'My daughter had a migraine that made her throw up every five days... then we received awful news'
15.09.2023 - 10:35
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A mum has described her shock after finding out that the five-week-long migraine her daughter suffered from was actually a tumour. Mahta Mohseni and her husband Reza Tohid took their daughter Maya to the A+E three times after she developed a migraine that made her throw up every five days.
Not knowing what was wrong with their daughter, the desperate parents were told by doctors that she had a migraine. However, it was soon revealed that she had Craniopharyngioma - a rare tumour that mainly affects children and young people.
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Maya, 12, was diagnosed with migraines when she was nine and began falling ill in April this year. After an MRI scan it was revealed that she had she actually had a 3.5cm x 2.8cm x 2.3cm brain tumour and she was diagnosed in June.
The schoolgirl from Wilmslow, Cheshire, is unable to have surgery to remove the tumour because of its position so is instead is undergoing radiotherapy to reduce its size.
Speaking about the ordeal, mum, Mahta, who is an engineer in the gas and oil industry, said: "I can't describe how it was finding out - it felt like we was in a cloud.
"At first you don't know what the brain tumour actually is, so you start reading about it and the problems they will face more and more and it stresses you out.
"It just kills you, I couldn't go to work, concentrate or sleep. But Maya needs to be strong and all of us need to be strong."
But despite going through the gruelling treatment and still attending school, Maya is running 100km in a month to raise money for charity Young Lives vs Cancer. Maya said: "As common side effects while having such treatment, I'm feeling very tired and also