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GBM 10 year survivor

Post a new topicby livingwith on Fri Aug 17, 2007 3:05 pm

It is April 2007 and I am alive and well after nearly 11 years. Below are some facts and thoughts that may be helpful and interesting to those of you struggling with the disease of a brain tumor.
The Diagnosis and First Steps - I was diagnosed with a GBM IV in July of 1996. After a month of excruciating headaches, I fell over one morning; family called an ambulance, and then was life-flighted to a larger hospital where I had emergency surgery July 3 to remove a baseball-sized tumor. The surgery...Read the full article
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Re: GBM 10 year survivor

Post a new topicby JoyTsai on Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:28 am

My mom has been diagnosed with GBM in Feb. 2007 and now has transferred to spin. Any suggestions are deeply appreciated.
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