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Hi All First time here after being signposted by Macmillan chat advisor. 10 weeks ago today i had a seizure and three weeks later surgery to remove it. I was told the resection went well and next week start my second of six weeks radiotherapy. Due...
Hello everyone. I am currently awaiting surgery for a brain lesion. 2 cms frontal lobe. Booked for 4 days time ( 13 days after symptoms/A&E admission). I will be woken up during the surgery. I am terrified of it all Feel sick, anxious and...
Hello I am new here and joined as my mum has recently been diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumour. It's a massive shock to us all as she only went to hospital due to a fall and as she is on blood thinners a CT scan was done. This is when they spotted...
Hi I’m struggling with my emotions, how on earth do I stay positive when I know what is ahead!!!!! It’s impossible. We are in the early days as my husband has just been diagnosed and I’m finding it hard to get out of bed. My future has just vanished,...
Since my husbands brain tumour operation he has changed . We were so close.We did everything together. Always went to bed together at the Same time. Now as he is so tired he goes hours before me. I just sit and cry. I want him back, I want him to hold...
Only a few weeks after my 50th birthday. It's a GBM04 in the thalamus region of the brain, so not somewhere they seem very keen to operate. I'm now three weeks into radio and oral chemo at Guys. Roller coster ride obviously but no major side effects yet...
My husband a day after major operation to remove a grade four glioblastoma suffered a major stroke . He has major memory and cognitive issues . Lots of advice and help regarding fighting the tumour but very little help with the cognitive problems .
Hello, About 15 months ago, just after my 81st birthday, I was diagnosed with non small cell lung cancer – adenocarcinoma and one single spot metastasis cell in the brain I had several sessions of radio therapy on the brain followed by several sessions...
Hi, I am new to the group. I was diagnosed with an acoustic neuroma in autumn of 2019 with a 14mm tumour and was put on wait and watch. A follow up scan in Spring 2020 showed no significant change. The next scan was scheduled for 2022 and was done in...
Hi everyone, Just like everyone else this is not a forum I ever thought I’d be signing up to, but here I am! I was diagnosed with a 3cm meningioma last week after a no contrast CT scan to check whether Long Covid had given me any brain damage. Since...
