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Discussing Brain Tumors

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As Senator Ted Kennedy waits for word on the treatment of his brain tumor, a Wichita woman feels his pain. 32-year old Tempe Fitzpatrick was stunned last year when she learned she had a collection of blood the size of a golf ball on the left side of her brain.

Tempe has what is called an Arteriovenous Malformation, or AVM, which is a collection of blood from a vessel that has ballooned up. If it bursts, it could cause a stroke or possibly death.

Her doctor told her that her condition was something serious, something she should not take lightly.

"I couldn't believe it, because I feel fine," Tempe said.

She has been watching the news about Senator Kennedy.

"I was like, wow, he has kinda what I have," Fitzpatrick said.

Her condition is similar, because like Tempe, Kennedy's tumor is on the left side of the brain.

She said she knows Kennedy must be in shock just like she was when she learned of her condition. The collection of blood is slowly shrinking with radiation treatment. In time, it is expected to completely disappear.

Wesley oncologist Grant Rine said that Kennedy's condition may not have such good results.

"If this is a high-grade brain tumor then and it is not receptive then a
combo of chemo and radiation will give him some longevity but the survival
rate would be less than a year," Dr. Rine said.

Senator Kennedy is awaiting more test results before doctors determine what kind of treatment they will use.

I hear that i have gotten better.... hun!

For all you little people out there I give you this....


Uh Huh!

Now I have To Go.....
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Not over yet...

My mom had her angiogram on Friday then she met with Dr. Polin on Tuesday to go over the results. The angiogram was not the most fun experience of her life, she felt like it set her back a couple of days (energy, strength wise), but she survived:). Tuesday Dr. Polin shared that the angiogram showed no additional AVM (PTL) but it also showed that he was not able to get all of the AVM during the initial surgery. There was so much bleeding during the surgery that he had to focus on that and was not able to remove all of the malformed blood vessels. Sunday I am taking her in to have an MRI - this will tell the depth of the AVM, whether it is close to the surface or deeper in her brain. Options - 1) if the AVM is close to the surface Dr. Polin recommends surgery - with the best (99%?) chance that he would be able to remove the remaining blood vessels; 2) if the AVM is deeper in her brain then another option would be radiation. This would be a one time treatment (at least from my understanding) and then they would monitor her for eighteen months as the AVM slowly disappeared. There is an 80% success rate with the radiation.

I could tell that my mom was a little down after hearing this yesterday - I think we all were. For all of us it raises the anxiety and stress once again - do we go through surgery again? Do we forgo surgery and stick with radiation - although not 100%? Once the MRI results are read Dr. Polin wants all of us to meet with him and mom to make the decision.

Prayer:
God's best - that HE would lead us as we make the next decision
Timing - Stacia's baby is due in eight weeks - if my mom has surgery again the timing of it will be critical (in terms of recovery, etc.)
Life - all areas of our life are really stretched right now - pray for God's grace as we go through this next hurdle

THANK YOU to everyone for their prayers - it is the BEST thing that we can do!
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