Hi Kath,
Thanks for that, I will have a chat to Dennis this weekend. Can only
send emails from work at the moment.

Regards
Heather

-- In nzbraintumour@yahoogroups.com, Kathryn Mills
<kathmills_nz@...> wrote:
>
>
> Hi Heather,
> My husband has a brain tumor and we are in pukekohe, so if you
want to talk or catch up we are more than willing to come through or
whatever is easiest.
> Take care
> kath
> --- On Fri, 6/27/08, dmha93 <dmha93@...> wrote:
>
> From: dmha93 <dmha93@...>
> Subject: [nzbraintumour] Re: New Member!
> To: nzbraintumour@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Friday, June 27, 2008, 3:28 AM
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Hi Lynda,
> Thank you so much for sending through your email. We are in
Auckland
> and are waiting to have a mtg with a cancer Society nurse. Any
> websites you can give me would be fantastic. Also it is wonderfull
> to know that you are living a happy life long after your surgery.
>
> Regards
> Heather
>
> --- In nzbraintumour@ yahoogroups. com, "Tse Family" <tsetribe@ .>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Heather,
> > Sorry to hear about your husbands diagnosis It is a real shock
> isn't
> > it ... hard to describe in words. I know I was stunned and
> devastated
> > when I got my news. I also have a GBM grade4. Firstly I will
say,
> that
> > having a positive attitude is a great way to start! I always say
> that
> > old mantra "accept the diagnosis but reject the prognosis".
> > Those Doctors can only quote statistics at us because that is
> their
> > job to be matter-of -fact and blunt . They say what they say"to
> not
> > give any false hope" which is a load of rubbish as hope is NEVER
> > false!
> > I had my surgery for my GBM on 9/3/06 and am well and living a
> full
> > and happy life. I get more tired than I used to do but life for
me
> is
> > pretty good.
> > At this point in you and your husbands journey it probably pays
to
> > seek out as much info as you can get. If you both live in a
major
> city
> > then the Cancer Society is a good place to start. They have a
lot
> of
> > books and some run support groups. We are in Wellington and the
> Cancer
> > Society here runs groups. They also have a fantastic library
with
> some
> > very good books.If you wish I can send you a list of web-sites
> > that we have found useful. Some also have very positive survivor
> > stories that make you want to tell those Doctors precisely what
> they
> > can do with their statistics!
> > Meantime it is good that you've found this site. We have found
it
> very
> > helpful and it is nice to know that there are other going
through
> the
> > same things as you.
> > I hope that the next phase of your husbands treatment goes well.
> >
> > All the Best,
> >
> > Lynda Tse
> > --- In nzbraintumour@ yahoogroups. com, "dmha93" <dmha93@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Everyone,
> > > My husband has just had a tumour removed from the front right
> side.
> > > (2wks ago),and we have just found out its a Glioblastoma IV.
We
> are
> > > trying to stay positive, but feels like being trapped in a
> nightmare
> > > and not being able to wake up. We feel overwhelmed by info
from
> > > Specilists, plus their wonderfull positive prognoses (not!)Any
> > advise
> > > from thoose who remember the start of their journey, would be
so
> > > helpfull right now.
> > >
> > > Heather
> > >
> >
>