#brain cancer

[maldreathezora]

i have excellent news! after my final brain radiation, the cancer was liquified! i am now cancer free!

[headcanons-blog]

Hello, everyone. I know it's been awhile since I've written anything on this blog.

But if you've seen my recent reblogs from my main account, you'll know that I've just had brain surgery (specifically a craniotomy) a few weeks ago, because there was a cancerous tumor in my right temporal lobe.

I have only just found out recently that the tumor was cancerous (on a technicality, because of a genetic mutation that automatically makes it a grade 4 according to the WHO). And I didn't even know about the tumor until days before my surgery, because I was originally diagnosed with temporal lobe epilepsy, but then I got an MRI which confirmed there was a pretty big mass in my brain.

The tumor was, thankfully, completely removed during the operation. However, there are still cancer cells in my brain around where the tumor was. Which means I'll be starting radiation and chemotherapy within a week or two.

The whole point of this long post was to get across that I won't be writing for the foreseeable future, if ever again. It really depends on how my treatment goes. I'll be on radiation therapy for 6 weeks and chemo cycles until the end of the year, so I'll be too fatigued to do much of anything anyway.

After my treatment, I'll just be closely monitored to see if the cancer recurs, by getting an MRI every few months. So maybe by then, I'll feel up to writing again. Anyway, I'm really sorry to anyone who is disappointed by this news. Believe me when I say that I'm just as disappointed.

[brightgnosis]

It's just ... Ripping me apart that my Husband may have to lose two parents to severe and irreversible personality changes that make them not them, while in the middle of Cancer.

Like, first it was his Dad getting Brain Cancer when he was a child, and having to watch his Father become completely unrecognizable before his parents finally divorced (his Father didn't find out he had the Tumor until years after)- then having to live with the pain of knowing he resented his Dad for everything (especially as a Teenager); it tears him up as an adult that he never got over that when he had a chance still.

And now he may potentially be losing his Mother to the same exact shit: Some kind of Dementia that may be getting worse because of her own Cancer treatments. But this time it's his bedrock. It's the parent whose done her absolute best to do right by him her whole life. It's the one he had that relationship with. And now he's faced with losing her well before he's actually even lost her.

I genuinely hope it's not the case, but the more we all look at things right now ... This is so incredibly fucked up. And it isn't fair at all. My Heart is dying for him right now.

[sunlitsymposium]

I’ve got a pretty small reach here, but something is better than nothing.

I’ve organized this gofundme for one of my dearest friends, born Roxy, known by close loved ones as Francis.

Francis is losing their battle with brain cancer and we are trying to raise enough money so they can afford the end of life care they need.

If you can share the link, spread this far, it would mean the world. They are one of the most genuine incredible people I know.

Please help, if you can.

[karnpatchatopaz]

Please check out my GoFundMe!

https://gofund.me/7b221364

[reasonsforhope]

“A rogue protein that fuels the deadliest brain cancers has been identified by scientists in a breakthrough that opens the door to bettering what is normally a 10% survival rate.

The scientists used gene editing to deactivate the protein, which stopped the tumor growth in its tracks—a hugely encouraging sign.

Glioblastomas have one of the lowest survival rates of any cancers, with fewer than 10% of patients living past 3 years.

“The aggressiveness of glioblastoma is notorious,” said the new paper’s lead author Professor Alea Mills. “The norm is to do surgery, treat with harsh drugs and just hope for the best.”

Mills and her team identified an Achilles heel of glioblastomas, which not only could lead to better treatments, but also explain in part why they and other cancers are so aggressive.

Bromodomain-containing protein 8, or BRD8, was found to suppress the activity of one of the most important cancer-preventing parts of a cell, the P53 gene. P53 codes for proteins which stop cells dividing when they should otherwise die, and almost all cancers depend on disruptions in P53 activity or production.

In experiments the researchers deactivated BRD8 using a pioneering gene editing technique. Without overactive BRD8, the P53 proteins coded normally again, and the tumours, transplanted into mice from human patients, were stopped in their tracks.

When BRD8 was deactivated, P53 was unlocked—the tumors stopped growing and the rodents lived longer.

