Congratulations, Brain Tumor Foundation

The Brain Tumor Foundation recently launched its Mobile MRI Unit, "aimed at broadening public awareness about brain tumors and the urgent need for preventative brain scans."

Good Job! See their website:

http://www.roadtoearlydetection.org/

for more info. If you suspect that you might have acromegaly but you can't afford a MRI, check out their schedule to see if their free Mobile MRI Unit will be coming to a location near you!

Video about early detection by the Brain Tumor Foundation.

News Coverage of the Mobile MRI Unit along with interview and footage of someone actualy getting a MRI in it.

The Brain Tumor Foundation was nice enough to allow me to attend their support group right after I was diagnosed with acromegaly, even though a pituitary tumor isn't exactly a brain tumor.

I'm a huge supporter of early detection, though I'm not sure random brain scans of people who happen to be interested is the best way to find undiagnosed acromegaly. Maybe for brain tumors, but there are plenty of symptoms to look for first with acromegaly. My only other concern with the idea of the Mobile MRI unit is, I don't know how good it is to discover you have any kind of brain tumor while you are uninsured, because how are you supposed to afford treatment if you can't afford the detection? I'm pretty sure you will encounter "pre-existing condition" problems if you try to get individual health insurance. You folks living in countries with nationalized health care have much less to worry about!