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Dear Survivors:
On January 29, 2002 our son, Daniel Morrison, was walking through the house holding onto his right arm like he had had a stroke. It was limp and he told me, "Mommy, my arm doesn't work anymore." I was beside myself. My fiancee', EZ, had noticed that Daniel's arm wasn't right a couple of weeks prior but I did not want to see it. I had been taking Daniel to his pediatrician during that previous year because he was falling down a lot, having bilateral knee pain, and...
Dear Friends,
Beginning in May of 2000 my son, Paul Weiner, began vomiting in the morning unexplainably. After these symptoms became worse, we finally took him to Hershey Medical center on 7/04/00. He was diagnosed with medulloblastoma, a deadly, highly aggressive, brain tumor. He had an operation to remove his tumor the following week. We were given two weeks to decide what post-surgery treatment option to follow. They wanted to administer chemotherapy and radiation. I wanted to...
Our daughter, Josslyn, was 9 1/2 when she pointed out to us that her left leg had a slight shake or tremor to it. We thought it was a pinched nerve or something. A month later (Dec.11, 2001), the tremor was now in her left arm as well. A cat scan was ordered and it showed that she had a brain stem tumor. She was given only a 20-30 percent chance of lasting an extra 1-3 years if she did chemo/radiation. This was not a cure but a poor chance at an extension of life. She was given 4-6...
Name: Janet Stone
Date: August 1, 2001
Subject: Brain Tumor- GBM IV
E-Mail: stonieorl@aol.com
UPDATES- August 1, 2001 - January 7, 2002 & April 1,2002
Dear Mr. Matson,
On April 8,1996 I had an operation to remove a tumor the size of a small egg from the area between my brain and skull. The analysis was Glioblastoma Multiforme Grade 4. The surgeon was unable to remove all the tentacles that were part of the tumor. A short time later I started BCNU chemotherapy. After 14...
Name: Danny Dominquez
Date: April 18th,2001
Subject: Brain Tumor-GBM IV
April 18, 2001
Warm Greetings:
I am going to briefly explain through this letter the hardest and most difficult moments that we have gone through with my son Danny.
On December 27th my son's headaches were diagnosed as "migraines" by his pediatrician and his orthomologist. On December 28th he was retested due to the fact that he developed paralysis on his left side of his body. During his...
Name: Mark Olsztyn
Date: Sunday, July 02, 2000 8:32 PM
Diagnosis: Oligodendro Astrocytoma IV
Email: markomecko@yahoo.com
UPDATES- July 2, 2000- September 7, 2000- January 9, 2001 - May 9, 2001 - October 3, 2001 - February 26, 2002 - May 15, 2004
LATEST UPDATE- March 18, 2007
Saint Patrick's Day, 1997
Saint Patrick's Day, 1997. I received the news of my recurrent brain tumor with dread and shock. It had come back after six years, almost to the day,...
Date: March 14, 2005
Name: Marylin Clark-Koenig
Diagnosis: Invasive Ductal Carcinoma Stage 3.3 Breast Cancer
Address:801 Los Tavis Way, Boulder City, Nevada 89005
E-Mail: marikonig@aol.com
Testimony Concerning My Use of Poly-MVA
April 2004, at the age of 68, I entered a large imaging center for a routine mammogram with the same apprehension most women feel until we receive the all-clear report.
I was told to wait and not to dress after the mammogram as the...
Date: June 7, 2004
Name: Virginia Booze
Subject: Bialateral Breast Cancer
Dear Tim,
It has been three years since we have had contact with you and I wanted to give you a report of Virginia's progress with her bilateral breast cancer.
I would be surprised if you would remember us due to the large number of people with whom you are in contact. Virginia began her "journey" with breast cancer with a strong hesitation to proceed with "conventional" medical approaches, surgery,...
Date: January 11, 2003
Name: Sitha Pina
Subject: Breast Cancer
Aruba, Dutch Caribbean
My name is Sitha. And this is my testimony. In 1987 I felt a lump in my right breast. I didn’t think twice and I called my sister who was working then at the hospital. She came and said that if I wanted to be sure I better go to my doctor. I did go. I had a mammogram and they could not see anything. They said that I was nervous, well why not; someone I knew died of breast cancer. But it was...
Drew Goodman
Diagnosed: April 22, 2004
Diagnosis: Giloblastoma Multiforme IV Brain Tumor
(Drew was only 4 when diagnosed with this adult brain tumor)
Contact: Mother: Gina Goodman
Email: OneAngelsMommy@aol.com
www3.caringbridge.org/va/drewb
Drew is the youngest of 6 children. He was born January 18, 2000. He has always been a very active, “normal” boy. He loves God, his...