The findings in Nature suggest drugs targeting the heart of BRD8 could work against glioblastoma.

Professor Mills hopes it will help turn deadly brain cancer into a treatable disease, dramatically extending life expectancy of patients.” -via Good News Network, 12/23/22

[bpod-bpod]

Picking the Brain

Various cell types in brain tumour biopsies are marked when applying radioactive antibodies for detection by positron emission tomography. This study of glioblastoma uses cell sorting and 3D histology – technique to highlight the tissue make-up – to distinguish cells of the tumour and its environment towards targeted monitoring of specific cell populations

Read the latest published research paper here

This is International Brain Tumour Awareness Week – 29.10–5.11 2023

Image from work by Laura M. Bartos and colleagues

Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital of Munich, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany

Image originally published with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Published in Science Advances, October 2023

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[hetablerg]

on friday i'll officially be halfway through my radiation therapy 🎉

goddd i can't wait for it to be over (i get a whole month break from my chemo!!! 🎉🎉) but the team i have is SO fucking nice and i'm going to be so sad not to see them everyday anymore

anyway idk why i'm even writing this. just had thoughts and wanted to express them somehow.

[maldreathezora]

Thank you all so much for your love, your encouragement, your readership, and your friendship.

[little-ditsy-dreamer]

Spn imagines for disabled reader

Hi, so, I had brain cancer. My surgery in December to remove it did a lot. I’m disabled now and ik there's a lot of people who want to be included, like me. This is for you <3 let's share in some happiness together. XoXoXo stay strong, babes!

Any Disability

Being Disabled And Living With The Winchesters Would Include

Then paying lots of attention and taking careful care of you

Them reassuring you that you're normal and like every other hunter

Not letting you come on hunts to keep you safe

You of course hate that, but they're just looking out for you

You do lots of research to help out

Dean always going easy on you and making sure not to hurt you when play fighting

For people who can't walk/ need help to walk

Dean actually driving the speed limit when you're in the Impala

Sam giving you piggy back rides if you're tired or somewhere isnt handicapped accessible

Sam getting books down for you from high shelves

Dean dropping you off at PT every week

Both encouraging you and helping you get stronger (if you use a walker) or pushing you around to spare your arms (if you use a wheelchair)

Sam always rushing into a room if he hears a thump to make sure you didn't fall

Dean always buying things to decorate your walker/wheelchair

Double vision disability and hearing sensitivity

Sam making you wear an eye patch even when you dont want to

Dean always making sure he has your sound proof earmuffs

Dean turning down his music, ONLY FOR YOU, you are the exception.

Dean being happy to drive you around anywhere since you cant drive

Sam holding your hand to guide you around when you cant see

BONUS! I've never had trouble with hearing but you guys deserve happiness too <3

Sam learning sign language for you

Ok, with you not being able to hear, Dean can play his music as loud as he wants. You can still feel the vibrations and see him sing though..

Both tapping your shoulder so they don't startle you

Them never talking unless you can see their lips

Dean always forgets you cant hear though and has conversations expecting responses that will never come

[universitycancercentres]

Tag your friend who has made vaping their life

[chrysanthemummenace]

These people have been totally screwed over, he's gonna die no matter what and this company is just taking away time from him. Take 3 minutes to read their story and sign the petition.

[gregor-samsung]

Sekala Niskala [The Seen and Unseen] (Kamila Andini - 2017)

[smolsleepykitten]

Hello there! As a new user to Tumblr, I am still learning the ropes. I am currently battling Metastatic Breast Cancer and a brain tumor, and your support would mean the world to me. I would greatly appreciate it. And if you are able and willing, please consider making a donation to help with my medical expenses and support my health journey. Thank you so much!

Hi Cathelene! I am so sorry that you are going through that right now and I hope you get better soon but also I'm sorry that at this time I cannot donate but if you have a site where people can donate then please tell me so I can ask others on this app to maybe be able to help you. Get well soon and you are a brave and Amazing person!!

❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

[floopledee]

www.gofundme.com/f/hope-for-jessica-8-years-old-with-brain-cancer