Tumour of the brain

[sg]

I've Googled this of course, but can you give me second/third hand accounts of the death of a friend or loved one, from a brain tumour.
no need to be kind, just clinical.
many thanks

['gravitate']

sg it really depends on the situation. inevitably their life will be significantly cut short but with new technologies that can be delayed and a normal life can be had for further years. do u have any more information?

['gravitate']

steve that is a really bad predicament. my mum has both liver and lung cancer. i just hope she can at least get some quality life with her family before its too late. the only chance of that is through hard core meds. they can delay it a lot so i hope it does for my case and sg's case

[sg]

so many thanks for your kind and prompt answers. Below i will paste a report, from a colleague of a surgeon that my brother knows, who was privvy to my dad's scans.
Diffuse glyoma grade 4, started in one region (left occipital lobe) but appears to be crossing the central pathway and also heading down to the basal ganglia. Central is 4cm but has many arms. Considered inoperable, suggested course of radiotherapy, median expectancy 9 months. I saw the MRI scans in detail and even I could tell that an operation would be impossible, there seemed to be so many parts to it. Immediate prognosis is gradual loss of use of right arm and leg, but this is actually secondary as the tumour spreads forward. It is aggressive and fast growing. RT will only be to hold things at bay. Not expected to treat the tumour at all and may be irrelevant.

[sg]

flippin' eck!
not looking good, but they tell me the brain is first thing
to go so a vegetative state at death but i reckon that's b******s because it's going to be painful, and long.

[sg]

thank you gravitate, and I empathise, as you will understand.

[sg]

and to you steve.5

[LoftyLottie2]

I could because my father died from a brain tumour. But this wouldn't help you at all. Brain tumours take many varied forms and affect people in so many different ways. No two people are alike even if they have identical illnesses. I have known quite a few people who have suffered with brain tumours and none of their illnesses, or subsequent deaths were alike.

I think anybody with clinical, in depth knowledge will agree.

[LoftyLottie2]

When I posted my reply there were no other replies on here?? Where are gravitates' postings. I am confused.

[cazzz1975]

he has been banned, he will be back in a jiffy

[LoftyLottie2]

Thank you cazz, they must have been editing this whole thread as I was posting because I couldn't see any answers at all! I thought I was going mad.

[baileybird]

i lost my dearest friend aged 21 from a tumour in 1984 and the whole episode still haunts me. I miss him so much.
He was 21 months from diagnosis to death, and it was so far advanced there was nothing really they could do, although they tried everything. It was described as being like trying to take the veins out of a stilton cheese. Afte.r 2 big operations he was left paralyised
Last year another friend of mine died and was 6 weeks from diagnosis to death from a brain tumour.
However my friends uncle had his removed and lived for many many years before dying of old age.

[weeal]

My dad had 4 brain tumours and very quickly couldnt eat, walk or talk, he lasted only 6 weeks.

[sg]

Yeh, gravitate's gone, is he some kind of troll etc?
ok LL, hey, I used to be on Chatterbank all the time and made some firm friends! but that was a couple of years ago.
So i don't know. was he/she a p*ss take? well, `i'm not bothered.
Goodness me BB, My dear old dad turned 75 last week.
I can understand the stilton analogy, the way it's described to me.
Thanks again

[baileybird]

Despite what you say SG the brain is not the last thing to go always - my friend was perfectly aware - and very very frightened - right up until the day he died - which was from other organ failure. It was the most terrible thing I have ever seen and still makes me sob thinking about the whole episode.
As another poster said - each case is so different.

[sg]

weeal, thank you.
jees, it's not easy, but it does provide some comfort and strength, thanks to Answserbank!
x

[sg]

bb , I apprecieate candour.
Don't want to be fluffed, so thanks go to you.

[baileybird]

I am really thinking about you and your family. Bless you x

[sg]

bless you too bb,
my sincere thanks to you,
sg