Anyone know anyone that had one? I just found out my dad has one. I'm pretty sad right now.

Aw man, sorry to hear that. :(

They thought I had one for a bit there when I started having seizures, but it wasn't. Do they know what kind of tumour it is? What are his options?

the chance of survival is very low i think, it hasn't improved much since the 70's. where is it positioned in the brain, are the cells growing fast?

ask him to name as many mammals as he can

my parents best friends where a couple and the husband in that couple died from a brain tumor. it was a very nasty thing with changes in personality etc, it grew inwards towards the brainstem.

the chance of survival is very low i think, it hasn't improved much since the 70's. where is it positioned in the brain, are the cells growing fast?

it really depends - benign/malignant, how big, placement, etc. he can have really good chances.

yeah sure you're right. that's why i was asking about where it was positioned and how fast it was growing etc. generally though i seem to recall that it's pretty bad prognosis, i'll check on that

i think it's more dependent on malignancy or benign.

I haven't talked directly to my mom yet, I'm scared I'll turn into a blubbering fool, but what kiley told me is that they gave him something to stop the swelling or growth (I don't know) They have to go to nashville to see a specialist to find out if its operable or not.

He was going through some weird emotional shit over the last few months. My mom and me just thought it was a mid-life crisis--guess we were wrong.

best wishes toby. i hope this works out for you.

i have one.

i think it's more dependent on malignancy or benign.

i thought growth rate is one factor that is taken into account when you decide if a tumor is benign or malignant. "Benign tumor: a tumor (solid neoplasm) that has self-limiting growth and does not invade other tissues nor metastasize. Usually not cancerous."

"In general, malignant tumors grow faster than benign tumors and are more likely to cause health problems."

toby if i liked you any less i'd totally be going for the john kimble jokes now

but sorry to hear that, sucks dood :(

i also think it would be quite weird if the placement of the tumor didn't have much impact on the danger. if it's positioned in some part of the brain that transits signals from the retina, you might go blind, if it's positioned in a place that takes care of important regulatory functions you'd go dead.

if it's going to go tetsuo on him it doesnt really matter whether he goes blind a week before he dies or after

Aw, Toby I'm sorry. I would wait to hear from your family regarding what type of brain tumor it is and what the specialist says before you do anything. Get upset if you want to but do not assume the worst just yet.

Best of luck. Hopefully your neighbor isn't a brain surgeon.

I've known someone who had a tumor, but not in their brain. They survived. I hope your dad does, too, Tobes :(

well a tumor that only has a very slow growth or just grows for a bit and then doesn't grow much can still be much more dangerious in one place than another.

yeah this is the time you don't use that smiley you stupid bitch

My grandfather had one. It was quite sad.

my dad had one on his pituitary gland about 15 years ago. he had it removed through a pretty scary surgery but he's been fine since.

im sorry to hear it toby, i hope for the best

The little boy up the street had one when he was born (shortly after?). At one point it got pretty serious and no one really thought he would make it. He is now 5 and perfectly healthy. I hope everything turns out alright for your Dad too.

del

tobes im sorry :/

My friend's dad got one :S Now he speaks with a slurr I think.

there's no such thing as a brain tumor. i know the history of oncology, you don't

Well then what is it that everyone commonly mistakes for the brain tumor?

laziness/drunk

it's the companies that sell the anti-tumor drugs who have bribed all the worlds scientists and doctors into believing that it exists. it's all in the papers and history of oncology.

:S there's no such things as antitumor drugs.

I talked to my dad tonight. He said that its in the right frontal lobe and its like 5cmx5cmx5cm or something like that. They won't know anything more until they see a neurosurgeon on tuesday =/

hope all goes well on tuesday toby. keep us posted.

I know! The thing that really upsets me is that our family has a history of running bad luck and I'm scared that it will continue. My mom has Lupus and she'd be so lost without my dad.

well i hope it doesnt come to that. i lost my dad just over a year ago and mum's a bit of a wreck.

yah, I'm going to keep a positive attitude. He told me not to worry and I'll try not to.

Best of luck. I hope everything goes well with your dad and that hopefully his tumor can be operated on safely. :)

Best of luck toby. I'm hoping for the best.

wow. Sorry to hear this. :(

man, i wish i had one

My dad is having surgery today. Lets hope for the best.

I hope his surgery goes well.

hope it goes well. good luck to your dad.

My kindergarten teacher had one. And some docs thought I had one last summer, but after a computer tomography it was clear that they're full of shit.

Good luck.

best of luck, toby.

I'll think good thoughts for your dad, Toby.

don't give him false hope you idiots, his dad is a goner

cancer is evil, best wishes and luck to you and your family toby.

cancer is evil, best wishes and luck to you and your family toby.

Did you name yourself after that Terry Pratchett character?

Did you name yourself after that Terry Pratchett character?

yes

He's doing well after the surgery. Up an walking around today, but hasn't ate since tuesday. The initial test on the tumor showed non-cancerous, but the surgeon said it looked malignant to him. Tomorrow they'll know for sure and I'm really hoping for the best. We're driving up on saturday for a wedding so we'll be able to see him this weekend :)

that's good to here!

That's good that it isn't cancerous, but hopefully you'll see some good results on it being malignant... Again, good luck with all of this.

I thought malignant was bad :confused:

Yeah, malignant is bad, I'm saying that the doctor's test results might show otherwise.

oh! Gotcha ;)

i would still take the place of your father if i could. i would jump under the bus for anyone. except mirrar.

lol @ noyen~!

im completely serious

super serial?

total cereal.

im not kidding. if anything i could be serious about. its like. i know tobes. i know. god knows. and so does the devil.

Keep positive my man....tons of people have beat this sort of thing and here's hoping your dad is one of them.

My dad called me the morning of his surgery and I told him everything would be OK because we are ********'s and he started to cry, but its the truth. We've been thru some shit and always have prevailed, lets hope this is the same!

keep the spirits up man. Im sure he'll be outta there in no time and recover successfully.

Good news, everyone!

Turns out he has some condition where the tumor was both malignant and begnin and he'll be able to live for years and years. They are going to go ahead and do chemo to make sure they kill all the cells and he'll have to check in with the dr. every 6 months to make sure the tumor isn't coming back and if it does they'll just remove it and go on with his life.

that's bullshit. i wanted drama and suspense.

Great news Toby, very happy for you and your family

That's great news, Toby. I am happy everything turned out as well as it did :)

You and me both, sista. I don't know what I would of done if i found out he was dying =/

awesome man :)

great news toby. glad to hear it.

NARM!

Good luck Toby, hope it works out ok

edit: I mean with the on-going managing of it obviously, that's great news it ain't more serious :)

NARM!

That was an AVM, dude! Not a tumah.

im glad hes doing better tobes

only the good die young

I saw pops this weekend. He's in pretty good spirits. I think everything is going to be A-OK.

awesome. great to hear.

Great to hear. The miracles of modern medicine.

He was going through some weird emotional shit over the last few months. My mom and me just thought it was a mid-life crisis--guess we were wrong.


oh god, man

i'm praying for you and your family

Good news, everyone!

Turns out he has some condition where the tumor was both malignant and begnin and he'll be able to live for years and years. They are going to go ahead and do chemo to make sure they kill all the cells and he'll have to check in with the dr. every 6 months to make sure the tumor isn't coming back and if it does they'll just remove it and go on with his life.


well :)

i should have really read the whole thread first, yo

glad he's going be OK

ie, i need to read netphoria more often