Hello all.
I have recently been diagnosed with one of these.
not really sure why i'm putting it on here, i'm not looking for sympathy or anything, i suppose i just need to write it down somewhere, so here we go.
a month ago i was taken into hospital with very strange confused like symptoms, kind of like i was having a nervous breakdown or something. after scans at Tameside revealed there was something on my brain, it was down to hope hospital 5 days later for the operation to remove it, and get it under the microscope.
Turns out its a grade 4 tumour, which is as bad as they get, and although the surgeon did remove everything he could see, its a really aggressive tumour, and will definately come back again.
so now i'm waiting basically. got an appointment at some point next week for my facial mould for when i'm having radiotherapy, and then waiting for my actual treatment to start. got 6 weeks of chaemotherapy and radiotherapy, got to have that everyday, and then re-scan to make sure its gone for now.
I'm 28 years old, got no kids of my own (2 stepkids) although we are doing everything in the next 4 weeks to get pregnant that we can ;D, although i will definately freeze it if not.
I'm currently planning a very quick wedding which everybody is helping out with as i was not planning on marriage yet, so there are people helping out all over the place.
Unfortunately for me my house and life aren't insured, so i've paid a mortgage for the last 5 years for bugger all, although my best mate has promised to keep it tenanted for me when i'm not here, so that the mrs and kids have got at least a little something to get on the ladder.
friends and family are amazing. My best mate has well stepped up, he's ran me, my girlfriend and my mum round everywhere. he's not missed one appointment. the rest of my friends have been ace, one is fixing my car up to sell it as i've been banned from driving since surgery (2 years), another offered me his Noel Gallagher ticket for free, a load of people throwing in for the wedding etc, its been fantastic, and makes me realise how important i am to people.
Man City have been fantastic, this was actually organised on mancityfans.net which i'm a regular;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X1NOrRMYJs&feature=feedu
Slim sorted that out for me which was amazing, and there is a little more going on behind the scenes at City that i can't say right now, but you'll probably see at some point, thanks to Tudor, Danny Wilson and my old man for that. I honestly couldn't ask for anymore tbh.
the way i'm feeling now is quite unreal. i feel amazing. no pain, no worries, etc. it'll be hard to imagine how i'm actually going to get ill, how its gonna feel an that, how quickly will i deteriorate etc? madness. i honestly think they've made a mistake. a misdiagnosis or summat? unbelievable.
I will keep you updated as we go on in this thread with how treatment etc goes and what not.
thanks
