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Hello @susan159. Oh golly, this news of your friend’s brain cancer has to be quite a shock. Glioblastoma is a very aggressive form of cancer. While it’s challenging, there can be options with surgery, proton radiation and chemotherapy.

Your friend’s next step should be to reach out to a larger medical institution such as Mayo Clinic or a university/teaching hospital soon! ER doctors are not the ones to make the treatment options for her.

Here’s the link to Mayo Clinic if she’d like to make an appoint at any one of the 3 sites in Rochester, Jacksonville FL or Phoenix. The link takes you to Mayo’s home page where you’ll see the phone numbers for each clinic.
http://mayocl.in/1mtmR63

I’d also encourage you or your friend to read this Connect discussion:

@otis123's story here:
– My Husband's journey with Glioblastoma https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/my-husbands-journey-with-glioblastoma/
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Here is the link to the Brain Tumor group with other members who have gone through this or have loved once with Glioblastoma. https://connect.mayoclinic.org/group/brain-tumor-support-group/

Susan, does your friend, Jane, have any family living nearby?

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Thanks for the response. I'm sending it on to Jane's daughter so she can decide about Jane reading it. Jane does have a daughtre who lives nearby (single working mom), but no partner. She's very concerned about maybe not being able to live alone or being able to drive. Right now she's thinking she doesn't want to undergo any type of treatment, but I'm hoping that when she's seen by cancer specialists she will at least entertain the thought of treatment. If she reads some of this blog, maybe she'll change her mind....