Interesting

Looks like something worth watching and hopefully it will generate more interest and awareness. Missed last night unfortunately but will certainly watch next week:
http://www.channel5.com/shows/brain-hospital-saving-lives/articles/about-the-show#comments

New weekly show from Liverpool's Walton Centre.
The series follows some of its most impressive, groundbreaking surgical stories through the stories of the patients, each of whom suffers from a different neurological condition.

"The brain is the bit that makes you, you," says neurosurgeon Andrew Brodbelt. But what happens when something goes wrong with it?

Where Have I Been?

I have to say I have been a really bad blogger for the latter part of 2012. I don't know where time went.

After leaving Australia and returning to Cyprus I went through the usual routine of re-nesting at home. Completely cleaned the house from top to bottom, decided on a few new pictures, had a few things fixed and thought about redecorating. My husband called a halt at that as he thought he may have to become involved - hanging up new pictures was enough of a challenge! DIY has never been his strong point - luckily, I didn't marry him for those talents. Lol.

Christmas and New Year were quiet and very pleasant and before I knew where I was I had woken up in 2013 with a few more inches to my waist!

I feel enthusiastic and excited for my plans for this year and we have now completed and launched out new Kindle Course showing anyone who wishes to self-publish on Amazon exactly how to do it. You will see that my book is now up on Amazon for anyone with a Kindle, iPad, iPhone or eReader so head on over to Amazon and take a look.

If anyone else is interested in getting a book up in front of loads of people on the Amazon market, whether it is to help people or tell their own story take a close look at mine and my husbands course. It's real easy - I promise!

How To Create And Sell Ebooks On Kindle

Have a great New year everyone and keep well.

Life After A Meningioma Brain Tumor - 6 Years On!

Life Is Worth Living! Check out my beautiful visitors while I was living on the paradise island of Magnetic. These two and their friends visited daily and their favourite nibble was green grapes.

So I left that lovely island to return home to my lovely island of Cyprus where it is hot, hot, hot.

Having just spent a lovely 6 months living on a paradise island in Queensland I truly appreciate the sayings 'Life is for living' and 'Live life to the full because this is not a rehearsal'.

Loved it, Loved it, Love it!

Now back home in Cyprus where the sun is still shining and life is on a go slow because of the heat - suits me just fine!

Enjoy summer everyone!

If you want to read more about my experience with meningioma symptoms, diagnosis and surgery, pick my book up at:

http://www.mybraintumour.com

I promise it is a light read and will hopefully offer some encouragement and calm to many of you that may have recently been diagnosed.

New Brain Cancer Vaccine Trial To Start In UK

Any news regarding clinical trials anywhere in the world is always welcomed by any brain tumour sufferer or family of one, especially if that person is suffering one of the most aggressive forms i.e. Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM).

Glioblastoma Multiforme is one of the most common types of primary brain tumours and also one of the most aggressive. In the UK, the present time of survival following diagnosis is between 12-18 months, a sentence no one wants to hear!

In the US, this trial has already been undertaken and it has shown to significantly extend the life of the patient, without any toxic side effects, to an average survival time of 3 years. Not much more I hear you say but still progress. Any extra time to do what you want and to be with who you want to be with for that extended period will always be a bonus to me if my quality of life can also be sustained.

A leading Neuro-Oncologist from Kings College Hospital will be undertaking these trials and what they entail is using the patients tumour to develop a personalised vaccine that is then injected into the patients arm. In the case of Glioblastoma Multiforme patients, they usually undergo surgery to remove as much of the tumour as possible and then the removed tumour is used to develop the vaccine.

Great news for the UK and for the fight against brain tumours. More research is still required for trials such as this and as we can see from the Brain Tumour UK site, more action is required from parliament as brain tumour research is badly underfunded in the
UK.

For more information on the 'Brain tumour patients and carers join mass lobby of Parliament' story from Brain Tumour UK, visit:

http://www.braintumouruk.org.uk/brain-tumour-patients-and-carers-join-mass-lobby-of-parliament

For more information on the new trials being undertaken by King’s College London, visit:

http://www.kcl.ac.uk/newsevents/news/newsrecords/2012/05May/Brain-Cancer-Vaccine.aspx

Meningioma Brain Tumour - 6 Years On

Today, six years ago, a fabulous neurosurgeon was delving about in my head. He successfully found my brain and removed the intruder camping out on top completely.

Six years on, my head still itches continuously and my hair grows thicker on that side of my head but I have no side effects that I know of that I can put down solely to the removal of my meningioma brain tumour.

LIFE IS GREAT!

Here's to another great year!

Cheers Everyone