Hi , I’m new to this group and not really sure what to say. My 20 year old son has been diagnosed with stage 4 glioma nearly 3 months ago, like everyone here it’s a devastating shock and hard to even write down how I feel, but overwhelmed, scared and...
Hi, My sister been diagnosed with glioblastoma malignant , she had her surgery last week. I’m just so overwhelmed, I feel so powerless… I don’t know how to help her.
Hi I've had the results appointment for my MRI and have been diagnosed with a paraflacine meningioma. Luckily it wasn't a massive shock for me.The A&E consultant suggested it might be this when my lump was discovered back in November on a CT scan. ...
Hi. I am new to this forum and not really sure what to do or handle the situation. My partner was diagnosed with terminal brain tumour in June last year. It is the third tumour he’s had and the second that has been malignant. He’s been on chemo since...
My mum has just been diagnosed with a high grade glioma. It's been a massive shock for us all, we are devastated. We don't know a huge amount about it as of yet. We are awaiting the neuro team to have an MDT to establish if they can operate or not. Since...
My wife is still waiting to hear what stage her og is,biopsy done 4th Dec,Leviricatem now being reduced slowly & Lamotrigine gradually increased,just waiting to hear results.
My Mum has stage 4 cancer. Started as breast cancer but now she has 8 tumours in her brain. She has been having immunotherapy, gamma knife and chemo but recently just before Xmas she had to go into hospital due to a brain bleed on one of the tumours....
Hi guys I am new on here my husband found out in may he had a brain tumour he had his operation end of may we waited for the results to find he has stage 4 terminal brain tumour on his frontal lobe 80% was taken to say our world turned upside down isn...
My Dad had non Hodgkin lymphoma in 2018 and got through it. However in dec 2019 it returned in his brain. He had 2 out of 3 rounds of intense chemo (couldn’t continue) then palliative radiotherapy in April 2020 which they said would give him “months”...
Good evening, My Mum has just been diagnosed with Glioblastoma grade 4. Obviously massively hard to take in but would be good to share with others to soften the blow perhaps. Massive respect to everything McMillan do to help in these terrible circu...
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