Laurie needs to sign off for awhile

While Laurie is continuing to heal physically he has found in recent days that he is still in need of more rest mentally. We are continually being told by Doctors that Laurie will get over this and get back to normal but it may take a month or two so I have banned him from the computer for now. When my old Laurie resurfaces, I am sure he will be more than happy to return and continue telling his story.

Cheryl

NO cure, but there is hope that we can probably slow the bastard down!

A visit to Assoc Prof Dr Paul Mainwaring at the Mater hospital - Division of medical oncology is always an entertaining experience.He always gets excitedwhen I arrive with some research papers that I have read and I always walk out with some homework to do. That suits me fine, as I enjoy trying to understand exactly what I am dealing with.Dr Paul has recently returned from a trip to the United States and He says that there are a swag of new developments in the use of drugs to control (ie. slow the progression of)low grade gliomas like mine. Tonight's homework is to find out as much as possible about the effectiveness and side effects of the following list of drugs:
optiens
Avastin
Pozapinib
Celecoxib(Ialready have information on this one, as David Walker recommended it:-))
Sunitinib
temadol

Craniotomy#3 - Third time lucky

For a blow by blow description of my time in St Andrew's hospital recently. see the blog created by Gary at:
http://brainsurgerynotrocketscience.blogspot.com/