2 yearshttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/2_years/atomTelligent Community (Build: 12.1.2.21912)2010-03-30T15:35:45Z2 yearshttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/2_years/posts/2-years2010-03-30T14:35:45Z2010-03-30T14:35:45Z<p><span>Dad has just called me to say he has been told he had 2 years to live.&nbsp; I am determined to help him beat the ticking time-bomb!!&nbsp; xxx</span></p> <p><span>His story so far....</span></p> <p>My dad is living with a brain tumour which until very recently was thought&nbsp; to be benign.&nbsp; It is now&nbsp;asuumed&nbsp;to be&nbsp;a higher grade.&nbsp;&nbsp;Today he&nbsp;is meeting&nbsp;Dr Matt Grffin at Nottingham City to discuss radiotherapy.&nbsp; Everything seems very scary at the moment....&nbsp; </p> <p>My father lives in Mansfield and I live in Southampton so its tough being so far away.</p> <p>How my jounrey began:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;August 2008 my mum and dad visited me in sunny Southampton.&nbsp; The reason for the visit was to celebrate dad retiring at 65.&nbsp; That evening we had a few beers and a Chinese meal.&nbsp;&nbsp; A few hours later we were all tucked up in bed dreaming of the good life when I was awoken by my screaming mum.&nbsp; Dad was having his first ever seizure.&nbsp; We thought he was dying, a heart attack, maybe a stroke.&nbsp; The paramedics took him to the general hospital and I thought I would never see him again.&nbsp; A few hours later me, mum and dad were back at home - bizarre.&nbsp; The docs had told him everyone can have 1 fit, put it down to stress, over -heating!! Phew thank god! </p> <p>A week later they went back to Mansfield, Nottinghamshire (my home town) and dad has another fit.&nbsp; Now we start to worry.&nbsp; </p> <p>Anyway long story short he gets diagnosed with a slow growing benign tumour.&nbsp; Surveilence scans are prescribed and we as a family learn to live with the news.&nbsp; </p> <p>The following year a scan shows some growth, a needle biospy is suggested.&nbsp; The biopsy results show a grade 2 right frontal lobe tumour, probably a astrocytoma.&nbsp; Again survelience scans are suggested, next one Feb 2009.&nbsp; Great 6 months of life without any interventions.</p> <p>Just after Xmas dad gets his licence back and we really feel like we have turned a corner.&nbsp; In Feb goes for his scan and the wait begins for a follow-up.&nbsp; In the mean-time me and my partner buy my dad a little Yaris and drive it up.&nbsp; Dad was over the moon.&nbsp; The freedom and independance he craved to cope with the devastation caused by the tumour didn&#39;t last long.&nbsp; He recevied a call from his Consultant, Donald MacArthur at QMC Nottingham to say he needed to come in for a chat.&nbsp; 3 days later he is told the tumour is growing and that radiotherapy is needed.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=327888&AppID=30584&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">Former Memberhttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/formermember