A 21-year-old carer had a brain tumour detected during a routine eye test. Ellie Musgrove is now on the road to recovery after undergoing emergency surgery at Salford Royal Hospital to release a build-up of fluid around her brain.
09.06.2022 - 19:51 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
"But what about my dog and my hair?" These were the first words out of the mouth of 57-year-old Tara Ellis when she was given the devastating news that she had stage four, terminal cancer. Not quite able to process the news, the bubbly mum said her mind instantly went to her little dog Russell and her well groomed looks.
Tara, from Westhoughton, was given the devastating diagnosis just two weeks after being admitted to Royal Bolton Hospital in an ambulance. She had been suffering severe back pain but had no idea when the consultants drew the curtains around her bed, last August, just what she was about to hear.
"They told me they were so sorry, but I had inoperable pancreatic cancer," she says, admitting "I didn't even know where that was. I asked them "What about my dog and my hair?" I have always kept myself looking nice.
She says she wraps her dog - an eight-year-old cross between a miniature schnauzer and a terrier - 'up in cotton wool' and instantly thought of him. Immediate phone calls to family and friends were met with shock and devastation. In one brutal moment, Tara was given a definitive end point to her life - and it was just a matter of months away.
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Tara reflects on how the news changed the dynamics of her relationships. "It's a lonely thing is cancer. The friends you think are going to be there for you - they quickly fizzle away and change," she says. And yet she says her illness has strengthened and healed rifts in the relationship with her daughter Abigail, 38, who she says looks after her.
"She is amazing," Tara says. "She says to me: "Calm down mum and breathe." Abigail herself says simply: "It's hard because it is your mum. My world just
A 21-year-old carer had a brain tumour detected during a routine eye test. Ellie Musgrove is now on the road to recovery after undergoing emergency surgery at Salford Royal Hospital to release a build-up of fluid around her brain.
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