brain tumour research campaign

Dan Wiggins was first diagnosed with a grade Il brain tumour after a grand mal seizure in April 2006 when he was 30. Since then he has received a variety of treatments including a craniotomy last year to de-bulk the tumour. At that time he found out that the tumour had been re-classified as a grade III or IV and his doctors recommended he should start to receive regular chemotherapy and radiotherapy at Charing Cross Hospital. Dan is married to Lucy and has been involved with the charity Brain Tumour Research Campaign (BTRC). Read Dan’s story

Melissa Huggins is an attractive twenty-eight year old primary school teacher with a Grade lll Anaplastic Ependymoma brain tumour and further tumours in her spine. She was diagnosed in 2005 after many years of not knowing what was wrong. In 2009 with the help of her sister, fiancé and friends she raised £250,000 to send her to Boston, US for proton therapy to shrink the tumour. She has since had chemotherapy and radiotherapy and is back teaching at school three days a week. Read Melissa’s story

Alexandra Drummond – In 2007 after a sudden unprecedented series of fits Alexandra (then 33) was diagnosed with a brain tumour. While it was suspected to be benign, surgeons were keen to operate as quickly as possible using a new type of equipment called the SonoWand, which would help to remove as much of the tumour as possible. Three years on she is healthy, happy and heavily involved in fundraising and campaigning for the work of the charity Brain Tumour Research Campaign (BTRC). Despite needing to take anti-seizure medicine for the rest of her life she is surprisingly up-beat and keen to use her experience to help others who have been affected by brain tumours. Alexandra’s story