I don't really know what to say or where to start. To cut a long story short in January my mum was admitted to hospital with a suspected stroke. They then found a tumour in her brain. But without investigation they couldn't say it was cancerous or not.
She had an op on 1st Feb to take a biopsy and as much of the tumour as possible. The op went well but the biopsy showed that mum had a grade 4 glioblastoma. Mum actually thanked the nurse who delivered the bad news. Mum said she didn't want to know anything.... no prognosis or anything. So me and 1 of my sisters who was there at that meeting couldn't react. I knew this wasn't good. I was given permission to speak to nurse away from mum and ask what I wanted.
I was told without treatment mum had 3 months.
But with brain tumours the prognosis goes from around the 3 months to a year.... with 5 in 100 people passing the 3 years.
Mum decided on treatment. She had 6 weeks of radiotherapy along side chemotherapy tablets. That finished mid april. I've not been told how treatment worked...and I know mum won't ask. I know the treatment won't have cured her.... but was wondering if anyone has experienced anything similar and could offer some information on what the radiotherapy could have done... and how it effects prognosis. What to expect next etc. Thank you. X
