Hi there I'm a now 38 year old mother of 3 under 4 and I've had a
craniotomy for a right frontal AA III then radiation for 6 weeks.
tumour was 3.5x3.5cms it'd be great to talk to other people like me,
I'm desperate for chat, and for my husband to talk to the other side
of the tumour half if you know what I mean?



--- In nzbraintumour@yahoogroups.com, DanZac <danzac@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Susan
>
> I live it Kapiti and work at the Police College in Porirua so not
far from you.
>
> I am 38 so we are probably close in age.
>
> If you would like to meet for a coffee and chat at any stage
please send me an email to my home email which you already have.
>
> xx Penny
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: peake.susan
> To: nzbraintumour@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2009 12:43 PM
> Subject: [nzbraintumour] Re: hi
>
>
> Hi Linda,
>
> We live in Wellington. The prognosis we have been give is 1 to 2
> years so its good to hear of someone doing much better than that.
>
> Susan--- In nzbraintumour@yahoogroups.com, "linbrusco" <linzis@>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Susan, we are from Sth Auckland, and my husband was
diagnosed at
> > 41yrs of age back in 2004 with a Gde 3 Anaplastic Astrocytoma
in his
> > left frontal lobe.
> > He had surgery and radiation in 2004, and another surgery and
chemo
> in
> > 2005.
> >
> > It is now coming up 5 yrs in March, and our children are now 6
& 11.
> > Despite what we were told by Oncologist/Neurologists (the doom
and
> > gloom, and worst case scenarios) he is doing reasonably well,
and
> has
> > had continued good MRI results since 2005.
> >
> > Although the immediate world between a patient with a Gde 3
and a
> Gde
> > 4 is not too dissimilar, the treatment is or can be.
> > I can well imagine at the moment you are feeling quite shell
> shocked.
> > If we can be of any help here on this board just let us know
> >
> > Whereabouts in NZ are you from?
> >
> > take care
> > Linda
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In nzbraintumour@yahoogroups.com, "peake.susan"
<peake.susan@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Last month my husband had surgery to remove a 5 cm tumour
from
> his
> > > front left lobe, which turned out to b a grade 4 GBM. This
has
> been a
> > > major shock and change to our family as Stefan is only 38
and we
> have 3
> > > kids (15, 13, 10). He starts Rad and Chemo next week. Thanks
Susan
> > >
> >
>