Signs and Symptoms Of Brain Tumour
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A 38-year-old woman was six months pregnant when she noticed a change in her health. Sarah Wilson, who was 27 at the time, said she was dropping her eldest child at school on a sunny day when she noticed she couldn’t close her eyes during a school run. She said she was unable to squint to block the sun and that is when she knew something was wrong, according to a report in Mirror.co.uk.
Wilson, six months pregnant with her second child was told by doctors that the symptoms could be related to pregnancy. She also struggled to hear anyone through her left ear and began experiencing tinnitus. She was then referred to the ear nose and throat department. During the appointment, which didn’t go ahead until eight months later, Sarah was told she would need an MRI scan. However, due to still being pregnant, this was scheduled for after her C-section birth, reports Manchester Evening News.
She said, “I got a feeling something wasn’t right. My instinct was telling me. Every time I went to a doctor, they said it was pregnancy-related symptoms.”
Sarah began doing her own research and she found her symptoms to be similar to a brain tumour. Sarah then gave birth to her son, now age 10 and underwent her MRI scan a week later. “As soon as I came out the room and I saw the staff, I could just tell from looking at them,” she added. “I knew what was going on.”
“I was sat there with my baby and my mum and I saw a nurse take a box of tissues in. I said to my mum, ‘I bet I get called into that room.’” And she did. That’s when the mum-of-two was told she had a brain tumour.
Sarah then underwent an operation to remove the tumour and was told there was just a one per cent chance of it returning. However, while the tumour was gone, it did leave the mother of two with permanent damage including deafness in her left ear, tinnitus, balance issues, dry mouth and nerve issues.
Nearly a decade later in June 2024, a scan showed that Sarah’s tumour had returned. Sarah said, “I didn't even for one minute think it would come back. I had a phone call a week after the scan to say I had an appointment. I thought, ‘This is really inconvenient, I don’t need an appointment to be told it’s not come back.’” The results showed a small regrowth which is affecting a nerve along Sarah’s face.
Other symptoms of brain tumour
Here, take a look at some of the general symptoms of brain tumour according to Mayo Clinic.
- Headache or pressure in the head that is worse in the morning
- Headaches that happen more often and seem more severe
- Headaches that are sometimes described as tension headaches or migraines
- Nausea or vomiting
- Eye problems, such as blurry vision, seeing double or losing sight on the sides of your vision
- Losing feeling or movement in an arm or a leg
- Trouble with balance
- Speech problems
- Feeling very tired
- Confusion in everyday matters
- Memory problems
- Having trouble following simple commands
- Personality or behaviour changes
- Seizures, especially if there is no history of seizures
- Hearing problems
- Dizziness or a sense that the world is spinning, also called vertigo
- Feeling very hungry and gaining weight.
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