Hi everyone I am new to this so please bear with me. My beautiful, kind, caring, amazing 52 year old sister was diagnosed with a stage 3 Anaplastic Astrocytoma in August 2020. There are no words to describe the shock, terror and other emotions that...
Hi all I was diagnosed initially with renal cancer last year with secondary brain tumor in the same week, I had an operation to remove, radio therapy and also a radical nephrectomy within a month of each other. I'm at the latter end, having had a...
We’ve been waiting for results of an MRI for my wife who’s just spent a year fighting breast cancer, yesterday she was diagnosed with an inoperable tumour to the lower back of her brain about 2.5 to 3.5cm apparently and also they said it was in the brain...
Hi all My dad , just over 2 weeks, been diagnosed with brain tumour, it is quite large and aggressive so been told that there is no possible treatment, we cannot believe this as was just feeling a little unwell, bit confused and slight numbness in leg...
Hello, My name’s Pam and I joined yesterday. Just after New Year’s Day it was discovered, quite out of the blue, that our previously totally healthy son had a mass on his brain. ( This was following a migraine-like headache). He had a craniotomy a week...
Hi , my name Lorraine. I’m 47 , mum of 2 , nanny of 3 ! 2020 was diagnosed with stage 3a lung cancer. 2022 was diagnosed with secondary brain cancer. Am currently waiting for radiotherapy to start . Had life saving brain surgery beginning of January this...
I have a grade 3 astrocytic tumour, it was diagnosed recently after having an operation in which they took a slice of my brain to test for cancer. It all started when I had an eye exam in boots and they realised something wasn't right. They referred me...
Hey folks, My names Vaughan. My sister has a Glioma that was discovered in 2018. It is stage 1 and we have been told it is in-operable. She is 40, lives with her partner of 10 years and has 2 children - 19 and 12. We found out about the tumour because...
Hi I have recently been diagnosed with stage 4 Glioblastoma aged 51. I had bowel cancer aged 37, I was tested for Lynch Syndrome which makes me at high risk of colon cancers and other cancers. I carry the mismatch gene MSH2, my daughter carries the gene...
He was operated twice. He received chemotherapy & radiotherapy. Still he has weaknesses at his right hand & right leg. I am always worried of his future!
