Mum 76, primary brain tumour

  • Mum, Primary glioblastoma

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Sadly, Mum slipped away from us on the 9th October 2017, less than 2 months after being diagnosed with Primary, malignant, butterfly glioma.

    Our family are heartbroken at losing our lovely Mum. We can't believe how fast the illness progressed, we were told it was aggressive and it certainly was.


    Mum died at home, with us by her side, she wasn't in any pain (never even had so much as a headache which…

  • Mum 76, primary brain tumour

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    My lovely 76 year old Mum has been diagnosed with 'Advanced malignant butterfly glioma' on 10th August 2017. Her only symptoms were tiredness, a little confusion and short term memory loss. Mum was originally diagnosed with low sodium and treated with sodium drips. After 2 weeks MRI scan revealed tumour in brain. We were told this could not be operated on because of Mums age and position of tumour (both lobes of brain…