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Diagnosed at 38 with a LEMON-sized brain tumor widely considered inoperable, David Welch has documented his journey since then. 38 LEMON is not a medical website. Rather, this is the experience of one brain cancer patient, from 1st surgery, chemo, 2nd surgery, & radiation/chemo.

Daily Brain Cancer Journal


27 August 2008
Wednesday, 11:05 PM

High-Level Journal Summary: A day of testing at NIH for the Avastin + Enzastaurin Clinical Trial. Nothing was scheduled at the beginning of the day, but that did not stop us from getting 4 major tests (plus all paperwork) completed.

The last tests are on 8/28/08, so it is possible that this clinical trial begins on 8/29/08. However, my White Blood Count (WBC) is a little low. A decision about my blood levels will have to be made before we can even start. It is possible that we need to get my WBC count up before we can start. Answers to such...





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Kristy
28 August 2008

Dear David, 
 
Once again we are undergoing parallel experience (you'll recall that I took Temodar for a year), despite the differences in our diagnoses (I'm the one with VIPoma/islet cell tumor, the rare neuroendocrine cancer). I too am undergoing testing, tomorrow, to determine whether I am eligible for a clinical trial. This is a Phase III trial for RAD001 in islet...





Health Updates


22 August 2008

1.) The tumor is still alive

• A new tumor (4 mm x 7 mm) was discovered on 8/20/08 on my Corpus Callosum.
• Figuring out how to treat this fast-growing tumor is our next task, although it appears that Avastin will be a major component of this...





Diagnosis


7 March 2008

David C. Welch is a 41-year old man with a primary brain tumor in the left frontotemporal area. His treatment has included a biopsy and 2 total brain surgeries. Temodar chemotherapy began 10/31/05 and continued 28 cycles (2+ years) until 12/19/07. That's...








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