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About Me:: I had a pretty normal/shallow/carefree young hollywood life until I was diagnosed with a stage three inoperable brain tumor in February of '08. As luck would have it one surgeon thought my tumor was not so inoperable and performed a resection a couple weeks later (thank you Dr. Keith Black et all!) Now I am undergoing an aggressive round of chemo and radiation to try and kill off any remaining cancer cells still hanging around my brain.

What's your personal mission statement?: To know myself so that I can share whatever I got with others.

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Started this discussion. Last reply by laetitia Apr 12.

At 6:32pm on April 13, 2008, Kris said…: I'm glad you got the list! Keep in touch and let me know if you have any luck with any of them.

At 11:16am on April 12, 2008, Kris said…: I sent the info to your e-mail address. Let me know if you don't receive it.
Kris

At 12:28am on April 12, 2008, Tamara Z. said…: Hi! I just joined in your discussion about holistic health and Los Angeles. I'm an acupuncturist practicing in the Hollywood area. Click on my blog on my page. My number is there.

At 11:47pm on April 11, 2008, Mikey said…: hey amandajean...
welcome to the community! looks like we have a few things in common- both 26, both from l.a., and i too was diagnosed with cancer last year...it was leukemia for me. i also lived the typical carefree l.a. life b.c. (before cancer), taking my health for granted with late night parties/drinking/smoking/unhealthy eating habits. i'm glad you found this forum, you'll find that it will help you a lot during your journey. i just wish it was around last year while i was going through chemo and hospitalizations etc. anyway, i wish you all the best. if you ever need to chat, i'm here! xx

At 10:38pm on April 11, 2008, Tamara said…: AmandaJean,
I know you are going to find a specialist for you in LA soon. And I can't wait to see your favorite quote and book as well. I have a good friend in my support group at Gilda' Club with brain cancer, too. We are on the East coast, though. Is there a Gilda's Club near you? Great resources and programs for free. Take care. Blessings. Tamara

At 4:59pm on April 11, 2008, AmandaJean said…: hmmm... I am still trying to figure it out myself :) this email will work, amanda1032@gmail.com Thank you so much!

At 4:03pm on April 11, 2008, Kris said…: When you say you sent me your e-mail address, where did you send it to? I've been checking the e-mail address that I use for this site and I haven't seen anything from you. Or is there somewhere on our CSL page where you can send messages more privately? I'm still learning how to use all this...

At 2:32pm on April 11, 2008, Jenny said…: Welcome AmandaJean! I too have a brain tumor. I'm so sorry to hear about your situation, but happy to hear you found a doctor that could actually operate and remove the bulk! Your picture looks all too familiar. I called them my little green life savers. :)

At 1:58pm on April 11, 2008, Kris said…: Hi,
I have a pretty extensive list of alternative practitioners in California, which I got from a reliable source that I'm pretty sure has looked closely into all of these. It's too many for me to type them all out but is there someplace that I could e-mail them to you at?

I know someone who's brother was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor a few years ago. He quit smoking, started exercising, took a bunch of supplements and took something like 40,000 mg of vitamin C per day (if you're going to do that much, an IV is probably better). Two plus years later, he has no sign of the tumor and is doing really well. Good luck!
Kris

At 7:50am on April 11, 2008, Sweetlife said…: Welcome Amanda! Glad tomeet you. You photo is magnetic.....captures something & I love it. Your story describes an amazing woman. I hope you love it here....lots of love & support!

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