The day I found out I had brain cancer.

A chat about my first visit to my MD, the MRI, diagnosis and surgery.
(Note to self: GKI today is 3.5. This is a moderate level of ketosis.)
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I am fighting this from my end with an extremely low carbohydrate healthy ketogenic diet, exercise, and minimising stress.
If anyone has any helpful tips or success stories related to this approach, please comment or send me an email.
AUG 2 2023 - Diagnosed with brain tumor
AUG 4 2023 - Surgery to remove brain tumor
SEP 14 2023 to OCT 30 - Radiotherapy/Chemotherapy
NOV - 4 weeks without treatment, followed by an MRI
DEC 2023 - MAY 2024 - Six months of taking a stronger chemotherapy pill five days per month
On August 2nd 2023, after experiencing increasingly severe symptoms, I was diagnosed with a grade 4 astrocytoma brain tumor.
On August 4th I had surgery to remove the tumour. They believe they removed ninety-five percent of it, so I will need chemotherapy and radiation treatment.
For six weeks, from September 14, I will undergo five-days-a-week of precision radiation treatment at the same time as a chemo pill. This will be followed by four weeks of no treatment. Then I will have an MRI, before resuming six months of further treatment in which I will be taking a chemo pill for five days each month. This pill will be three times stronger than the one I took during radiation.
I will be documenting the whole thing here, so if you know anyone who might get something out of it, please share my videos.

[@user-wu8ul8db5s]

Great to seeing you looking healthy Jane.

[@supermomHKVlog]

Pray for ur fast recovery my friend 🙏 💓 ❤️ God bless you always ❤❤❤

[@user-he7kc7dp2n]

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[@margaretpeters8354]

MRI does not use radiation so don't fear that.

[@ginobragoli1448]

My 85 year old father has been told he has a brain tumour and yesterday the neurosurgeons had their weekly meeting to discuss his case amongst others as well, so hopefully we should hear in a few days what they intend to do? Scary times ahead for our family.

[@JaneWhiteheadBrainStory]

No one can sugar coat this for you. The waiting game! Keep me posted if you like. Your father is in my thoughts.

[@ginobragoli1448]

@@JaneWhiteheadBrainStory I will, thank you!

[@Boscoh_]

Jane what an amazing story from the GP sending you home with a two week estimate for the neurologist, to you being called back in the same day. I don’t believe in coincidences and it was just meant to be that the team of neurosurgeons was there and reviewed your file. So great to hear that they jumped on it immediately to do everything possible to help you. It sounds like you have some really great doctors looking after you. The courage you showed to have the surgery so quickly is really incredible. Hope everything is going well. -Chris

[@JaneWhiteheadBrainStory]

Yes it was a roller coaster ride! I wasn’t going to bother with an MRI…tried to cancel the operation…Sheesh! Anyways, everything came together in the end. The medical treatment here is amazing. Onward and upward! Thank you so much for watching, and your kind words.

[@nuchbutter]

Good Evening, Jane! Jason obviously loves you deeply, and is blessed that you're his wife! Thanks for relating this. God Bless You Both!
Regards,
Curveball

[@JaneWhiteheadBrainStory]

Thanks Curveball. I am so lucky to have Jason. And thank you so much for the blessings. We’re lucky to have people like you in our lives.

[@karynfox2138]

Hi Jane, well done on your recovery from surgery. I can empathise with you in a way. December 2019 I had gone to the emergency room, on the weekend, with thoracic back pain which had been getting worse. Spent all day there and sent home with different pain meds. On the Monday, I was still in pain and rang work to say I would not be in and I would try to see a GP, which in the UK, is easier said than done. Anyway, it was taken out of my hands as mid morning I had a full blown seizure whilst sitting on the couch! Luckily, my husband was working from home so he called the ambulance. Next thing I remember was coming round in resus at the hospital where I work being told I had a tumour in my brain with associated swelling. Very surreal as I never had any headaches. Lucky for me they said it was likely a meningioma and as I knew what this was mainly benign I was truly grateful. So two months later they removed it and that was that! I have since had another small one which was zapped with radiotherapy this August. I wish you all the best in your journey.

[@JaneWhiteheadBrainStory]

Thank you so much for sharing this @karynfox2138. I'm so happy it turned out the way it did, but I'm sure you were terrified until you found out it was mainly benign. (I would have been!) I wish you all the best. Maybe someone out there reading this will be helped by your story.

[@bnbbattlesbraincancer]

Sound like our treatment plans are nearly the same. I do keto for better health right now not sure it directly treats the cancer but being healthy gotta help.

[@JaneWhiteheadBrainStory]

Yes being healthy before, during and after treatment helps. I know this for sure because a nurse said to me that exercise helps, but they don’t know why. That’s good enough for me! I subscribed to your channel. Already feel less alone. Let’s keep in touch. Thank you so much for sharing your story ❤️

[@donnalincoln8567]

Volume is to low cant hear you very well.

[@JaneWhiteheadBrainStory]

Thanks for the feedback.