in response to BrainMassHelp... BrainMassHelp
I am so so sad and sorry for the situation that you are in not to mention the father of your child! There ARE things that can be looked into...TRY" the BRAIN TUMOR FOUNDATION in CHICAGO..look? ONLINE for that address/phone # etc..and? if malignant? TRY THE CANCER SOCIETY....they should also be able to offer you some sort of help
IF..your NEEDS ARE...rent, foods, utilities? there are a LOT of places to look for that sort of help...try: SCHMIDTY site on this AID PAGE site..there are many many things on his listings, as, there are on a site, here too..of STARSHINE....
I? have HAD the 21 tumors and a part of my brain out over the past 24 yrs. not/...malignant, but? a 3 1/2 POUND TUMOR coming out of an eye socket taking other things with it is NOT a pretty place to be in, but? you have to DO what you have to do..I have had..2 brain surgeries..the last one? took 1/2 of my skull bone OUT and there is now a whole titanium "skull' iin there along with? a titanium eye socket brace that holds the eye IN That is blind and a screen that makes it blink.
ONE? just does what one has to do...there should be HELP at...perhaps? a MAYO facility, too, where? it is NOT the cost or the insurance. OR? at a CANCER SATELLITE facility of the Cancer Centers of America...
I don't know why or what a visit to the Doctor every week will really accomplish completely....However,,HE SHOULD BE ABLE TO AIM YOU IN THE PROPER DIRECTION, too...
IF there ARE SEIZURES ? there are many many kinds of MEDS that will help, but...one needs to find the proper one for the issues and the person who is in this sort of a situation..
I? was..misdiagnosed by an INTERNIST for 2 1/2 yrs...never EVER looked above my neck or ordered tests! My specialist Ophomologist? FOUND THIS 3 1/2 # one...as? it was at that point? about 2 weeks from coming out of that socket...and? there were 6 others then, too, in the cavernous sinus...
The 2nd brain surgery? which took 26 hrs.! and gave me a nice METAL INSIDE HELMUT! well? they harvested 14 tumors, too, then, and NOW? THERE ARE 18 in there...IT IS VIRAL, and NOT CANCEROUS, which DOES MAKE A BIG BIG DIFFERENCE!
The Brain Tumor Foundation in Chicago? should be able to give you a LOT of information, and such, and hopefully? a SENSE OF DIRECTION to GO IN...
IT IS HARD w/o INS...my 2nd one? was W/O any coverage and it was not inexpensive, either, but? the LAWS were a tad different then, too..
Now a days? YOU can...PAY WHAT YOU CAN..if..the HOSPITAL is a 100% FORGIVENESS ONE...My Brother in Law, is STAGE 4 CANCER of the lungs and a brain tumor..and? HE is only paying now, some whopping $25.00/month for ALL that is done for him from CHEMO, to MRI'S, to the Radiologist to the Oncologist to the NEurosurgeon...there ARE WAYS..finding them and the proper HOSPITAL that IS a 100% forgiving ? is the CLUE...JUST CHECK WITH THESE 2 GROUPS and SEE? just WHAT he is qualified for....
and? PLEASE..LET ME KNOW>.I DO? work for my Neurosurgeon as his Patient Advocate when? he gets patients with the SAME NAMED TUMORS that I have...it IS IMPORTANT for them to talk to others who have been thru this surgery and for their FAMILIES TO SEE that..LIFE IS PRETTY OK..after it all.
PLEASE? LET ME KNOW....and May God Bless you all.
Sandy24