The former star and coach of North Melbourne, Danielle Laidley, revealed that she needed urgent surgery to face a rare brain tumor after receiving a shock diagnosis, he said, the strike “ like a hammer ”.
The 58-year-old said that she had recently been diagnosed with a sub-épendymoma, a benign type of tumor that develops in spaces full of liquid in the brain.
Laidley’s tumor is also on its spinal cord, with the delicate location, which means that it needs an operation to remove it as soon as possible.
“ I started recovering the headache around October of last year, and I went to doctors and I had scans and cans and bruises and all these kinds of things, and they found a brain tumor at the bottom of my skull, on my spinal cord, ”, UAIDLEY told the imperfect podcast.
“(It’s a) a very rare tumor. I can sit here today and use a quote from my surgeon: it’s not going to kill me, but being on my spinal cord, he must go out.
“It’s a bit like walking with a stone in your shoe. Some days it really hurts, and other days, it’s okay.
Footy Great Danielle Laidley (Photo) is preparing for surgery to eliminate a brain tumor which is seated on its spinal cord
The shocking diagnosis forced Laidley and his partner Donna Leckie (photo together) to prepare for the worst
The news shocking forced Laidley and her partner Donna Leckie to prepare for the worst.
“It really dropped our socks,” said Laidley.
“You start to think:” Well, what should I do to finish everything? “And this kind of thing.
“It wreaked havoc.
The Great Kangaroos winning of the Minister of the Premiere -Hip said that the news was so painful at the beginning that it left it and leckie speechless.
“It was as frank as” you have a brain tumor, here is a reference, you go. “”
“Donna and I went very silent.
“For Donna to be silent, you must understand (it means) something is not normal.
Laidley and Leckie were left speechless by the diagnosis until their fears are attenuated when they learned more about the nature of the tumor
Laidley was represented in 2002, shortly before she was named North Melbourne chief coach – where she won the 1996 grand finale as a player
“At that time, we didn’t know what type of brain tumor. When you say the brain tumor, it’s like getting hit on your head with a hammer.
However, once the benign nature of the tumor has been explained, the couple realized that “we are going to go well,” said Laidley.
“From time to time, I think, gee, I have a brain tumor, which is the disadvantage.
“But the advantage is – a great advantage – it can be repaired and we can continue our life.”
Subspendymoma tumors can cause headache, nausea and vision problems, among other symptoms.
Laidley initially began his career in high -flying football in 1987 with the west coast before joining North Melbourne in 1993.
She was going to make 99 appearances with the kangaroos, winning the Prime Minister in 1996, before retiring a year later.
She will then enter the training to play a role at Collingwood as an assistant under Mick Malthouse, before joining her former team, North Melbourne, as a senior coach from 2003 to 2009.
In 2020, Dani’s life was turned upside down when it was arrested under accusations of harassment in the middle of a battle against drug addiction.
The Kangaroos Super (photo of the Brownlow 2022 medal) described to live with the tumor as “like walking with a stone in your shoe”
A Victorian police officer disclosed photos to the Dani media in detention while she was wearing a wig and makeup, which made her trip to go to a public woman before coming to family members and friends.
The Victoria’s internal disciplinary council has ordered 11 officers, ranging from the agent to the sergeant, paying up to $ 3,000 to ugly their own pockets.
Shane Patton sub-commissioner officially apologized to Laidley after the photos have become viral, saying that he was “dismayed” by the behavior of the officers.
In the original Documentary of Stan Revealed – Danielle Laidley: Two Tribes, the Kangaroos Great revealed that she was flirting by revealing her true identity when she was coach of the club.
“I went out when I was a coach, and I knew it was at high risk,” she said.
“I have always felt inside how I now appeared outside – always.
