This is so horrible. The poor lad travelled abroad and spent thousands on treatment just a few weeks ago. I saw the clip of him on stage in a wheelchair at their tour and it was so sad to see.
RIP Tom. You seemed like a lovely guy.
I wouldnt wish dying of a brain tumour on anyone. RIP.
Some solace in the fact his wife and kids will hopefully be fairly financially secure due to his success with the band.
It goes without saying that 33 is absolutely no age to die.
Incredibly sad. I remember watching an interview he did last year and he seemed like such a positive and inspirational young man, despite the terminal illness.
He said to live each day like it’s your last.
My brothers got a different type of brain tumour.. grade 2, manageable at the moment. It’s brain tumour awareness month…
This news has left me with a fucking empty feeling, and I don’t know or care about this guy. Feel sorry for those who do. Scary shit.
Very sad news. Glioblastoma is an absolutely devastating, brutal disease. Most common form of brain cancer. Average survival rate less than 2 years. No cure.
Someone I distantly worked with died of it last year. Her and Tom were treated by the same consultant. There are some brilliant academics and clinicians pouring their lives into finding better treatments for this horrible disease but as with all clinical research it is slow going, and brain cancer is one of the least funded cancer areas in terms of research if I remember rightly.
RIP Tom. Hope his family have every support around them right now.
Glioblastoma again. My sister died of this in 2020 at the age of 32, leaving behind a very young son.
I don’t know whether it’s just the case that I have more awareness of the disease now, but it seems like everywhere I look more and more cases are appearing. And despite it mainly appearing in older males, the gene that causes it seems to be triggering in younger and younger people.
It’s a shame that some tumours are inoperable or don’t go away with treatment or you end up being a lucky one and be cured of this disease.
My dad was 49 when he died of cancer (sarcoma) the doctors knew about it for years and didn’t tell my dad until 18 months before his death that it was at stage 4, and that he wouldn’t survive due to how aggressive it was. We did chemo and radiotherapy; and nothing worked; even though it was the worst time, I will always cherish how my dad didn’t let it ruin most of his days and he always found time to laugh and be a dad. Because Tom is right, we should all live our days like it’s our last.
My thoughts go out to Tom’s family and anyone else who is going through the cancer journey and maybe one day we stop seeing sad news like this because fuck cancer.
https://btrc-charity.org/
They do a lot of research on glioblastoma Multiforme, I have a young family member who was diagnosed in 2020, we’re very lucky to still have her with us as she was diagnosed as terminal last year.
Thoughts are with Tom’s family and friends and for anyone else affected by this horrible disease.
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This is so horrible. The poor lad travelled abroad and spent thousands on treatment just a few weeks ago. I saw the clip of him on stage in a wheelchair at their tour and it was so sad to see.
RIP Tom. You seemed like a lovely guy.
I wouldnt wish dying of a brain tumour on anyone. RIP.
Some solace in the fact his wife and kids will hopefully be fairly financially secure due to his success with the band.
It goes without saying that 33 is absolutely no age to die.
Incredibly sad. I remember watching an interview he did last year and he seemed like such a positive and inspirational young man, despite the terminal illness.
He said to live each day like it’s your last.
My brothers got a different type of brain tumour.. grade 2, manageable at the moment. It’s brain tumour awareness month…
This news has left me with a fucking empty feeling, and I don’t know or care about this guy. Feel sorry for those who do. Scary shit.
Very sad news. Glioblastoma is an absolutely devastating, brutal disease. Most common form of brain cancer. Average survival rate less than 2 years. No cure.
Someone I distantly worked with died of it last year. Her and Tom were treated by the same consultant. There are some brilliant academics and clinicians pouring their lives into finding better treatments for this horrible disease but as with all clinical research it is slow going, and brain cancer is one of the least funded cancer areas in terms of research if I remember rightly.
RIP Tom. Hope his family have every support around them right now.
Glioblastoma again. My sister died of this in 2020 at the age of 32, leaving behind a very young son.
I don’t know whether it’s just the case that I have more awareness of the disease now, but it seems like everywhere I look more and more cases are appearing. And despite it mainly appearing in older males, the gene that causes it seems to be triggering in younger and younger people.
It’s a shame that some tumours are inoperable or don’t go away with treatment or you end up being a lucky one and be cured of this disease.
My dad was 49 when he died of cancer (sarcoma) the doctors knew about it for years and didn’t tell my dad until 18 months before his death that it was at stage 4, and that he wouldn’t survive due to how aggressive it was. We did chemo and radiotherapy; and nothing worked; even though it was the worst time, I will always cherish how my dad didn’t let it ruin most of his days and he always found time to laugh and be a dad. Because Tom is right, we should all live our days like it’s our last.
My thoughts go out to Tom’s family and anyone else who is going through the cancer journey and maybe one day we stop seeing sad news like this because fuck cancer.
The band performed two weeks ago and Tom was able to join them on stage for the encore. [Clip of it here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJAkYrab-6U&feature=youtu.be).
https://btrc-charity.org/
They do a lot of research on glioblastoma Multiforme, I have a young family member who was diagnosed in 2020, we’re very lucky to still have her with us as she was diagnosed as terminal last year.
Thoughts are with Tom’s family and friends and for anyone else affected by this horrible disease.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CbxHBi2sZxc/?utm_medium=copy_link