braintumorz's Journey with Intermediate-Grade Astrocytoma

It's the end of my life! I'm going to die!

SO scared. Had to wait for family to arrive after hearing the bad news alone.

Craniotomy. Couldn't walk or use the bathroom for weeks.

Made it through craniotomy and gained back my strength.

About halfway through I lost my hair in front of my scar and became very fatigued in my daily life.

Temodar pills at 120 mg dose daily. Took anti-nauseal (Zofran) and took Lactulose to combat constipation. Didn't notice side effects.

I went to a geneticist and they tested for the P53 gene mutation. Cancer has run in my mother's side of the family.

I found out I have Li-Fraumeni Syndrome, which makes me 25 times more likely to get soft tissue cancers.

I felt like after my gene mutation was known that I had a death sentence. I wasn't sure whether going through my current treatments was worth it.

Massage, reflexology, chiropractics

After feeling suicidal, I reached out more and got psychological help from many different sources.

Radiation was finished on January 11th.

For the next six months, I will be taking 300 mg of Temodar 5 days per month.