Stories

Di Pooley is a Committee Member with BTAA. She was diagnosed with a Grade 1 fibroblastic meningioma in 2016.

Cate Baldwin is a Committee Member with BTAA. She was diagnosed with a Grade 4 glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) in the right hemisphere of her brain in mid-2018.

Diane Dunn is a Committee Member with BTAA. She has an inoperable Grade 2 oligodendroglioma in her right parietal lobe.

Lyn Phelan is a long-term GBM survivor and her brain tumour experience features on the High Grade Glioma video on the Multi-cultural section of this website. https://www.btaa.org.au/resources/languages/english

Jack was one of six sons of Ken Fleming. He was diagnosed with Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) in July 2016 and died in April 2018, 22 months into his battle, and aged just 21.

In 2011 Colin McCulloch was struck down with a life-threatening brain tumour, an ependymoma. His tumour was in the centre of his brain and the size of a small orange.