Tumour in Emmerdale

[sammason]

In the UK soap opera I watch, Emmerdale, a story is going on about a brain tumour. As so often, they're not telling us what will happen, and I usually prefer not to know in advance. If you don't want to know what happened a few weeks ago, don't click this link.I've no personal experience, unlike the actor whose character (Brenda) has the tumour.

Comments

[cariadwen]

I don't watch soaps unless they are comedies, this is because to many of them trigger stuff I can't cope with

[deborahw37]

I'm so sorry for the loss of your husband and the loss of your friends,

I'm really pleased about Sion though!

I absolutely agree with you that everyone deals in their own way , there is no right way or wrong way.

[cariadwen]

Thank you.

[sammason]

Most of these stories are awful. I'm sorry that you and yours have faced these horrors

[cariadwen]

I think it depends on where the tumour is, as to how they can operate. I hardly think that Sion's tumour could have been accessed through his ear, like that of my Grove leader. All operations hold a risk even if it's one of the more ordinary ones like a hernia. It all depends on the surrounding factors.

I'm disturbed to hear that the characters discussed it in front of the children. I'm not saying the children shouldn't know about it but a detailed discussion should I believe be between adults.

[sammason]

I thought so too. We did see the kids looking round as they listened. It wasn't the usual way for this soap, in which kids are routinely sent 'upstairs to play on your new computer game' when the adults want to talk about adult matters. So you never know, we might get a dramatic scene with one of the kids asking Brenda to have her op.