It’s the second day of my 4th round of higher dose chemo pills, the results of my 3rd MRI after surgery are in, and I now have a low white blood cell count!
On August 2, 2023, after experiencing increasingly severe symptoms, I was diagnosed with a grade 4 astrocytoma brain tumor.
On August 4, I had surgery to remove the tumor. I was told they removed ninety-five percent of it.
For six weeks from September 14, I underwent five-days-a-week of precision radiation treatment, at the same time as taking daily temozolomide pills.
This was followed by five weeks of no treatment.
I am currently 4 months into 6 months of further cancer treatment, in which I am taking temozolomide pills for five consecutive days of each month. This dose is three times higher than the dose I took during radiation.
I am fighting this from my end with a healthy ketogenic diet, and an exercise regime including weights, walking and swimming.
If anyone wants to share any helpful tips or success stories, or knows of research on the metabolic approach to cancer that I could be involved in, please leave a comment, or send me an email:
storyofjanesbrain@gmail.com