We know the tumor is in a slightly different area than it was originally. He is in treatment (Temodar for the second time) for the third recurrence of his tumor. We have always been told it is in an area where surgery has not been an option. The oncologist does say he believes it is a higher grade. We think he believes it is glioblastoma but he won't say that definitely without doing another biopsy.
Doctor, last week you reponded to my question about medication regimen re herpes. My other questions are{
1) How many days or weeks should a couple wait to have sex after the one party (female) commences medication for viral shedding suppression?
2) does the fact that that party has had herpes for 15 years affect how or when the medication should be taken or dosage etc.
A month ago my husband (41) had a tumor resection of a GBM in the left temporal/frontal lobe. He is still recovering from surgery and has begun cancer treatment (temodar& radiation) a week ago. He has a previous accident injury where he has struggled with neck pain for ten years. He has been on suboxone for probably 7 years now. He is currently taking his suboxone but is not getting any relief for his head pain.
It took several rounds of IUI fertility treatments (6) to get me here and as soon as I started having symptoms at 4 weeks, fertility doc said to start a baby aspirin regimen. Looking into it, it seems like relatively new research revealing many benefits in women over 35, particularly reduced risk of pre-eclampsia among other things.
Just wondering if anyone else is doing this? My friends with babies hadn't heard about it.
Patient made decision to treat his anaplastic astrocytoma with surgery and Temodar only. No radiation! What is the prognosis for this 33 yr.old male.
Since the diagnosis of Glioblastoma grade 4 in August, my husband has had the tumor removed and completed the round of radiation and chemotherapy - temodar. Recently I have noticed him being very short fused and argumentative. The slightest thing sets him off as if he had been personally attack. I have also noticed depression setting in. I'm assuming this is all part of the treatment and diagnosis.
One thing I can tell you is beware of certain chemos, like temodar , it can cause lukemia in people with NF, and radiation is also a no go for people with NF. Good luck.
I will be starting on a regimen of taxotere and Cytoxan given every three weeks for 4 weeks. Since this is a short regimen, will I experience many side effects?
I was told to only take Tylenol and nothing else.
You should discuss with the oncologist the rationale for his/her recommendation and pose these questions to him/her. If you are concerned about the regimen, your mother should seek a second opinion that would include the pathology review and examination, so that an accurate opinion could be given. We cannot comment on specific treatments for individual cases.
m 19 been diabetic since I was 4 and and I have gained 15-20 pounds with my new insulin regimen started about 6 months ago.I take humalog on sliding scale 1 unit per 10 carbs and I take it every time I eat and I also take 50 units of lantus at bed time.So my question is can this be causing my weight gain? I think the lantus initially caused me to gain about 20lbs. to begin with 6yrs. ago and I'm now over weight.I'm on my feet constantly at work 9 hrs.
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