August 10th 2010 Lisa was diagnosed with Glioblastoma Multiforme on the right frontal area of her brain. 

This came after an eleven day bout of excruciating headaches. In time she underwent surgery that removed 100% of the visible tumour and at the same time had chemo wafers inserted into the tumour site.  At her MRI appointment in July 2011 the tumour appeared to be at the same stage as after surgery. However, a new tumour was detected on the opposite hemisphere and was unrelated to the original tumour.  Sadly, this new tumour was inoperable.  Effects of the left-side tumour began very rapidly.

In August 2011 the entire family, including kids, parents, sister, brother, husbands and partners, took a holiday together in Turkey following the frightening, new prognosis. It was during this time, not even a month since the new tumour had been detected that we noticed the right-hand –side of Lisa’s mouth had began to droop.  Within a week of returning home from our holiday Lisa’s speech became progressively slurred and she had problems in finding the correct words.  A few days later she was hospitalised for a week, as she had lost the use of her right arm and her speech had become increasingly worse.  By the time September came Lisa had begun using a wheelchair and needed more full-time care.  October 6th 2011, was the day that Lisa began to fall in and out of consciousness, and the day that marked the beginning of her final battle.  On October 13th 2011, at 12:07 our beautiful, daughter, mother, sister, aunt, partner and friend, took her final breath.