Tag: brain tumor

Weetabix Revisited in the Wake of Brain Cancer

Weetabix Revisited in the Wake of Brain Cancer   Until my wife Anne  was suddenly stricken by glioblastoma, the very aggressive, incurable form of brain cancer that befell her a mere six weeks ago,  she could not live without her daily hit of Weetabix. Even on  Christmas morning, she devoured a delicious bowl of this..

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Chipmunks from a Georgetown childhood and my wife as a chipmunk today

Chipmunks from a Georgetown childhood and my wife as a chipmunk today   As I’ve written elsewhere, when I was a small child growing up in Georgetown, Ontario, I had the gooiest of soft spots for all animal creatures, fictional or otherwise. Every night before bed, my dad would read me a story featuring the..

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The tragically hip and the tragical blip: Anne faces glioblastoma, a fatal cancer of the brain

The tragically hip and the tragical blip: Anne faces glioblastoma, a fatal cancer of the brain   My wife Anne has been stricken by an incurable, highly aggressive form of brain cancer known as glioblastoma:   Glioblastoma – Wikipedia   Voici un lien en français:   https://www.braintumour.ca/fr/types_de_tumeurs_cerebrales/glioblastome/   Her life expectancy is about 12 to..

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My wife Anne has brain cancer/ Mon épouse Anne est atteinte d’un cancer du cerveau

My wife Anne has brain cancer/ Mon épouse Anne est atteinte d’un cancer du cerveau   La version française de ce compte-rendu suit la version anglaise.   Anne had emergency brain surgery on Monday, May 12. The operation lasted about five hours and was deemed a “success” in so far as the surgical team managed..

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