Diagnosed with brain cancel 4 weeks ago, 2lb tumour removed on Wednesday and start chemo rep next week not sure what to do
I am 47 and have a very strange headache in the front right of my head. It is like a strong flash pain with surrounding pain following. But very short all in all. It comes and goes since few weeks. It does not stay permanent. I also have since few days...
Hi all I have recently been diagnosed with brain cancer and as such am still coming to terms with it all, yesterday I had a biopsy on the tumour that can be reached as my other one is too deep to risk going into. Just waiting on results now
Hi All. I am fairly newly diagnosed with a Schwannoma.. I have had my MRI and been told ENT, a skull based surgeon and Neuro will be having an MDT. That was August. Not been able to speak to anyone since and my appointment is in December. In all honesty...
Hi I just wondered if anyone else uses herbal remedies? I have been researching a bit about what natural products might help and it says turmeric and cbd oil are good. I've bought both (although the cbd is in capsules not the oil) but my husband hasn...
After the painful loss of my brother to gbm in July after a 14 month battle , I miss him dreadfully, I replay his last few days of life over and over in my head. I picture him in the cold ground, I replay seeing him in the chapel of rest, these images...
Hi, I was diagnosed with a brain tumour after I starting have small conscious seizures whilst pregnant with my 2nd. It was suspected low grade so they said the pregnancy could continue as normal. 5 months after my son was born, a large part of the tumour...
Good evening everyone, I hope you are all doing well and are okay. I have been using the forum on and off, along with the online chat facility for a few weeks and thought I should really post an introduction. My partner ( 52 ) has been diagnosed...
Hi my husband has just last week been diagnosed with a brain tumour. He had vertigo a while ago but no other symptoms. Last Sunday he had a seizure and was totally unresponsive, I dialled 999 and he was taken to hospital. The next day as he was lying...
I still haven’t worked out how to take part in this site, I’ve craved help from the beginning with my husband’s diagnosis of gbm 4 I it was never good, he had an operation to remove as much as possible chemotherapy and radiotherapy followed until his...
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