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In reply to the discussion: I'm not very religious, but I could use your help this Christmas. [View all]csziggy
(34,131 posts)One thing that does comfort me - I think my sister helped with the study of this cancer. She was a professor of physiology with a specialty in the brain. Her doctoral thesis was "Sections of the Brain", a definitive work on the microscopic sections as used to diagnosed brain diseases.
As a result, she was in contact with many neurosurgeons and other people who were studying brain diseases. Once she knew her disease was incurable, she allowed them to try some experimental procedures on her. Rather than the original prognosis of three months, she got eighteen months.
As I said, that was in 1992-93. Since then I've heard of a lot more people with glioblastoma that have lived longer than they used to with it - Ted Kennedy, for one. I hope that it helped prolong many more people's lives.
Peace and love to you, stevedeshazer, and to your family.