Ben's Brain Tumour Blog

Back from Queens Square London, the meeting with the surgeons went well, they offered me a more aggressive surgery than the other centres, not sure whether that’s because they are more confident in themselves or what? Anyway they are going to dig a little deeper than the others and aim for a 90% resection. They have a theatre with an MRI scanner in it, and I’ll be in and out of the scanner throughout the surgery. Surgery is booked for the 16 th January and a functional MRI sometime in December to view the motor tracts. He said the most likely side effect will be left sided weakness/paralysis which is usually temporary. All further future scans will have to be at London too. After the appointment we went to an Italian restaurant for lunch and then on to the British museum before our train home. Rarely do I leave an appointment day feeling better about everything but I did this time. I’ve got Christmas to look forward to knowing I’ve got the best treatment I can get. Too m...

After discovering my referral to London had been sitting on a secretary’s desk for two weeks instead of being sent, it was nice to see queens square process everything so fast and get me in the following week. So tomorrow we’re travelling up to London on the train which is really expensive for 3 adults. I haven’t fully recovered from a stomach bug yet and I’m a bit stressed about all the travel. The appointment is on Wednesday morning so hopefully afterwards we can go into the British Museum which is next door before we travel home so I’m looking forward to that! I’m having an increasing frequency of headaches which I’m not sure if its stress or cancer but I think it’s about time it came out. hope you're all having a good week, nearly Christmas :)

No news on the treatment front yet, so this is mostly going to be a boring blog about cancer metabolism theory and me trying to implement it. If you have cancer it might be vaguely interesting to you. If you don’t it will probably bore the socks off you. Bit of Depression I t’s been my roughest few days mentally since diagnosis; I’ve slipped into depression for a couple reasons. My girlfriend started her job five hours away from my home so that means seeing a lot less of her. My current year group is back in university this week after 6 months apart from each other away on placement, whilst my old year group have all started their careers all over the UK and all over the world. It feels like the life that I should be having has left the station without me on board. Also, It doesn’t take many negative thoughts to let the rest of them come flowing in. I’ve known this week would be rough. But it’s harder than I thought. I know there’s a chance that I will be able to re-join un...