It has been a while since the last update on my brother, and there has been big news

[Hadley4000]

Some of y'all out there are probably familiar with the situation with my brother. For those who don't know, my brother was diagnosed with a grade IV glioma brain tumor in July of 2008.

He went through three months of radiation treatment. It was pretty hard on his body, but he made it through strong. This time he did lose his hair. The doctor told him that his hair probably wouldn't grow back, since the radiation was shot directly into the side of his head, but he was wrong. Though it's a little thin, his hair has grown back. He recently had another MRI, and the doctor came back and told him there was significant shrinkage, and that it was the most tremendous improvement he has seen between two MRIs.

Amazing news, and since so many of you have been very supportive, I felt the need to share.

 

[aronpm]

 

[Hershey]

Science. F*** yeah!

 

[Andreaillest]

Glad to hear that!
Take care.

 

[timelonade]

This is incredible, grade 4 is nothing petty.

Stay strong for him.

 

[StachuK1992]

Great to hear!

 

[Cool Frog]

YAY!

 

[choza244]

Awesome man, keep strong!

 

[Eleredo]

Very great news!

 

[Hadley4000]

This is incredible, grade 4 is nothing petty.

Stay strong for him.

Yeah, it's been one hell of a battle. There was a very brief misunderstanding where I thought they had said it was benign. You can imagine what it was like to hear benign and have it be grade IV. After going through chemo twice there was shrinkage, but nothing huge. He finished his radiation treatment about 9 months ago, and it has constantly been shrinking. Radiation can keep working over a long period of time, so they are expecting it to shrink more over in the future.

It won't ever actually go away, thing was huge, but he is fighting really hard.

 

[teller]

I have a lost a few people to cancer, so I feel you. I hope your brother sticks around long enough to benefit from some major breakthroughs that are brewing. If not...well...we're all going to the same place.

 

[Crazycubemom]

Hug's and kisses from me to your brother. Be strong for your brother.

 

[chrissyD]

Great news. My cousin was born with a brain tumor on the top of her spinal cord and I can't imagine how familys cope with it.

 

[cubelover111]

That is awesome