Time to hit the Web to learn as much as I can about my condition and what sorts of treatments I might expect to be offered. I found an excellent site http://www.virtualtrials.com/ that publishes a great guide for the newly diagnosed, and it was in here I learned about all the types of tumours, the grading system used for tumours, and information on most of the treatments available forthe different tumours.
The guide is very frank and open and although I appreciated that, it did bring on some weepy moments for Carol (my wife) and I as we learned about these nasty things.
One major shock to me was how the use of the terms Malignant (bad) or Benign (not so bad) are misleading when it comes to brain tumours. Because the brain is in an enclosed space (the Skull)even benign tumours will grow to fill the brain space and cause neurological problems and even death.
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