I know what I'll be thankful for THIS Thanksgiving.

[rikibeth]

Not having a brain tumor will be top of the list.

A friend and fellow gamer of ours just got moved to hospice recently, with a tumor that's now growing too fast for them to do anything about.

We drove to Long Island to visit him today.

I'm counting my blessings.

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[jedi-penguin.livejournal.com]

with a tumor that's now growing too fast for them to do anything about.

Really? That sounds rather odd. Fast growing tumors are easier to kill with radiation than slow growing tumors, unless it is already too large when they first notice it or has already grown into an area of the brain where they can't operate. (Or, alternately, it's grown back after a first dose of radiation. My husband was told when his treatment started that he could only do it once.)

Your friend and his family will certainly be in my prayers. Brain tumors and all the fallout from recovery are... horrible. No other word can be used. Do have his family call the American Brain Tumor Association. ABTA has a lot of useful information, a great deal of which I needed but couldn't get from my husband's doctors. They are a wonderful resource and act quickly.

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

It's re-growing after, I believe, surgery and a radioactive seed. He has less than a year, but they don't know just how much less -- could be next week, could be a lot longer.