Post OP

The operation was successful. There was good delineation between the tumour and the surrounding brain tissue. We drew breaths of relief.

But the worst thing about Post OP is waiting for results to come back from Pathology, not the operation itself. It was like waiting for days for exam results that you know are going to be crap. We kept optimistic and positive all the way through. Living for the moment.

My son, mother, partner and I all waited on the last day for the doctors to provide results. It was a Friday and the doctors had meetings all day. They wanted to wait until I was there so that they could tell us the bad news. I just missed them by 5 minutes. We started waiting in the morning at the hospital at around 10. It wasn't until 4 that we got the results that the tumour was a malignant glioblastome multiforme grade IV.