It’s been a while since my last update.
It's been a while since I posted on here. As you all probably know, I underwent brain surgery on October 30th. Great news #1: They were able to remove the entire tumor! (However, due to the invasive nature of brain cancer, there are certainly microscopic tumor cells left). Great news #2: the tumor turned out to be a low grade (grade 2) oligodendroglioma! Those two pieces of news are pretty much the best case scenario when it comes to brain cancer. I don't currently require any chemotherapy or radiation. I actually had the option to just monitor for signs of recurrence with regularly scheduled MRI scans. However, after discussion with my family and neurooncologist, I've decided to start a medication called vorasidenib. It's not chemo or radiation, but rather a targeted therapy that blocks a mutated enzyme in my tumor cells (IDH2 in my case) that translates into gradual tumor arrest and shrinkage. I started taking it in February, and so far I haven't noticed any side ...