re: Anyone have experience w Glioblastoma? Personal or professional?

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Look at Jimmy Carter. Guy gets a brain tumor in summer of 15' most figure he's lucky to see Christmas that year. Nearly 5 years later still kicking arse.

With advances in pharma crazy shite is possible!

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The wonders of not having a glioblastoma.

I got a dui once. Not even a big drinker. It was the night my step mom had got her biopsy back, and it was in fact a glio. I don't recommend this in the slightest btw. Made a difficult and stressful time even worse.

She lasted 19 months, first 12 were surprisingly ok. The one big change after her first surgery was she'd occasionally struggle to say a word, but she could still spell it out. I found that to be fascinating and horrifying at the same time. Step mom never drank, ended up on an alarmingly high dose of methadone by the time it was finished. Just an absolute nightmare to watch unfold in front of you. Kinda fricked me up to watch her and my dad go through it all.

Sadly it has recently been on my mind, as my old man was diagnosed with bladder cancer last monday. Still waiting on surgery, but until we get an accurate diagnosis on how far it has progressed, I just have a cloud of uncertainty hanging over me. Prayers for your loved one OP, and the rest of their supporting cast.