YES

this is excellent news!

one thing i don't really understand is how this brain tumor went unnoticed, or did it develop in the period between his chemotherapy and the surgery? because that was like one or two months and that is a really short time for something the size of a peach to grow in your head.

one thing i don't really understand is how this brain tumor went unnoticed, or did it develop in the period between his chemotherapy and the surgery? because that was like one or two months and that is a really short time for something the size of a peach to grow in your head.

steel can probably answer this more confidently than I can but I think yeah it just grew fast as hell after the first bout.

Awesome news in the last while,  I really hope the good news continues! !!

Sweet!

This is really good news!

live sweet prince... live

This rocks so hard.

so wait, the brain tumor was his only problem?  i was under the impression that he HAD CANCER AGAIN and had to go through chemo but if it was just a brain tumor, most of which was already removed, and the rest of which should be irradiated, that's great!  so the results of the second test that he thought they were calling him to come in for at first came back negative?

no, those test results came back positive (aka cancer) because his tumor markers were elevated (hence they found a tumor in his brain). from what i understood, even after he gets that other small tumor irradiated, he will probably still have to go see dr. einhorn so the guy can figure out what to do so this shit doesnt keep metastasizing to other areas even after we already think its "gone"

yeah, as weird as it sounds I think "brain tumor that can be easily extracted" turned out to be better than a tumor elsewhere in his chest or neck or something. Obviously there is some sort of risk with CRACK SKULL OPEN but it must have been lower than removing that original tumor near his lung. Knowing that he probably doesn't have to go through very intensive chemo (at which point he didn't know where the tumor was located) and feel like absolute shit for a few months is very comforting!

edit: but man, i would imagine using radiation on tumor cells will kill some nearby brain cells too.

I am not even sure if the tumor goes out of the system after being fried with radiation.

Awesome news, I hope everything will be fine with the radiating stuff and there would be no new tumors elsewhere.

i hadn't checked this topic in a while, i thought that the cancer was gone and everyone was happy again yaaay.
but man, the best thing about returning to this topic now is that i don't have to find out "what? peach in brain?!" and then have to wait for news of the surgery. i'm so glad to hear the surgery went well and steel's a cyborg now, right? got metal in his head. sweeeet.
steel is so ffffing rad. he is one of the toughest guys ever. i don't know if he was just depressed or something, but NOT FREAKING OUT to the news of the brain tumors is pretty crazy. steel so cwazy.
you can make it through this bro stay strong, steel!