drivingmrpeter said:
Don't give up hope, but be prepared for the worst. Spend as much time as you can with him and enjoy your time with him. Make sure you will have no regrets. Stay strong. All the best.
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Don't give up hope, but be prepared for the worst. Spend as much time as you can with him and enjoy your time with him. Make sure you will have no regrets. Stay strong. All the best.
drivingmrpeter
It's sad to have this happened to your family. Believe me, your brother will have no fear to anything as long as he realizes that he has the love and support from so many people, especially you.
It's sad to have this happened to your family. Believe me, your brother will have no fear to anything as long as he realizes that he has the love and support from so many people, especially you.
First, my best wishes to you and your family, especially your brother.
Second, go big. you and he are only here once.... go big. Get the medical help you need but also give him the life experiences and joy that only you can. If you can, ask him what his desire is, such as a trip, and give it to him.
Best wishes...seymore
Second, go big. you and he are only here once.... go big. Get the medical help you need but also give him the life experiences and joy that only you can. If you can, ask him what his desire is, such as a trip, and give it to him.
Best wishes...seymore
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With everyone's circumstance different, it really is a decision that your brother has to make, with inputs from love ones.drivingmrpeter said:
One of my relative was given a death sentence very much like your brother. All healthy, until one day terminal bone cancer. Her Chemo/Rad treatment only delay the spread with 1 year to live. Ironic thing is, she's in the health profession and there were no symptoms.
The family search high and low for treatments as we lost few close relatives to cancer in recent years. She quit her job, live stress free, enjoy life, radical change to her diet, chemo/rad treatment with few herbal remedies for some success. She's still alive and kicking past her due date. In her case, we believe it's part miracle, while the stress free lifestyle allowed her body to focus on rebuilding healthy cells, the healthy diet stopped the fuel to cancer growth.
Don't forget, at times, the intolerable pain from cancer, or the destructive side-effects of chemo/rad treatment or surgery that wears the body down.
I'm sure you'll be supportive whatever your brother decides.
drivingmrpeter said:
There is no right answer to that given the side effects of chemo ( if that is what they are recommending) and only your brother can decide. Whatever he decides support him 100%.
I'm going through this myself now with someone very very close. I just hope I can be a pilar when it counts. I don't know if I can.
Good luck to you and especially to your brother.
Sorry to hear about your brother. An earlier suggestion of going to Roswell in Buffalo is one I would consider strongly. Over here it has an excellent reputation.
I had mentioned earlier about Roswell. Please take the short trip across the border. It's well worth it. It will give you new options and hope. Hope is probably the most important thing at this point in time. I always had options to consider in caring for my wife which made it easier for both of us.
Hang in there and always do what you believe is correct so you have no second thoughts down the road.
Be strong, it's about your brother now.
Hang in there and always do what you believe is correct so you have no second thoughts down the road.
Be strong, it's about your brother now.
Whether he fights tooth and nail or accepts it might change day-to-day, it's good he isn't alone like many people are when they are sick.
In one way you and your brother are blessed, you have the opportunity to reflect on what you meant to each other and can share it with others.
He will always live on within those who remember him.
In one way you and your brother are blessed, you have the opportunity to reflect on what you meant to each other and can share it with others.
He will always live on within those who remember him.
drivingmrpeter said:
i feel for you your brother and your family my prayers go out to you. my mother died of a inoperable brain tumor it was a bad time for my family. many years later my dad passed due to cancer also. if you ever need to talk let me know .
I never realised how many people are affected by cancer......I had a Grandmother pass about 3 years ago with Cancer but she was 91.....the number of young adults dealing with cancer has shocked me........
My brother went home on Tuesday this week....and was rushed back to hospital on Wednesday.......Thursday, they removed his temoral lobe.......
His life expectancy has increased....though abilities may be less.
Anybody who's had experience with lobe removal......PM me if you can....everything I read pertains to removing the lobe for siezures....
My brother went home on Tuesday this week....and was rushed back to hospital on Wednesday.......Thursday, they removed his temoral lobe.......
His life expectancy has increased....though abilities may be less.
Anybody who's had experience with lobe removal......PM me if you can....everything I read pertains to removing the lobe for siezures....
Hope you are doing well. No experience with this but as I had previously mentioned. Go to Rosewell in Buffalo. The Canadian system is free but it has it's draw backs. Do what you think is right for your brother, but give him every possible opportunity.
PM me if you want more info....I have been through this and would have no problem sharing my thoughts.
Regards
PM me if you want more info....I have been through this and would have no problem sharing my thoughts.
Regards
I'm sorry about what's happened to your brother
I looked up variations on 'effects of destruction of the temporal lobe' in order to get around the epilepsy surgery thing, and have found a couple of links that may help to give an overview to what the impairments resulting from his temporal lobe surgery may be.
http://www.birf.info/home/library/rehab/reh-traubr.html
http://www.ect.org/effects/lobe.html
I was surprised at how difficult it was to find anything; probably because the effects vary from person to person, depending on exactly where the surgery was. Generally, it seems behaviour, speech and memory impairments are involved.
Hope this helps. Keep your chin up.
I looked up variations on 'effects of destruction of the temporal lobe' in order to get around the epilepsy surgery thing, and have found a couple of links that may help to give an overview to what the impairments resulting from his temporal lobe surgery may be.
http://www.birf.info/home/library/rehab/reh-traubr.html
http://www.ect.org/effects/lobe.html
I was surprised at how difficult it was to find anything; probably because the effects vary from person to person, depending on exactly where the surgery was. Generally, it seems behaviour, speech and memory impairments are involved.
Hope this helps. Keep your chin up.
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