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
Get Full Access Today It’s EASY and FREE!
Things you can do
More Questions
Find us on Facebook
Experience Icon Descriptions
Procedure: Drag this icon to show a procedure.
Radiation: Drag this icon to show a specific radiation therapy experience.
Drug Therapy: Drag this icon to show a specific drug therapy experience.
Clinical Trial: Drag this icon to show a clinical trial experience.
Side Effect: Drag this icon to show experience with a specific side effect.
Oh No: Drag this icon to show when something bad happened (e.g., cancer’s back, lost job).
Celebration: Drag this icon to show when something good happened (e.g., last treatment, hair is back).
Loss: Drag this icon to show a time of loss (e.g., lost hair, lost loved one).
Decision Point: Drag this icon to show a time when you had to make a tough decision.
Other Care: Draft this icon to show a time when you needed other care (e.g., hospice, psychotherapy).
Loading...
Surgery
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.
External 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.