BRAINAC's Journey with High-Grade Astrocytoma (also called G...
Survivor: Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors in Adults > Glioma > Astrocytoma > High-Grade Astrocytoma (also called Glioblastoma)
Patient Info: Finished active treatment more than 5 years ago, Diagnosed: about 23 years ago, Female, Age: 59
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BRAINAC
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Experience with
High-Grade Astrocytoma...
over 8 years agoSurgery
Procedure or Surgery
THEY TOLD ME IT WOULD BE A 4 HOUR SURGERY IT WAS 5 1/2 HRS. HE SAID HE WANTED TO GET EVERYTHING THAT LOOKED LIKE IT MIGHT BE CANCEROUS. HE WAS RIGHT HE GOT ALL OF IT. IT'S BEEN 14 YEARS AND STILL NO CANCER. HALLELUJAH.
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BRAINAC
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Experience with
High-Grade Astrocytoma...
over 8 years agoExternal radiation
Radiation
MY 2 sisters took turns taking me down to the Brown Cancer Center in Louisville. They helped me pick out a wig that looked like my hair. The doctor said it would start falling out; it did about the forth week of my seven week course of treatment. I had to have a strawberry shake every time I got out of the city at Sellersburg, IN. When I got home I had to rest most of the time I would sleep or listen to K love radio station to kept me strong.