Published: Thursday, 23rd October, 2008 08:30
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DYING Dalgety Bay father Willie Logan, who has a terminal brain tumour, has been dealt a further blow after doctors informed him that his tumour had grown and the cancer spread.
The 44-year-old was given the heartbreaking news earlier this year that he had between 18 months and two years to live, but doctors now reckon he has just six to nine months left.
The Press caught up with the avid Pars fan last week who has been making the most of his time with wife Karen and their six-year-old son Ewan.
Willie plans to buy a birthday card for Ewan for every year after he’s gone up to his son’s 21st, with a special message written inside. As the tumour has affected his writing, his friend has been helping him to write the messages.
“When I went for a scan about a month ago, I knew there was something up because of the pains I was getting in my head. It was three women doctors who told me – I could see it in their eyes. They said I had between six and nine months.
The tumour’s grown again and the cancer’s spreading. I just made a joke out of it and said ‘shit happens’. I didn’t even ask where it had spread to but I knew how serious it was.
I said I would think about getting the injection which is like a type of chemotherapy but a bit different, and went online to see what I could find out about it. I got the injection the following week.
I was put under that much pressure with everybody asking about it and saying you should be doing this for your wee boy. It’s an injection every six weeks, and there’s a tablet to take with it. This treatment I have started – I’m only doing it for Karen and Ewan.
I’ve had the first injection and I’ve been feeling no bad. The injection might slow it down but it’s not going to cure it – they can’t cure it. There’s nothing they can do about the tumour.
The injections are to slow the cancer down on my brain because my memory is getting bad, I forget a lot of things these days. Sometimes it’s a bonus, sometimes it’s not.
It’s going to cause side effects but if it means losing weight and losing hair, I don’t care. If it gives me more time with the wee boy, I don’t care.
My next injection is in November and then 31st December. Then one in February, March, April and May. I have another scan probably in December.
I reckon the six months is going to be the best six months then it’s going to deteriorate after that. It’s because of where it is in my mind – it’s my communications and that kind of thing that are all disappearing.
I’ve been playing golf – that’s why our grass is all damaged because I’ve been using the golf club! I got my wee boy a left hand club. I got myself a bus pass and a leisure card that makes it cheaper for me to go on golf courses!
We’ve been working on the house, changing bits and pieces around.
We are up to age 16 writing things to put on the birthday cards. I do some of them. I’m getting new glasses because I can’t read the writing.
I’m thinking about going to Wales to visit my mates when Ewan and Karen go to Lapland. I think they’ll really have a good time. I’d like to go but the flights will have to stop at some time. Even with the pills I’m taking, it’s still really painful.
I’m taking steroids the now because I’m flying on Monday (13th October). We’re going to Eurodisney from Monday to Friday. I would rather spend the week in Paris but we need to take Ewan to Eurodisney – that’s my excuse for enjoying myself!
I’m hoping there will be fireworks at the theme park. We are staying at the same place as we did last year. Right across from where we are staying is a swimming pool.
We are going to start going away one day a week with Ewan. We go places on a Saturday and take him to the swimming every couple of weeks.
I’ve been to the Pitbauchlie to get prices for the day when I won’t be there. It will just be a case of paying it. We were the second couple to have our wedding reception in the Pitbauchlie. That was 17 years ago. That was my local for a long, long time.
There’s going to be a dance on 25th October at East End Park for Brain Tumour UK. I think it’s just a disco at the moment. John Salton is coming so I’m quite chuffed at that.
I’ve signed for the darts team – the A team – at the Hillend Tavern. It takes me 12 darts to break 100 – that’s how bad I’m getting!
I just turn up and watch now. I find it hard to throw the dart now and the way I used to play darts, it frustrates me not being able to throw darts now.
I was speaking to a Marie Curie nurse recently. The lady was lovely and they’re going to arrange for me to see the hospice in Ward 16 at the Queen Margaret. I want to see it now before it gets too near the time.”
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