I (57) have been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer that has spread to the brain. I have known since jan 9th. After sudden weakness down left side and have had no treatment yet as i got pneumonia when i was due to go to southampton for a brain biopsy...
so my lovely mum aged 63 has 5 x secondary brain mets from lung cancer 16bmonths ago. picked up on mri due to A&E admission due to one sided body weakness We are struggling for anyone to give a prognosis......shes had 1 course of Gamma knife, now a...
Hello all, I was diagnosed with stage 3 cervical cancer in October 2024 (aged 49). I was treated for this and was hoping to make a full recovery. However, in April this year, I had a few days when I started loosing words, and couldn’t finish sentences...
2 years ago i developed a stage2 melanoma on my scalp which was removed and a WLE and SLNB were also undertaken. Results all clear with proviso that cells may have jumped. This week i was presented with stroke like symptoms, ct scan showed a brain lesion...
Hi, my husband has just been diagnosed with a secondary brain tumour which has been successfully removed ( we think) .The Consultant is advising 30 sessions of radiotherapy to ensure all cells gone.He had renal cancer about 6 years ago, his right kidney...
Hope you are all doing well. My question is can we fly with mets to the brain - have any of you? My oncologist said its fine but I don't have much faith in her. My son is in Thailand, I have a terminal diagnosis but I'm at the moment and desperate...
Hi Melanoma spread to my brain in August despite 1 year on Dabrafenib & Trametinib. Previous surgery included wide excision on scalp where original Melanoma was located and neck dissection to remove lymph nodes where it had spread. Gamma Knife September...
So on 20 Sept, drove car and blacked out. No warning. Test revealed possible brain tumour, confirmed, finally seen neurosurgeon and he's removing it on 19th Oct. Don't know for definite if cancerous, but expecting it. Don't know yet if original breast...
Hello Everyone, My husband has lung cancer which was being managed with chemo, then he had a heart attack, so chemo stopped. Later on intensive week of radiotherapy and we thought he'll be back to how he was. But events occurred and we found out it's...
Hi Everyone. I guess I'm here looking for some advice and support from the ones who understand what I'm currently going through (when I say what I'm going through, I don't mean as a cancer sufferer myself but as a daughter watching their parent going...
