Diagnosed with a brain tumour
Get well soon Seve.
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Thread: Seve Ballesteros
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12-10-2008 09:49 PM #2This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Hopefully he'll make a speedy recovery.
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12-10-2008 09:52 PM #3
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Hope he makes a full recovery ..
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12-10-2008 09:54 PM #4
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The way SSN were going on about him earlier (talking about him in the past tense etc) I assumed they had been tipped off that he was a goner.
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13-10-2008 12:10 AM #5This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
The thing with brain surgery is that you can't remove any 'margins'. Again speaking from experience, if you have an opp on your lungs for example, they will take away the spot plus a 1-2cm margin around the spot to make sure they remove any possible spread but that isn't possible with the brain so there will always be cells left that will continue growing without further treatment no matter how skilled the surgeon.
As I say, it will very much depend on the type and location.
Radiotherapy took care of it for 2.5 years for me but I had to have 2 opps in june and august, this year, to remove active cancer cells but the Surgeon wasn't convinced about doing the surgery due to the high risks.
I'm now undergoing chemotherapy to try and get rid of it once and for all but it's not guaranteed as the brain has a natural barrier called the blood brain barrier to stop infections.
Anyway this is my 7th time since it started when I was 14 and i'm still here so there's always hope.
Sorry for the long post but you are all now qualified neurosurgeons.
Good luck on the journey Seve. I can recommend a few good surgeons.Last edited by Houchy; 13-10-2008 at 11:04 AM.
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13-10-2008 07:24 AM #6
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13-10-2008 07:41 AM #7This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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13-10-2008 11:07 AM #9This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
All the best mate.
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13-10-2008 01:20 PM #10This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I've been along the path that Seve will soon be travelling so I think it's Seve that needs the best wishes right now.
As I say, I really appreciate all the comments and regards from everyone (so don't mean to sound ungratefull), but I don't want all the focus taken away from the OP (which I realise you started).
Thanks again everyone.
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14-10-2008 01:28 PM #11
Don't want to put a downer on what is already a gloomy enough topic, but thus far, right down to the age (Seve is even younger god forbid) at which this happened, Seve's case is presenting a mirror image of that of my dad, and he was dead within 10 weeks of the initial diagnosis.
We can only hope to God that this isn't the case in Seve's case, and that the media respects his wishes for privacy.
GGTTH
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14-10-2008 01:39 PM #12This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
When I think back to when rally driver Richard Burns was struck down with a brain tumour, I always thought with him being a young man in his prime he would pull through. It was naive of me to think so as the poor guy eventually succumbed to the illness.
I hope Seves prognosis is more positive.
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15-10-2008 05:15 PM #14
I see that he had his surgery yesterday and is intensive care (which is standard practice after a craniotomy).
Reports are that it went without complications.
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15-10-2008 05:21 PM #15This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
He said himself that when the radiographers showed him his x-ray, his lungs had so many white (cancer) spots, "they were like snowglobes"
Chemotherapy did work in his case and is currently doing extremely well.
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16-10-2008 12:51 PM #16
Just reported that the great man has had a further operation to remove pressure from the brain/head, after his health took a turn for the worse.
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16-10-2008 05:03 PM #17This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Fingers crossed Seve can pull through from this latest setback.
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