2nd day of my 4th round of cancer treatment, scan results, bloods.

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:
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[@user-jw8vk1dn2y]

good good good xxx

[@sylviarogier1]

Enjoy!

[@barbhelle5481]

Sending prayers for you.

[@xd56rt1]

Nice to see your spirit as bright and sunny as the day!

[@KirkFord]

What a pretty day! Enjoy that coffee. Celebrate inconclusivity! ❤

[@JaneWhiteheadBrainStory]

Thank you!

[@my-4th-cancer]

you are holding ground ✊

[@jeanwilson5029]

Hello Jane glad to see you're doing okay.
My brother has high grade glioma. Not sure what grade he said he doesn't know. Diagnosed July 2023. He had radiotherapy, but no mention of an operation. He has just had his first five days chemo tablets.. He's always been so incredibly fit and done so much sport.. I just don't know if he is doing the right thing Having chemo,as what he has is incurable. will it just make him feel worse.. i don't know, no one does i suppose.
I'm glad to see you fighting this .
I have followed you from the beginning. I feel that if you weren't in New Zealand and I wasn't in the UK. I would love to have a cup of coffee with you and a chat.. all the best
Jean. 🎉

[@JaneWhiteheadBrainStory]

Hi Jean. It’s likely that your brother being fit will help him tolerate the chemo better. My medical oncologist, who prescribes my monthly chemo pills, has said a few times - even after my latest inconclusive scan results - that the main thing she cares about is that I look healthy. That is her best indication of how I’m going. So I don’t feel as worried as you about him doing chemo. Of course I don’t know him, but I’m in the middle of it, and I’m still bouncing back after each round.
I wish we could both sit down for a cuppa too! There are other ways to communicate internationally, and I’d be happy to explore those, but there really is still nothing as good as face to face connection.
Thanks for watching my videos. You remind me that I am not just speaking into the void, as it so often feels.
Take care Jean ❤️

[@jeanwilson5029]

Thank you for your kind reply . I think I made a mistake didn't i , i don't think you re in New Zealand at all. I think you re in australia. Sure better than the UK at the moment. Its the wettest winter i can remember.
Keep smiling. 😊

[@scarlettdong5397]

Have you considered getting Optune treatment?

[@JaneWhiteheadBrainStory]

No I haven’t heard of it.

[@scarlettdong5397]

Optune device to treat high grade brain cancer has been there for many years and also covered by insurance, you may google it and ask your oncologist for further info about it@@JaneWhiteheadBrainStory