thoat...rapid everything and lately if I do fall asleep, freeking nightmares! and night terror type symptoms: cold sweet, disorientation, numb/ tingly feeling fingertips..like little shocks...... its been this way a good while except nightmares, those just started Doc appt in 1 days. anyone?
He has suffered significant damage to the whole left side of his brain and moderate damage to parts of the right side of the brain. Areas of speech, cognitive function, memory, and language were severely damaged. He cannot talk. I have hope for recovery as the doctors have said he is doing more than his CT and MRI show he should do and they seem very hopefula as do I. They have always said they cannot say what he will be able to do and not.
Hi. I hope this is the right place to post, as this is the first time I've used this website. A few months ago, I had a strange episode where I felt very unwell. I had nausea, vertigo, slight confusion and a feeling of pressure in my head, a bit like sinus pain.
My husband is suffering from headaches and we all know, the meningiomas are there, particularly the large one that put enough pressure against his brain to cause the seizure to begin with. On top of everything, I'm 6 months pregnant and can't eat, sleep or do anything b/c this is so devastating. I know this is short term but I'm just hoping and praying we get a surgery date and that after, he doesn't experience any more seizures or recurrance of tumors.
one more question -
I understand from reading that there are acctualy 2 arteries that supply oxgynen to the brain and that the are limked together in the brain, does it mean that if only one side is blocked then the brain can still get the oxgygen that it beeds from the other side ? and if so, than why to make an intervention ?
Researchers at Tufts University in Boston wanted to examine the effects of walnuts a nut rich in omega-3s on the accumulation of polyubiquitinated proteins in the brain. This substance is the hallmark of many age-related neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s, and it accumulates in our brains as we age.
In this study, researchers used 45 male rats, aged 19 months, and divided them equally into three diet groups. control, 6 percent walnut and 9 percent walnut.
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