Wow you counted the staples! I was too scared to count the clips on my partner's head from his brain surgery. There were too many of them and even his GP was too scared to remove them for him. ... View more

Hi Ben, Guess what... I'm bored at work and thought I needed a good read/laugh. So.. I looked for your blog and this one is a good one. Sorry for laughing at your expense. Take care! ... View more

Hi Geoff, Thanks for the info. about Clomipramine. I will check it out. The problem with these promising drugs is getting a doctor to prescribe it. So far, all the doctors I contacted told my partner to follow their 'gold' standard treatment. We were even prepare to pay for Avastin if it's going to be good for him but obviously there is no benefit for a person with newly diagnosed GBM. So how's your partner doing? When was she diagnosed? Cheers, ... View more

Hi Smiley, Thanks for the info. I'll have to contact the airlines and see what they can do. From a quick check, we may have to pay a fee. I'm still hopeful that we can make a trip. *sigh* Perhaps, we haven't reached the scary part of the ride yet. It's only the 2nd week of chemo-radiation. Cheers ... View more

A quick Google search shows that part of Gerson Therapy uses coffee enema, vegetables juice, and supplements. I think this is what Jimmy Stynes does and showed in his documentary. I think there is nothing wrong about doing all this 'on top' of the conventional therapy. At least, it may have some placebo effects 🙂 ... View more

Have you spoken with your doctor/nurse about this problem? They may be able to give you some medication to treat it. Generally speaking, drinking lots of water and cranberry juice/extract are good for your bladder. ... View more

Dennis will start Chemo-radio therapy on Mon 29/8. He had a surgery on 8/8. Unfortunately, we were still looking around for travel insurance as we got the tickets not long before he had the symptoms. We got the tickets using mileage points so I think we will have to pay a fee either to cancel or changes the tickets. I hope he will be well enough to travel after all the treatments as now we are out of luck in getting travel insurance, I believe. If he can't travel but can live for a long time, I'm happy with that. ... View more

Yes, I agree it seems so unreal. When we first knew about my partner's tumour and that he would require a surgery, I would wake up every morning and thought it was just a nightmare. Now it seems the surgery was the least of our problem. What a bummer, we plan to go to Europe next year and we already bought tickets! 😞 ... View more

Hi Hopeful, Thank you for your message. Sorry to hear that your husband also had GBM. I wish the doctor misdiagnosed my partner but I guess the pathology result can't lie, can it? I will probably ask more questions next week when the chemo-radiotherapy start. Hope it goes well. Today I called him but he didn't answer and got me worried. Later he called me back and told me that he went out for a walk/run around the area. 🙂 ... View more

The last few days I feel quite good and not being too worried about the whole thing. Am I in denial? People at work asked me about my partner and I talked about it openly without feeling upset. I think the way I talked made them think it's not so serious even though I quoted our good oncologist "Trust me, I know what I am doing and at our centre we have 39% 2 year survival rate". WOW seriously!! is that supposed to be a good rate?? ... View more