Overview
- Rosalind Causey began fundraising with Brain Tumour Research after her husband, Mark, died in September 2024 from an aggressive glioblastoma.
- A police welfare check prompted by her review of home webcam footage found Mark collapsed on the bathroom floor after four days without contact.
- Initial scans showed brain lesions and specialists later diagnosed a diffuse, inoperable glioblastoma with a prognosis of eight to 12 weeks.
- High‑dose steroids brought brief improvement and he was discharged after three weeks, but a follow‑up MRI showed the tumour had doubled as chemotherapy was started without a biopsy.
- Brain Tumour Research cites about one per cent of national cancer research funding for the disease and high mortality in younger people, and Rosalind has already raised more than £300 through the 99 miles in November challenge.