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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...
Hello all am looking for some advice .i have recently been diagnosed with meniginoma that needs surgery ,I have been told the surgery will happen by the end of this month.just asking if anyone can share their experiences if possible please? thank...
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 I was diagnosed with a stage 3 brain tumour almost a year ago. I have had radiotherapy and remain on monthly chemo. My mobility has been affected and I need help & a wheelchair to get around. with COVID as well and having a weak immune system I...
Hi, I'm 49 female and was diagnosed with meningioma brain tumour end of November, I got an MRI, seen neurologist and neurosurgeon and told I had been accepted for gamma ray knife treatment in Leeds as we don't have that facility in Northern Ireland. I...
I am due to start my Chemo therapy tomorrow and I am really nervous could someone please give me some advice
Hi everyone, I hope you don't mind me posting here, I'm Eliza from the Community team. I just wanted to share one of our recent guest blogs from one of our Community Champions, Wee Me . I hope that you might find this helpful to read through: ...
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...
