Brain tumor

arrived at the doggy ophthalmologist three days later, the vet specialist did a basic evaluation and although the diagnosis had been narrowed down to two possibilities, the specialist needed to administer one final test to determine if it was a brain tumor or Sudden Acquired Retinal Degeneration Syndrome. ***** One night, over the summer, my mom and I were watching TV downstairs and we were hearing bang after bang upstairs. I was terrified. I thought that someone was attempting a break-in from…

“On New Year's Day, after months of suffering from debilitating headaches, I learned that I had brain cancer. I was 29 years old. I'd been married for just over a year. My husband and I were trying for a family...Because my tumor is so large, doctors prescribed full brain radiation. I read about the side effects: The hair on my scalp would have been singed off. My scalp would be left covered with first-degree burns. My quality of life, as I knew it, would be gone” (Maynard). (See figure 1). This…

Throughout the history of American medicine, a terminally-ill patient has faced the only choice of being kept alive until their time comes because of devastating illnesses such as cancers, brain tumors, or autoimmune diseases. However, new medical advances have presented a new choice for these patients: assisted suicide. Assisted suicide can also be referred to as euthanasia, the occurrence of a patient requesting a lethal medicine to end their life. The practice of assisted suicide is not…

characterized by the growth of numerous tumors in different parts of the body. It is an inherited disorder causing benign and malignant tumors to develop in the central nervous system and viscera. These tumors can start to grow in the retina, the brain, and in the spinal cord. Tumors also arise in the pancreas, epididymis, and the inner ear. If left untreated, this kind of disease can cause heart attacks, cardiovascular disease, or stroke. The age at which the tumors present ranges from…

cancer in women. About one of three cancers are diagnosed. Cancer is a group of diseases that cause cells in the body to change and grow out of control. Most cancers will form a lump or mass in the breast, which is called a tumor. It is named after a part of the body where the tumor originates. Breast cancer begins in the breast tissue that is made up of glands for milk productions, called lobules and that ducts that connect the lobules to the nipple. in 2013 women less than 40 had 1,020 deaths…

John and I are sitting in our living room, as I’m trying to figure out how to interview someone I already know when a life alert commercial comes on the television. We start joking about it like we always would, but then John says, “Haha, I tried to get my dad one of those.” Johns relationship with his Dad is unlike any relationship I know or have. Despite him not living with him and not being able to see him all of the time like he ideally would. For an early part of his life John Polk Senior…

I would like to share a story that is very meaningful to me. I am a brain tumor survivor! One day when I was just four years old, my mom and I were sitting beside each other at the kitchen table coloring as we usually did. This time my mom noticed as she looked over at me that my profile had changed drastically. The bridge of my nose appeared to be completely flattened. In her words as I've heard the story so many times, "her profile had changed completely and it looked as though her nose had…

destroying our lives. But the one sustaining truth is, no matter the unexpected it can be turned and contorted until it is somehow claimed a blessing in our lives. As our story unfolds with the devastating news over Mark Anthony’s brain tumor, a dormant, unseen tumor, is about to explode, in the Brown’s circle of family and friends. While the family and friends, for the most part rally, around the child, a darkness grows within the father. He has strong feelings of despair, and although no…

Magnetic resonance imaging, also known as an MRI scan, is a type of scan that uses magnetic fields and radio wave energy to create images of the organs and tissues, such as the brain. It is a scan that is used to detect things such as tumors, infections and injuries. It is often used after an x-ray or CT scan is done to gather more information. This paper will discuss MRI in depth such as how an MRI works, its use in society, the differences between MRI and other scans and the future for MRI.…

The novel, “The Art of Racing in the Rain”, written by Garth Stein is told through the eyes of a labrador retriever, terrier mix dog named Enzo. Enzo, short for Enzo Ferrari, was purchased by Denny Swift when he was just a small pup. Enzo is not your average canine. He considers himself to be very intellectual and to possess the ability to comprehend things the way humans do. He even claims that after a dog’s death, their souls are reborn as human life forms but, unfortunately, for now, he is…