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Brain Tumour Awareness Day
A year ago today, my Mum went for an MRI scan. She had symptoms of forgetfulness, dizziness, loss of balance, and headaches. She would forget the simplest of things. She had put tea in one night, but forgot, so Dad had cremated whatever it was. She still knew who we all were, but when around her, she wasn’t herself. She was spacey, not all there. Dad rang me worried. I
My Mum individually is strong, independent, kind, loving, beautiful, she is just amazing. All 3 of her kids and her 3 grandchildren think the world of her. She has never been one for getting ill, or sitting still, she’s always been doing something for as long as i can remember, so to be told that she had a brain tumour was more than a shock, it completely broke her (and
The Dr told us the MRI scan results, and all i remember was my Dads legs just sort of gave way like he was going to faint, then tears came to his eyes as he looked at me, and i watched my Dad fill up, i burst into tears and looked at my Mum. My strong beautiful Mum, who was also crying holding out her hand for Dad to grab onto. None of us expected that would of been the reason for all her symptoms. The Dr gave us sometime together to discuss it, and told us they would be admitting her.
She stayed in hospital that night, Dad, Nan (Mums’ Mum)
I got home at 1am. My partner and kids were in bed. I wasn’t ready to go to bed, i boiled the kettle and had a sweet cup of tea, and googled brain tumours. I wish i hadn’t. Some of the stuff on google was helpful, but some of it was scary. I put my phone down, sat in the front room with my cup of tea. I felt sick. Tears still streaming down my face, worrying about my Mum being in
In the morning, my partner asked how i was, i couldn’t say anything. My lips wobbled, my bottom jaw stuck out a bit as i sucked in my lips, and tears came down my face again. I knew i would be like this for a while. I needed to get my head around it. I’m so lucky he was so understanding, and he was there for me, and my Dad, and the kids when we needed him
I took on my Dads washing for him, as he was insistent on going back to work. Distraction i suppose. So i took care of the bits that if Mum was at home, she would be doing. I took Dad shopping, and he picked up a few bits for his tea. He came over to mine for dinner one afternoon before going to the hospital to visit Mum. We was up the hospital everyday. I didn’t take the kids up to see Nanny until the day before her operation. They were asking after her i felt they needed to see her, plus, i wasn’t completely sure what would happen during
She got transferred to Derriford hospital. They seemed pretty good up there. Visiting hours were a bit more strict, but we still saw her every day, well tried too. She had her operation. Dad, my partner, and myself went up to see her. She was completely out of it. They had shaved off the majority of her hair, she had tubes everywhere. I stood at the end of the bed just staring at my Mum.
She
It has took a year to get my Mum back and feeling herself again, on the road to getting her driving license back, along with her independence and freedom. Not that not being able to drive has stopped her from venturing out and about. She’s always out, always doing stuff. She’s definitely getting back to her self, lol. Throughout it all, she has been absolutely amazing. My Dads strength to get through it aswel, and step up to be there for Mum, was so lovely to watch. After 32 years of