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Expert: - 3/27/2008


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my boyfriend was hospitalised after a seizure on 09/11/07. after 2 months of inpatient tests with no conclusions, a brain biopsy on 1 of the 3 'most accessible' lesions came back as a melenoma diagnosis. my own reserch tells me that prognosis is very bad.he is only 35 yrs old with no other signs of tumor.does his good health give him any chance of a longer survival?he has asked me to let him go it alone,i am overwhelmed with greif on both parts, is this a normal reaction in a young male? thank-you.

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Unfortunately you are quite right with regards to his prognosis. And also his general good health will not be of much help in this situation unfortunately. Yes it is a rather common reaction in (young) males - like "stiff upper lip" & women & children to the life boats first. It is probably to some extent biologically "hard wired" into male brains. Actually it is his way of trying not to put much burden on you. As that it of course is a failure but he is trying as good as he can to achieve that goal. I think he understands his own situation.  

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Claes-Gustaf Nordquist, M.D.

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I`m a doctor of medicine and specialist in radiation therapy and medical oncology. I have a long time experience of these tumours.

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I'm a Doctor of Medicine and specialist in Medical Oncology and Radiation Therapy, educated and trained in Sweden. Now retired. Background in Radiation Therapy, Medical Oncology, Radiation Protection, Nuclear Medicine, Diagnostic Radiology, Gynecological Oncology, Clinical Pathology, Clinical Cytology,Hematology and Internal Medicine. M.D. from the faculty of medicine, Royal Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. Have also been an exchange student at the Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem Israel. Former medical consultant, Swedish National Board of Radiation Protection. Former Police Surgeon and Medical Examiner, Stockholm Police Department. Former Chief Medical Officer, The Royal Guards, The Royal Horse Guards and the Royal Household Brigade, Royal Swedish Army Medical Corps. You can also reach me on: http://www.lifestylerescue.com/expert/health-fitness-advice/dr-claes-gustaf/128 . I have no restrictions on the number of questions there. I also answer questions about Oncology (General Cancer), General History, Military History, Breast Cancer, Colon Cancer.

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