National Brain Tumour Awareness Week
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Dear Editor We are all familiar with the announcement on airplanes before take-off to put on your oxygen mask first before tending to others.
The same is true when looking after someone with a brain tumour. You have to make sure that you give yourself room to breathe too.
That’s why, on Tuesday October 22, as part of National Brain Tumour Awareness Week, Brain Tumour Ireland will host an evening webinar “Who cares for me? Challenging the carer to care for themselves too”.
The online event will feature contributions from broadcaster and mental health advocate, Keith Walsh, and leading psychotherapist, Bríd O’Meara, on the importance of looking after ourselves first if we are to best look after our loved ones.
With lots of helpful self-care tips and advice, the webinar will also feature the lived experiences of people who have been diagnosed with a brain tumour and their families.
It’s worth reflecting that, each year, approximately 800 people are diagnosed here with a brain or other central nervous system tumour, including around 60 children and young people.
That’s 800 families who each year have to come to terms with news that inevitably turns their lives upside-down.
Brain Tumour Ireland is here to support anyone who has received a brain tumour diagnosis, as well as their families.
If you have any questions about brain tumours, or would like more information, telephone 085 7219000, Monday to Thursday, 9am to 5pm.
In the meantime, registration for the webinar is completely free. For details of this, and other events taking place as part of the National Brain Tumour Awareness Week, visit www.braintumourireland.com Yours sincerely, Fiona Keegan Chief Executive Brain Tumour Ireland Carmichael Centre North Brunswick Street Dublin 7
