July 20 was Glioblastoma Day, which helps raise awareness of one of the rarest and deadliest forms of brain cancer. And this Texas Man with Brain Tumor Given Only
Two Months to Live Shares Powerful Testimony Six Years Later.
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In 2016, he experienced a seizure and doctors found he had a tumor the size of a golf ball in his brain, adding he suffers from glioblastoma grade four. After experiencing seizures, Israel Lemus was told there was a mass in his brain.
Weeks later, doctors gave him the gut-wrenching news and told him he had two months to live. Six years later Lemus is still alive.
While this is very rare, famous people have lost their battle with GBM.
Senator Ted Kennedy, the youngest brother of President John F Kennedy, died on
August 25, 2009, from glioblastoma at the age of 77.
He suffered a seizure in May 2008 while walking his dogs outside his home in Barnstable,
Massachusetts and also Republican Sen. John McCain died in 2018.
Glioblastoma was described as an aggressive form of cancer found in a person’s brain or spinal cord that can happen at any age, causing headaches, nausea, vomiting, and seizures.
“Glioblastoma, also known as glioblastoma multiforme, can be very difficult to treat and a cure is often not possible.
Treatments may slow progression of the cancer and reduce signs and symptoms,”
the Mayo Clinic’s website said.
Although the usual prognosis was 14 to 24 months, “they told Israel two months.
That was six years ago, and he has since endured three surgeries and all the cancer treatments available to him.
The young man’s doctor noted there was no cure, but also deemed it a “miracle.”
Dr. Jay-Jiguang Zhu of UTHealth Houston/Memorial Hermann, added the disease
was visible on the MRI.
Therefore, medical teams did not call it being in remission. Zhu said a good attitude, support, and excellent doctors have also been a big part of the journey.
Doctors performed three surgeries and everything they could do to treat the cancer of Lemus at the time of his diagnosis but Lemus’ oncologist at UTHealth Houston and Memorial Hermann,
Dr. Jay-Jiguang Zhu, told him directly that it’s really not working and there’s no
more they could do to cure his worsening golf ball-sized glioblastoma in the brain.
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When Lemus learned about the time left, he had, he immediately planned to have an engagement and get married and spend the rest of his life in his own house with wife.
He also grabs the chance to pursue the dreams he really wanted. He has done all
the things that some other man will do if they found out they have a time limit.
He was only 29 years old when he was diagnosed, but he’s still feeling great just like a healthy man, for he doesn’t feel sick at all. And what’s more astonishing is that his life is getting longer and longer until it reaches six incredibly years despite the two months life term.
“To me, it’s 100% God.” Honestly, I’m thankful to God for every day.
The first thing I do when I wake up and the last thing I do before going to sleep is
Thank God for that day.” Lemus said in the KHOU-11 interview for the challenges he
had overcome with God on his side.
“He’s, my miracle.” Lemus’ wife also said. It was indeed a miracle from God.
He is our great doctor, a great healer. When everything seems impossible to us,
surrender it to Him and believe in his amazing power, then he will turn it into possible.
Luke 18:27 Jesus replied, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”
The average length of survival for patients after being diagnosed is eight months, according to the National Brain Tumor Society. But doctors are optimistic —
as advances in research have helped extend patients’ lives even for a short period.
“I had always been a relatively healthy person,” Israel Lemus said.
For Lemus, glioblastoma came out of nowhere.
“I was getting ready for bed. (I was) brushing my teeth and looking in the mirror,
I lost control of my eyes; they started shooting up in the left repeatedly,” he said.
Soon after that, he started experiencing full-blown seizures. A few days passed before he was scheduled to have surgery, but at the time, he was only told there was a mass in his brain.
It wasn’t until weeks later, at just 29 years old, that Lemus received gut-wrenching news. Doctors told him he had very aggressive brain cancer, and he only had two months to live.
“It just turned my life upside down,” he said.
But as fate would have it, Lemus found the best team of physicians with UT Health Houston and Memorial Hermann. Now, Dr. Jay-Jiguang Zhu and his colleagues call Lemus a miracle. “We try to learn from him and many patients we call long-term survivors,” Zhu said.
Glioblastoma, or GBM for short, is a fast-growing brain tumor. Zhu said that about 15,000 people a year in the U.S. are diagnosed with this rare cancer. He explained it comes down to our genes. As our stem cells continue to grow in our brain, sometimes there’s a glitch, and that glitch can develop into a mass.
“Our cells (are) dividing all the time,” Zhu said. “We don’t see it, but that process sometimes, mistakes happen, and that mistake allows the cells to grow out of control.”
It’s when cells start miscommunication when disease array.
“I think, one day, we will have more effective treatment on the horizon,” Zhu said.
For the time being, he said a family support system, a strong team of doctors, and,
above all, faith is what have helped miracle patients like Lemus. “We don’t have this
magical answer. ‘Oh, this is it. We can copy that to many other patients.’
We love to know, but don’t,” he said.
Treatment for each patient is unique. It all depends on the size of the tumor and where it is. Lemus has had three surgeries to remove parts of the mass safely. He’s on two types of medication, rounds of radiation, and several rounds of chemo. While part of the cancer is still embedded in Lemus’ brain, his team of doctors has been able to keep it at bay for an amazing six years.
“I was able to get engaged to my girlfriend at the time,” he said. “We got married.
We bought our first home.” Lemus hopes he can provide a ray of hope for other patients and know there is life after diagnosis. “The first thing I do when I wake up and when I go to bed is, thank God for that day,” he said.
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Houston residents Israel Lemus and his wife, Samantha, are not letting
a serious medical diagnosis get in the way of their future.
“I’m very proud and thankful to God for allowing me to take part in sharing his glory and giving hope to those in similar situations just as someone was for me. All glory be to God,” Lemus wrote in a recent social media post.
In the past few years, Lemus continued with life and got married, bought a house,
and also decided to take a different career path.
Photos showed Lemus and his glowing bride enjoying their wedding ceremony:
“To me, it’s 100% God. His mystery is my Faith in God,” Lemus told KHOU.
“Honestly, I’m thankful to God for every day.
The first thing I do when I wake up and the last thing I do before going to sleep
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