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I’m finding everything really hard atm and I don’t know what to do anymore. I’m sick of chasing pain and illness while achieving very little. Waiting room after waiting room, Dr after Dr, referral after referal. What am I even trying to achieve anymore...
HELLO MY HUSBAND OF 52, AFTER MANY SCANS, TESTS ETC HAS BEEN TOLD HE HAS CANCER IN LUNG, CHEST WALL, ADRENAL GLAND AND BRAIN. THIS HAS ALL HAPPENED IN THE PAST THREE WEEKS AND OUR WORLD HAS BEEN TURNED UPSIDE DOWN. WE ARE NOW WAITING (AGAIN!!!) FOR...
hello all am new here but wanted to say I just lost my wife who was 54 years old to a gliobastoma tumour She battled 3 years and 1 day against this disease and what a battle it was
Hi all I received a call just 2 days ago saying I had a brain tumour that needed further investigation and am currently waiting for a neurology appointment. Does this mean I have had the diagnosis? Now just need further investigation for the type...
First scan results left us a bit in limbo with a residual area of original tumour in temporal lobe possibly showing slight regrowth or could be results of radiotherapy treatment that often makes scan unclear. But inflammation all gone , brain pressure...
Hi, I'm not sure if this is the right place to post, but given that brain cancer is one form of cancer that she is suffering from, I thought I'd start here. My mother-in-law is receiving palliative care for various forms of cancer at present. Given...
Hi everyone, i have recently been diagnosed with a grade 1/2 glioma in the right frontal lobe. This was an incidental finding when i had an MRI for another reason. I am also 25 weeks pregnant. I was wondering whether anyone has had a known glioma during...
Hi there, I’m new here - my mum’s metastatic breast cancer has recently spread to her brain and things are progressing very quickly. Her balance and mobility is being significantly affected so my dad and I would like to get a stairlift fitted to help...
We will hopefully get a scan result this week. We hope they say there have been no further changes with my husband's tumour. Waiting is so hard for both of us. He recently went back to work on a phased return to work. It has been good for him to get...
Hi all, I posted a few threads a few years ago in the GBM4 section. However, since a recurrence a few years ago and a subsequent operation and a tissue sample taken, it appears that it’s not a GBM4 at all, but rather an Oliogodendroglioma grade 3 -...
