Bruce continues to amaze his Oncologist I think?! I told him he might just be the next poster child for Greenlane Oncology LOL.....sorry just the way our...
Hi Elaine Overall she is doing great. She is quite fortunate that she had no deficits following surgery, has never had to go back on Decadron, and has never...
Hi Chris and Lynda WThankyou for your thoughts. Yes nick is off treatment now. We completed 12 months of temodal in october 08. We now have ti have 3...
Dear Kath and Linda and all our dear BT friends, I'm always pleased to hear all the good news coming through!! Bruce must have taken over from Don, Linda. They...
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Hi My son (16yrs old) has just been diagnosed with Pilocytic astrocytoma. He has two in his brain, 1 being quite large and is on the brain stem, another two...
Hope you all had a wonderful day and had a chance to be spoilt :-) It's only taken 12 years, for Mothers Day to sink in with DH and make me breakfast in bed...
NZ Brain Tumour SupportHi Everyone Thanks Linda for the nice Mothers Day wishes. Its great that Bruce had a good time in Australia, and that all went well with...
Hi liz, My husband is due to see his Neurosurgeon this week to discuss a 2nd debulking. He had his first surgery last June and then had Radiotherapy and...
Hi Mark and Liz Firstly, Mark, well done on doing the Rotorua Marathon...again! What an incredible achievement, especially under the circumstances. I just...
Hi everyone  Regarding PET scans, Stefan was meant to have one done due to what doctors thought at the time was migranes but became far worse before it was...
NZ Brain Tumour SupportHi Heather Mark has had two surgeries for debulking/biopsies. The first was in November 1994, and the 2nd was in July 2005, so he had...
Hi Liz, Dennis op was supposed to be tomorrow, but an emergency has come in and now we are told it will be next Thursday. The hospital have promised us there...
Hi Heather, Â If Dennis is not able to work and you need to look after him then with a medical cert from docs he can go onto a invalids benefit and you will...
Hi Heather, my husband sailed through his first resection, but 11 months later, after having completed radiation, it showed residual tumour, so he had further...
Hi there, I found this group through Penny's website and she emailed me the link to join. I have been reading through the posts hoping to make some sense of...
Dear Linda All I am going to say is that I have stood in your shoes and I have walked your path. Last year. Date of diagnosis 6/8/08, date of my husbands death...
Hi Linda, I feel very sorry for you. My son (16yr old) was diagnosed earlier this year with pilocytic astrocytoma with leptomeningeal spread. It is a low...
Hi Linda, I am so very sorry you have had to join our club. My husband Dennis has just had his 2nd crainiotomy two weeks ago within 11 months (GBM 4)....
Hi Linda My family also found ourselves in the same situation 2 1/2 years ago when my mother - Carol was diagnosed with gm... Unfortunately she passed away...
Hi Linda My family also found ourselves in the same situation 2 1/2 years ago when my mother - Carol was diagnosed with gm... Unfortunately she passed away...
Hi Linda, my thoughts are with you and your family at this really tough time. My husband was diagnosed April 06 with a high grade GBM and passed away...
Thanks so much for all your replies and stories. It helps to hear others experiences, as grim as they often are. I have so many questions but can't summon up...