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Radiation Necrosis
My boyfriend has had a stage 2 glioma brain cancer he has been fighting since Feb 2018. First he underwent a biopsy, then radiation and chemotherapy. Then in January he had an awake craniotomy. Even though he was awake, he still lost reading comprehension and he has anomic aphasia. It's been a slow recovery. The aphasia seemed to be getting worse and not better, much to the surprise of his doctors. He has to take avastin infusion chemotherapy now to try to combat the radiation necrosis they say he has. Anyway, he had been taking choline which was recommended by a friend. I haven't noticed much change. In a brain tumor support group I belong to, someone mentioned Lion's Mane Mushroom. I researched it and it seems harmless enough. I mean, it's a mushroom. You can even eat it if you have the actual mushrooms growing or have access to them. So I decided to try the capsules and see if it helped. He has been taking them as directed (3 with 8 ounces of water) daily and I have to say, I'm seeing some improvement in his aphasia. He was having trouble remembering the words for "Squirrel" "grass" "deck" "grill". Since taking these, he at least knows squirrel starts with S and he can say grill and grass now! He usually "talks around" things like he will say the gray rodent with the bushy tail instead of "Squirrel". But at least now he realizes it starts with an S and he is even saying "square" now!!! I am hoping it's these mushrooms and I'm going to encourage him to stay on these. It's been about 3 weeks now and I am definitely seeing improvement. I will report back if it keeps getting better or not.
August 2019 · Health and Household · verified purchase