Brain tumor-some education from an MD

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Posted: 18 years ago
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brain tumor is a very vague word ..Let me educate ya'all since I am a practicing MD

there are 2 types of brain tumor --benign (ie not cancer) growths and people can live for 20-60 years after surgery .no chemo or radiation is needed . People can have seizures , post op but they can be controlled witn meds

There are cancerous tumors, with relatively dismal outcomes. despite great advances in medical and surgical treatments..

the rx causes paralysis, radiation causes brain damage and chemo causes a syndrome we nick name as chemo-brain..despite all this , most people with cancerous brain tumor die within first 2 years of diagnosis and almost all die within 5 years

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Posted: 18 years ago
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So perhaps this guy will have the first one for the story to continue...
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Posted: 18 years ago
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thnx 4 da info... got 2 knoe sumthin very imp
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Posted: 18 years ago
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So now we can sleep peacefully hoping that Samay's tumor is benign 😆 ...
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Posted: 18 years ago
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lol thanx for the info

yeah i know someone who has been living with a brain tumor for many years.

let's just hope samay has a similar one
Anastacia thumbnail
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Posted: 18 years ago
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Thanks Shags. My mom was telling me the same thing when I asked her! 😳
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Posted: 18 years ago
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it better be benign or i will smack the director on the head and give him a brain tumour! 😡
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Posted: 18 years ago
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ITNI BHAYANAK BATEIN BATANE KA MAKSAD 😭
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Posted: 18 years ago
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Originally posted by: gr8_mms

ITNI BHAYANAK BATEIN BATANE KA MAKSAD 😭

Man you make me laugh...gr8..

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