A hero Scots student has been hailed after she stayed by a terrified mother's side after her shift had ended.
15.09.2022 - 07:21 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A Scots mum was diagnosed with a brain tumour after going for a routine eye test.
Jane Kochanski, from Kilmacolm in Renfrewshire , had been having increasingly severe eye spasms for around two years, but in the heart of the pandemic, she hadn’t been to see her GP about it. Wearing face masks during Covid restrictions also meant these largely went unnoticed by those around the 46-year-old.
However, during a routine eye examination this month, her optician noticed the spasms and sent her for an MRI scan. It was there that medics discovered a 3cm low grade meningioma on Jane’s brain stem which was lying on the optical nerve and had wrapped itself around the carotid artery.
This was seen to be causing stenosis, narrowing the artery by around 50%, so Jane’s right eye cannot fully open. She was also warned this significantly increases her chances of having a stroke in the future by restricting blood supply.
In the months leading up to Jane’s diagnosis, she had been feeling tired, more irritable than usual and her usually optimistic personality would easily fluctuate. Sadly, the mum-of-three was completely unaware these are all classic symptoms of an adult brain tumour.
Jane, who is originally from Glasgow, said: “The eye spasms had been happening on and off for the last two years. My eye had also gradually begun to close which I hadn’t had checked out by the GP due to the pandemic. “My husband and children had commented on it when they saw me in photos but we just assumed that I was tired or maybe it had been caused by the flash. I am very grateful to my optician as I honestly think that she saved my life.”
Jane says her family were devastated when she revealed her diagnosis - but she says talking things through and
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