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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.
Evening all im new to this group as iv only just got the courage to come on the website , I was diagnosed last year with a brain tumour and I haven’t had any sort of emotions though out my treatment is this a normal thing ? , I just feel so numb inside...
Hi folks. Not been in for a while. I am having treatment now. Radio and chemo. Mines Glioblastoma,and I’m on palliative care. Like everyone in this ‘club’ I am have up and down days. Anyhow, I will poke my nose in and stay in touch.I am not one of life...
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. ...
My husband was recently diagnosed with a brain tumor and we were told due to the shape/shading that it is a cancerous tumor. A full body scan showed no signs of cancer elsewhere. He just had surgery to debulk the tumor and he is recovering well considering...
My husband is being treated for grade 4 brain cancer. In the last three weeks he has deteriorated so much. I was told it was a urine infection...then it is delirium caused by the infection. He is so confused, his mobility is so bad...today heartbreakingly...
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 nuns vision is getting worse and really struggling to see. Anybody experienced this.
Had fantastic news after my husbands op last Monday they got all the tumour out he came home Thursday but finding it all abit over whelming he is very confused and not making sense and my 20 year old doesn’t want to be around because he isn’t himself...
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...
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