Author Archives: liambergin

So it would be remiss of me on this day not to do a blog. The thing about these awareness days is that most people that get involved are already aware. 3 years ago I couldn’t have told you what a Glioblastoma was, I couldn’t tell you that it was a brain tumour. I couldn’tContinue reading “#GlioblastomaAwarnessday”

Hello all , well, either I’m getting old or my latest challenge was knackering. Or as my wife would suggest we’ve had an extra year with brain cancer, So last week Joe the eldest and I went out for a tonne on the tandem https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/liam-bergin7 We were raising money for brain tumour research… I amContinue reading “Tandem”

I know I can go on a bit, but with Bike Week 2022 coming up 6-12 of June, I thought I’d hit down a few reasons why the bike has been as much a part of my treatment as all the meds Just a quick note on how I got here. I’d been out forContinue reading “The bike the brain tumour and me”

Hello all, I’ve not written for a while, I’ve been a bit low as I often do around event days, like birthdays. I know that I should be happy that I’m still here but it is also a reminder , that with the family around you about what you will miss. This can often leadContinue reading “Getting back at it”

It’s taken longer than before for me to recover from my last set of fits but I’m feeling I’m getting there, I’ve been out on my bike with Gareth and Anna who were gentle with me and it was great to get out. I’ve got a couple of bike events coming up. Penge CC whomContinue reading “Getting back on track”

I’ve had a confusing few weeks, two people have died who I thought a huge amount of. I met Richard fleetingly and communicated by text and had some DM contact with Tom over the months. Richard was an award winning Scottish journalist and co founder of the cycling podcast, my favourite podcast in the world.Continue reading “In memory of Richard Moore and Tom Parker”

So a full on week. Started with my eldest Joe and I visiting the Brain Tumour Research Centre of excellence at Queen Mary’s London Town. To place some plaques on the wall of hope. Now through you’re generosity we had 9 plaques to place. Each plaques representing £3000 that’s a days research. I chose toContinue reading “Emotional week”

I haven’t blogged for a while, been a bit under the weather with a cold and change of meds. It’s amazing when you’ve got a terminal diagnosis how you can get anxious about the slightest change in your body. So am I wearing glasses now because I have a brain tumour, or because I’m 50Continue reading “Social Community”

Hello all I’ve been doing my 10000 steps a day for brain tumour reseach and today everyone was full off sadness and anger https://m.facebook.com/nt/screen/?params=%7B%22fundraiser_campaign_id%22%3A322066129792805%7D&path=%2Ffundraiser%2F&_rdr Sadness because for the 2nd time in as many weeks we’ve lost another member of our community and yet again they were only 5, Nate follows Isla to beautiful children whoContinue reading “Angry and sad”

So this week started with my going to Andy Bouchers funeral who died from a similar cancer to mine, the picture below is how I will always remember Andy. The man I met up recently still had the same life in his eyes, but has body was racked with the pain of cancer. What surprisedContinue reading “Tough week”