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Second brain tumour in 5 months
I was coming up to 5yrs clear & booked a trip to the UK on 3rd December, then was diagnosed on 11 October with a brain tumour. Had it removed & was paralysed on the left side but spent 6 weeks in hospital and rehab working hard & made my trip just in time (albeit with a broken rib I didn't know about). I had a full body scan in January & was told there was no cancer in my body but after an MRI this month I now have another tumour on the other side of the brain, much smaller & on the surface. Has anyone else experienced this & can I expect to have these tumours constantly popping up or have people just had a one off & nothing else for years. I see my surgeon next week but in turmoil that this could happen again so quickly. I live alone but have lots of supportive friends but my depression has hit another all time low, am I doomed or could this be a one off?
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- @Kat09 I'm so very sorry to hear you have also lost your child, the worst thing people can say to you is that God only gives you what you can handle. The fact you're still alive doesn't mean you've handled it but had to live with it & it's heartbreaking. Yes you always are thinking 'what next' & now one of the lovely ladies in the UK who drove us around has passed away from ovarian cancer. The other is fighting for life after a heart attack, as you wisely say we have to concentrate on the positives in our lives to keep going. I'll follow your battle & hope there is something I can say that will help you along. xo
- Wow @DebbieMc what a heartbreaking time you have had the universe can be so cruel! I too have sadly lost a child my eldest daughter died just over 10 years ago at 16. I guess those loses make us even stronger when faced with adversity and we choose to live life and hold onto the good memories and the positives in our lives to help keep us strong. You gotta wonder though how much crap do you really have to go through, you are amazing and I thankyou for reaching out to me when I posted about my new battle xo
- @Sister Thank you, I heard Noddy screaming IT'S CHRISTMAS over & over a couple of nights ago & couldn't work out where it was coming from. Somehow I'd changed my ringtone & it was my mobile calling, I don't recall putting that on. I can blame tumourbrain for my forgetfulness.
If not a Slade fan I'm mad on Guns n Roses too, they helped me through the mastectomy & chemo during those times I was too fatigued to do anything but lie on the lounge. My breast cancer nurse phoned me this morning and said the tumour might even be too small to operate on which I hadn't thought of. Will be interesting to hear what is said on Tuesday about the intentions of treatments. - It's taken some time for me to be able to respond to your post @debbiemc. I can't believe how much can be thrown at a person and they still remain standing. Take care.
And have fun with your groupieness (and don't be TOO appropriate). I can't say I was ever a Slade fan but I have got their Christmas song on my phone as a ringtone (I keep meaning to change it but at this rate it'll still be there next Christmas). - @DebbieMc
To read your story it really tugs at the heart strings . What a so and so!
Here's hoping your treatment plan brings a good outcome.
Smiled at your enjoyment of Slade. The song Don't Blame Me is with me and woo hoo good memories - thank you for that!
Take care and best wishes - Wow, @DebbieMc, I am in awe of you and your positivity!! To have come through these losses in your life as well as your own battle shows what strength you have.You have made me realise how lucky I am.
Gosh, Slade...that takes me back!!!
Sending you the very best wishes and big hugs. Keep on rocking! Xxx - Dear @DebbieMc,
K xox <3 - Hi @DebbieMc I just can't even imagine what you have gone through. But wow you sound like you have a great bunch of friends there to support you. Hoping also your appointment goes okay we sure will be thinking of you. I also loved Slade growing up as I grew up in the Midlands as well. Big Hugs to you. xo
- All the best with your appointment, @DebbieMc - we'll be thinking of you xx
- @kmakm Haha while my mother thought it was totally innapropriate everyone else started calling me a groupie, the band is Slade. You might remember them from the glam & glitter days, two of the originals who started it are still in it & I had a ball chatting & spending time with them (in an appropriate manner of course).
I really hope the surgeon tells me what I need to have done rather than give a choice, hopefully he's familiar with these types of tumours and can reassure me that they are more like cysts rather than cancer & completely safe.
Wishing all the best to others going through cancer treatment at the moment, it's a horrid disease because it's unknown & every case is different. xx
