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31.03.2023 - 04:13 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A brave Scots mum says she feels completely “helpless” after three generations of her family have been ‘decimated’ by deadly brain tumours. Claire Cordiner tragically lost her mum Margaret O’Kane, 66, in October 2008 after she was diagnosed with a glioblastoma (GBM).
Just over a year later, the grieving mum-of-two then lost her sister Angie Jones, 36, who passed away after her own battle with the killer disease. The 54-year-old is now preparing to say goodbye to her late sister’s only child Max, 18, who is receiving end-of-life care after being diagnosed with the same condition in June last year.
Claire, who grew up in Wishaw but now lives in Edinburgh, said: “Brain tumours have absolutely devastated our family. They are so unpredictable and can affect anyone at any age. I felt totally helpless not being able to do anything for Mum and Angie, and I feel helpless now for my nephew Max.
“There is so little funding or brain tumours which is disgraceful. So much more needs to be done to research this cruel disease.” Claire told how the family’s ordeal began in 2004 when sister Angie, from East Kilbride, started getting pains in her legs, which would occasionally give way.
Her GP sent her to University Hospital Hairmyres in East Kilbride where an MRI scan revealed the tumour. After initially refusing treatment because she was trying to conceive a second child, Angie later began chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
In September 2007, mum Margaret went to hospital after thinking she had suffered a mini stroke. She was later discharged and appeared to be fine until she was suddenly unable to hold a conversation. An MRI scan revealed she had two brain tumours.
Claire said: “It was a difficult time because Angie was going through her own
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