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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.
I was diagnosed ages ago but only recently found out after surgery, that I have a grade 3 glioma, I'm due to start radiotherapy and possibly chemotherapy together depending on final results of the histology report. I have 2 very young children 6 months...
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...
Hi, I started my radiotherapy for a grade 3 tumour 3 weeks ago. I have shoulder length hair and was advised to keep it long as I could potentially hide it with a small scarf so it still looked like I had hair. I had surgery in November so have a big...
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...
I had a siezure back on the 4th June 2021, and I was diagnosed with a grade 3 Oligodendroglioma. I then had surgery at Kings on the 21st July 2021. 70% of the tumour was removed and I was sent home to recover. I then had six weeks of radiotherapy and...
Good afternoon everyone, I sincerely hope that you are all well. I registered with the site and have also used the online chat facility this morning. After more than three months of specific health issues, I ended up taking my partner to our local A...
Hi First time poster here. I had a large grade 3 frontal lobe Oligodendroglioma diagnosed in February 2022. Ever since surgery to remove the bulk of it, my left hand foot has been feeling numb as if i'm walking with a large sponge on it (not unusual...
