Well my immunity being low with chemo has finally been hit by a virus. Shingles. I had to cancel my original op where I had a blocked kidney (now that’s pain). After the op I’ve been fortunate with all the germs and not had much of anything until this...
Hi all, I'm very new here. I came home from working nights at the start of March and my husband was on the floor having a seizure. My children found him. We were taken to ED for a CT just expecting that he’d had a TIA but they found a mass on his...
So I’m guessing some of you will know about Methylated and Unmethylated! My question is (and yes I will ask my oncologist nurse tomorrow about my husbands diagnosis). if it’s Unmethylated and chemo won’t react as well as someone who is methylated...
Hi all, newby to the site, I've recently been diagnosed with a low grade brain tumour which is around 5cm in size behind my right eye, had been having symptoms for a while, racing heartbeat that I could hear in my head, dizziness, strange smell occasionally...
Hello all I've been diagnosed with an astrocytoma grade 2. My surgeon has said that he did an 100% resection of the tumour so I don't need radiotherapy or chemotherapy due to being under 40 aswell. I'm 8 weeks post surgery and I'm still absolutely exhausted...
Hi, I hope everyone is doing well. My dad, who is 70 years old, was diagnosed with a brain tumor in October 2022. He underwent a biopsy and a short course of chemotherapy, but unfortunately, it wasn’t successful due to a fall that made the treatment too...
My mother in law has just been told she has a high grade glioma after going into hospital with trouble speaking. The neuro surgeons have said they can’t operate and they aren’t sure if chemo or radiotherapy is an option. Steroids have reduced the swelling...
Hi. I don’t have a firm diagnosis yet so please excuse me. I had a collapse a few weeks ago and was resuscitated, I’ve been in hospital 11 times since August so already a frequent flyer. The collapse was due to syncope and possible addisons. I had a CT...
Hiya all, newbie here, my son has a benign tumor radiating from his brain stem down his cerebellum they could only take a small amout due to it being mixed through his nerves and on his spinal cord so was put on dab + tram to stop it frow growing any...
I never imagined I'd find myself joining a forum like this, but sadly, my mum, with whom I'm incredibly close, was admitted to Luton & Dunstable Hospital in early June after experiencing slurred speech for the first time. She stayed in the hospital for...
