Tag: emergency brain surgery

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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Childhood Meatloaf and Anne/ Le pain de viande de l’enfance et Anne

Childhood Meatloaf and Anne/ Le pain de viande de l’enfance et Anne La version française de cette vignette suit la version anglaise. When I was a child, growing up in Georgetown, Ontario (1955-1964), my parents were struggling financially. One way that my mother devised to economize was to bake meatloaf cut with breadcrumbs. A lot..

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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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