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    DD, Aged 17

    When people would talk they didn't know what to say which was understandable.  more...

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    Mimi - 15 years old

    I lost myself doing stupid things, angry and sad and depressed at everything. I ended up failing my classes, not caring about school, and getting into fights.  more...

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    Chelsea - 14 years old

    I stuck my head round the door in the room mum was in, and she looked really ill. I couldn't understand what was happening - one minute my mum was fine and the next she was ill.  more...

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    Clair - aged 14

    Something I wish is I could just have one more day with my dad! - to tell him how much I love him and how sorry I am for all the bad things I have said and done to him!  more...

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    Nicole - 17 years old

    This time the doctors are unable to operate. He has already had 6 sessions of chemo and is having another 6 sessions. I cannot help feeling I may lose him.  more...

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    Rirrif - 15 years old

    I have been staying with my dad because my mom doesn't want me around when she is sick, which is all the time. My dad works at night so I spend a lot of time alone since I'm not with my mom. I'm afraid she is going to die and I'll blame myself for not being there more. more...

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    HT - 13 years old

    She has been so strong about this and is keen to put it all behind her.  more...


Mixed Gliomas

In our brains and spinal cords, different cells have different jobs. It is the job of glial cells to support the other cells. When a tumour is created in the glial cells it is called a glioma. There are different types of glial cells (supporting cells). The types include astrocyte cells, ependymal cells and oligodendrocyte cells. A mixed glioma then is a tumour that has been made from a mixture of the different types of glioma cells. This means that more than one type of glioma cell has divided uncontrollably to create a lump. Usually the mixed glioma is named after the types of cells that have divided. An epenyoma - astrotytoma therefore is a mixed glioma made from the astrocyte cells and ependymal cells.