Hey everyone, my gf recently underwent brain surgery to resection a glioma. We are still learning about her situation ie the terms, the gravity, the present, the future. My gf has her first oncology meeting this week to review the findings of the biopsy and the removed tissue to determine the severity of the glioma. The initial diagnosis from the surgical team was that it is a grade 2 glioma, with "some nervousness" it may be a grade 3.

I wanted to reach out to you for some emotional and experiential support, and ask if you might have any suggestions for questions to ask, things to consider, or words of encouragement. We're both obviously pretty nervous and scared.

I am looking for pointers for maintaining composure and getting through this first oncology meeting while gathering as much both scientifically and emotionally helpful information as possible. My girlfriend is my world, and I need to bring my A game for this.

Thanks for your time <3

For as long as I have been lurking here, there have been folks posting generally to the effect that “sugar feeds tumors, so cut down on eating it.”

I’m sure it’s generally healthy to do so anyhow, but does anyone have any actual science to back it up for the case of cancer?

My sister is just past halfway through her radiation + tmz treatment and tapered off of dexamethasone about 5 days ago (she’d been on it more or less for 2 months - she experienced left side weakness the last time she tapered off due to vasospasm).

Yesterday morning she woke up and had more redness and swelling in her face than usual. Her forehead was itchy, eyes watery, and her upper eyelids looked puffy, so her eyes felt sore to move up and down. It seems kind of like an allergic reaction but she isn’t taking anything new.

Has anyone experienced something like this as a result of rad/chemo or tapering off steroids? We talked to her doctor and he doesn’t think it’s the rad bc it’s across both sides of her face not just the treated side of her head. He told us to monitor and let him know if it gets worse.

I've seen so many that get one behind the ear that is hardly noticeable and I've always wonder why they put mine on the top of my head, as a bald dude it just looks horrible.