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...
Hi Linda, Â We also have been where you are now. My hubby was also hit by a GBM at the begining of this year. We like you have kids (10, 13, 15). Before and...
Can anyone help me navigate the mindfield that is the process of claming Glen's life insurance. I spoke to Glen's neurosugeon yesterday about it and although...
Hi Linda, As long as there is a clause in Glen's policy for trauma or incurable illness,they should pay you a percentage of the total policy. We did this for...
Hi Linda, Â We had to claim the trauma part of Stefs life insurance. If you ring your insurance company (or if you used a broker then ring them as they know...
Hi there this process was quite straightforward for Dave and I also. our policy was with the BNZ and we just contacted them and they sent us the form we needed...
Thank you for your replies, after speaking with his neuro surgeon today I got the impression that the process of treatment meant that the payout of insurance...
Hi Linda  How about trying your GP, as that is who signed all our forms. You should ask neuro surgeon to forward copies of medical records to GP as he will...
Hi Linda, My name is Becs and my husband Matt passed away from a Glioma in May 2006. We claimed on the terminal benefit when his diagnosis came back in October...
Linda to be honest I wouldn't get the Neurosurgeons opinion but Glenns Oncologist. When we claimed on Bruces Income Protection & a Disability Policy we had to...
Linda... this is the last thing you need, my heart goes out to you. When we claimed on Aaron's insurance it was to be honest a real blur, but I do recall not...
Thank you all so much for your input, it has at least given me some guidance on both what to expect and what I might be able to do. The claim form asks for...
Hi Linda, Â What a load of shit from your neuro surgeon!!! Having been to a lecture from a neuro surgeon in Wellington who is doing research into creating a...
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