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my wife is 18 months out MRI have been good she is on 2mg of Dex she is still having swelling would taking Boswellia help with the swelling
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my wife is 18 months out MRI have been good she is on 2mg of Dex she is still having swelling would taking Boswellia help with the swelling
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Can't help, wish I could, maybe someone else knows.
My wife underwent a series of SRS for meningioma whjle also having brain edema. The SRS successfully treated the meningioma but the edema kept increasing. She was also taking Dexamethasone for the edema. The Dex did not work, so they gave her Boswellia. That failed also and my wife died a few weeks later.
Not all meds work for everyone but you must try.
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4 ReactionsI am so sorry.
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2 ReactionsStudies have shown boswellia to be helpful with swelling. My wife takes it under the advice of her neuro-oncologists. She still takes a very low dose of dex, but we are looking to wean her off eventually. She also does an Avastin infusion every 2 weeks. We believe the Boswellia has been helpful. I don't think it can hurt. Blessings.
@allanb17, how is the swelling now? How are you and your wife doing?
@dollyjaneprenzel
I am so sorry about the death of your wife. A terrible outcome after successful surgery.
What is SRS?
Thank you,
Dolly
@colleenyoung we take one day at a time some days are better than others the tumor as not progress she started taking Boswellia 2 weeks ago still on 1mg of Dex MRI will be in Nov. she is starting PT 3 days per week
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1 Reaction@mattk56 how is your wife doing on Avastin?
She is doing well. It seems to be very helpful with the swelling, and she is tolerating it well.
when your wife started the Avastin was her tumor progressing