

I have found that a positive attitude and being able to talk to one another about it openly, all help me to get through.ĭo you have any family or friends who can support you through this ordeal?ĭo please keep in touch and let us know how you get on. It is a devastating disease, as it affects family as well as the patient. I have had 2 bouts of breast cancer and see the dermatologist next Monday for tests to a mole on my back. I have lost both of my parents, several family members and close friends to cancer and, have been contending with it myself for the past 8 years. A doctor's prediction on timelines, is at best a guesstimate and several pass this date by quite a spell. I sincerely hope that you can prove the doctors wrong. this will bring up previous posts on this topic, which might help you to prepare for what lies ahead. If you want to hear other peoples' experience of grade 4 brain tumours, but only if you want to hear it as it really is, you can go to the blue banner at the top of this page, click search and enter your keywords into the box, then click again. He had 4 major operations and lived nearly 3 years longer than the doctors predicted.


I had a young friend of only 26, who had similar problems as your husband. You must both be absolutely stunned by this news and my heart goes out to you. I am so sorry to hear about your husband's diagnosis and to learn that they couldn't get the entire tumour out at time of surgery.
