Category: Supporter stories

A pregnant mum-of-three, who feared that she would never see the face of her unborn son as a brain tumour was crushing her optic nerve, is fundraising to find a cure for the disease.

A family spent the pandemic making memories with their four-year-old son who lost his life just a few months later to one of the most aggressive brain tumours his doctors had ever seen.

Rhudi Baume-Kennedy, 20, explains how his experience of spending nine months trying to get a diagnosis for his symptoms has driven his support for The Charity’s work.

An adventurous couple who had just spent two months of their retirement in Australia and New Zealand returned home just ahead of the Covid pandemic to receive a shock brain tumour diagnosis.

A dedicated dad has cycled from Land’s End to John O’Groats to raise money for The Brain Tumour Charity after his daughter was diagnosed when she was studying at University.

A young woman has revealed how she turned to the party lifestyle to help deal with the emotional trauma she experienced when she was diagnosed with a brain tumour.

The family of a young boy who had proton beam therapy following his brain tumour diagnosis have said that the pandemic actually helped with Noah’s recovery.

A husband has shared the grief he and their two children have experienced since losing his wife to a brain tumour just three months after her diagnosis.

A loving wife who lost her husband of nearly 20 years to a brain tumour has shared the memories they made during their eight years together following his diagnosis.

A grieving sister says she will spend the rest of her life raising funds to find a cure for brain tumours after her sister died from the disease just three months after her diagnosis.

A mighty challenge in tribute to much loved father to raise funds for vital research

John Royden is undertaking quite an epic challenge in July to raise vital funds for The Brain Tumour Charity

An ambitious young woman has got back to the career she loves having been diagnosed with a brain tumour three years ago.

A daughter whose beloved dad first had symptoms on her wedding day of the incurable brain tumour which took his life has climbed Mount Snowdon for The Brain Tumour Charity.

A daughter has shared how her dad positively inspired her after he was diagnosed with a terminal brain tumour a week before their joint 18th and 50th birthdays.

A husband and dad-of-three who has a brain tumour turned his radiotherapy mask into a piece of art to commemorate his life changing experiences since his diagnosis.

A family is participating in a virtual online balloon race to raise funds to help find a cure for brain tumours after losing their beloved relative, Julie Fisher, to the disease.

Yvette spent Lockdown having daily radiotherapy for a brain tumour – the symptoms of which had originally been put down to carpel tunnel syndrome.

While there’s no escaping the grief caused by losing someone to a brain tumour, our supporters have shared how they made sure those final moments count.

A mum who was diagnosed with a brain tumour during Lockdown last year has had to teach her two-year-old son what to do if his mummy has a seizure.

Dominique, mother-of-two, reveals how she was diagnosed with a brain tumour just three weeks after giving birth and the toll this took on her mental health.

Kirstin, a communications professional and mum-of-two, had vivid hallucinations and visual disturbances put down to an ear infection before she was diagnosed with a brain tumour.

A daughter who lost her beloved dad to the most aggressive form of brain tumour has shared her heartfelt and candid motivation for completing fundraising challenges to support The Brain Tumour Charity.

“Do not doubt the potential which you carry within yourself” is the powerful mantra of an inspirational woman whose marriage collapsed after she had been diagnosed with multiple brain tumours.