To begin, any disorder or sickness of the brain is severe in any means. The brain is the most powerful element in the human body. For it to be infected, could lead to a person to change their whole life. The friends and family of that patient have to become a support system. Awareness is a must and the prevention of outbursts and uncomfortable situations are needed. In the eyes of death coming along because of the brain, there has to be arrangements made for that patient who slowly lost themselves. Having to his in mind, religion and hope comes into play to have God lay his hands on this patient so they won’t go in pain or at all. On a personal experience, my family went through the heartbreak of almost losing my sister. She had a Brain AVM
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The statistics of her getting this were very small, but she still was born with it. The thoughts of my parents were very sad, them believing that it was their fault for this condemning their eldest daughter’s life. All we could do as a family was be supportive and uplift each other. In the beginning of it all it hit my mother the most, she was the one who stayed in the hospital with her for days and days on end. Myself packing her overnight bag and making sure she has her medication and everything she needs to be mentally stable. When people ask you how you feel about a family member in the hospital, for me it's a different ordeal when it's a sibling. You feel a part of your childhood and future is missing. Its sad for your parents and you feel like you have to be the strong one to help them in move along with their lives. But you can’t always be strong, you have those times where everything is too much to handle and you break down. But you are always mindful to be silent, so everyone won’t see you break, because you were the strong …show more content…
The next step is to show whether you are officially in remission of Brain Cancer, by an biopsy. An biopsy is when the patient undergoes a surgery that opens the skull to visualize the brain with the intent of removing the tumor. In certain cases, the entirety of the tumor will not be taken out and so there is a way that doesn’t express such bloody events such as a regular biopsy, but this method is when the doctor drills a hole into the skull in place where the tumor is located and a needle is guided to collect data for the biopsy. This method is named Stereotactic biopsy or Stereotaxis. Chemotherapy and radiotherapy are also active ways to treat the cancer. Chemo by the way is the use of medication to kill the cancer cells, and radiotherapy is radiation for the cancer tumor. Medications as steroids such as, Decadon which relieves swelling in the brain, and anticonvulsant drugs to prevent seizures. Another treatment unrelated to medication is the collect of cerebrospinal fluid, this is performed by a shunt being placed into your head and a small tube is connected from the inside of your skull to a little pouch. This is to eliminate the fluid from the inside of the patient’s skull and brain to prevent
The statistics of her getting this were very small, but she still was born with it. The thoughts of my parents were very sad, them believing that it was their fault for this condemning their eldest daughter’s life. All we could do as a family was be supportive and uplift each other. In the beginning of it all it hit my mother the most, she was the one who stayed in the hospital with her for days and days on end. Myself packing her overnight bag and making sure she has her medication and everything she needs to be mentally stable. When people ask you how you feel about a family member in the hospital, for me it's a different ordeal when it's a sibling. You feel a part of your childhood and future is missing. Its sad for your parents and you feel like you have to be the strong one to help them in move along with their lives. But you can’t always be strong, you have those times where everything is too much to handle and you break down. But you are always mindful to be silent, so everyone won’t see you break, because you were the strong …show more content…
The next step is to show whether you are officially in remission of Brain Cancer, by an biopsy. An biopsy is when the patient undergoes a surgery that opens the skull to visualize the brain with the intent of removing the tumor. In certain cases, the entirety of the tumor will not be taken out and so there is a way that doesn’t express such bloody events such as a regular biopsy, but this method is when the doctor drills a hole into the skull in place where the tumor is located and a needle is guided to collect data for the biopsy. This method is named Stereotactic biopsy or Stereotaxis. Chemotherapy and radiotherapy are also active ways to treat the cancer. Chemo by the way is the use of medication to kill the cancer cells, and radiotherapy is radiation for the cancer tumor. Medications as steroids such as, Decadon which relieves swelling in the brain, and anticonvulsant drugs to prevent seizures. Another treatment unrelated to medication is the collect of cerebrospinal fluid, this is performed by a shunt being placed into your head and a small tube is connected from the inside of your skull to a little pouch. This is to eliminate the fluid from the inside of the patient’s skull and brain to prevent