ah Vicky thats lovely that he did that for you.

Nelly, I hope Jake doesn't get it!! I hope you recover quickly.

Gigi, thanks mate.

Its hard, sometimes I almost forget abou tit, and then other times I feel totally lost & think OMG my mum has a brain tumour . Today was her second MRI, the first confirmed an acoustic neuroma tumour. The second is to check out its exact location and how operable it is. We are actually hoping for surgery, in a way it would be easier. The other option is chemotherapy to slow or stop the growth. But for the last 4 years or so we have found that she's been having huge issues communicating, and its caused huge grief for my brother & I. I have been feeling that she's not "hearing" me, listening but not absorbing what I'm saying... I have felt misunderstood by her and ignored. Well... this is the reason why. That is exactly what this tumour does. It sits on the ear canal and disrupts hearing as well as cognitive brain function and processing of the information through hearing.... does that make sense? So it actually can explain her erratic behaviour & we would love for it to be so simple as taking it away....

Thats what next week decides, the course of action for her tumour. Scary stuff. DH & I decided to get a loan and have me & the girls go over to be there.