Tag: family
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Family celebrates medication milestone
Alexander, 10, can now have treatment at home and his family can close their crowdfunding page.
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The Glad Game and the Power of Positivity
The Glad Game has been turned into a book, play and film, to help people stay positive during the darkest times.
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Life-changing treatment means Zac lives a relatively normal life
Zachery Eckworth, now 11 years and living in Hampshire, was just 14 months old when we was diagnosed with an optic nerve glioma.
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“This should never have been part of Ramona’s life”
Ramona Read was just nine-years-old when she was diagnosed with a low-grade pilocytic astrocytoma in 2021. Her mum, Vicky, shares their story ahead of their appearance on Channel 4’s The Dog House – where families are matched with dogs who hope to find their forever home.
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Parents mark £10,000 fundraising milestone after loss of son, Khushil, to a brain tumour
Namrata and Bhavesh Pandya, from Harrow, are calling for more research into DIPG brain tumours
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Navigating the path unknown –James’ story.
James was first diagnosed with a brain tumour after having a seizure in 2018. Since then, he has had two awake craniotomies and a string of treatment types. Here, he shares his story on how he has navigated the uncertainty which came with it all.
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Family share how they are coping with dad’s incurable brain tumour.
A family has shared how they are preparing themselves, including their teenage children, for losing their father after he was diagnosed with an incurable brain tumour.
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Sky is the limit for daughter who lost her mum to a brain tumour
A daughter who cared for her mum after being diagnosed with a terminal brain tumour is taking on a sponsored skydive to raise money for The Brain Tumour Charity to help fund vital research to find a cure for the disease.
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Mum diagnosed with brain tumour is putting her best foot forward.
A mum who was diagnosed with a brain tumour is taking on a fun run with her family to help find a cure for the disease.
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Dad’s tumour recurs as family prepare for daughter to be born.
A dad says his career in the British Army gave him the coping mechanisms to manage a terminal brain tumour diagnosis alongside the birth of his second child.
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Family blighted by son’s undiagnosed brain tumour.
A family is calling for greater awareness of the disease amongst the medical community after their son’s brain tumour was undiagnosed for nearly a decade.
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Mum recognised signs of her brain tumour on ‘First Dates’.
A mum says her brain tumour went undiagnosed and blamed on anxiety until she saw someone with the same symptoms on Channel 4’s ‘First Dates’.
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Dad with terminal brain tumour says losing driving licence was toughest part.
A dad with a terminal brain tumour says losing his driving license was incredibly difficult as it took away his independence and role in the family.
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Mum desperate to know what type of brain tumour daughter has.
A mum is living with the awful uncertainty of not knowing what tumour type her teenage daughter has despite several surgeries, ongoing treatment and two recurrences.
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“We thought Dad had brain fog after his Covid vaccination.”
Laura Hobbs lost her 72-year-old dad to an aggressive brain tumour just 25 days after having symptoms the family originally thought were a reaction to the Covid vaccination.
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Daughter diagnosed with brain tumour after losing her mum to the disease.
A woman who was diagnosed with a brain tumour less than two years after losing her mum to the disease is encouraging others to live life by seizing the day.
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Mum fundraising after brain tumour nearly took her sight.
A pregnant mum-of-three, who feared that she would never see the face of her unborn son as a brain tumour was crushing her optic nerve, is fundraising to find a cure for the disease.
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Childhood Cancer Awareness Month: Xander’s story.
A family spent the pandemic making memories with their four-year-old son who lost his life just a few months later to one of the most aggressive brain tumours his doctors had ever seen.
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Couple return from trip of a lifetime to shock brain tumour diagnosis.
An adventurous couple who had just spent two months of their retirement in Australia and New Zealand returned home just ahead of the Covid pandemic to receive a shock brain tumour diagnosis.
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“My dreams of being a professional footballer were dashed by my brain tumour.”
Rhys Holmes, 31 from Newport in South Wales, spent his childhood dreaming of playing football before his young hopes were dashed when he started having symptoms of what would be diagnosed as a brain tumour.
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“My son’s brain tumour reminded us that life is unpredictable,” says devoted mum.
The family of a young boy who had proton beam therapy following his brain tumour diagnosis have said that the pandemic actually helped with Noah’s recovery.
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Husband and dad shares the acute pain of losing his beloved wife to a brain tumour.
A husband has shared the grief he and their two children have experienced since losing his wife to a brain tumour just three months after her diagnosis.
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Grieving sister fundraising to find a cure for brain tumours.
A grieving sister says she will spend the rest of her life raising funds to find a cure for brain tumours after her sister died from the disease just three months after her diagnosis.
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‘Brain tumour is just part of my life now’ says daughter as she returns to work.
An ambitious young woman has got back to the career she loves having been diagnosed with a brain tumour three years ago.