Scots mum thought brain tumour symptoms were hay fever before medics discover golf ball sized mass

05.07.2022 - 06:51 / dailyrecord.co.uk

A Scots mum initially thought her tumour symptoms were being caused by hay fever before medics discovered a golf-ball sized mass in her brain. Suzanne Davies was given just 12 months to live after being diagnosed with a glioblastoma multiforme in 2014 - but has beaten the odds to survive eight more years.

The busy 44-year-old told how she thought she was just tired and suffering from a pollen allergy when she began having issues with her speech and regular headaches. She sought help from a GP who gave her a full check up and agreed that her condition was likely being caused by the allergies or stress.

But after her symptoms worsened over the weekend, leaving her unable to get out of bed, Suzanne contacted a second doctor who found she had lost the ability to read and sent her for an urgent brain CT scan at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. After medics found the large mass, Suzanne underwent a gruelling surgery which saw doctors cut 95 per cent of the tumour out while she was awake on the operating table.

And while her symptoms greatly reduced, the treasury assistant was sadly told her condition was terminal but has vowed to fight for her family. She said: “I thought I had fatigue because I was working and had two young children at home but then my speech began to deteriorate and I started to get headaches.

“They thought the tumour had been growing for at least a year before but I felt nothing until I started taking funny turns when I was in meetings at work. I'd just get really confused and lose my speech completely.

“But I've had hay fever since I was born basically and it was coming to that time of the year where you'd start getting symptoms so I thought it was that. I mentioned that to the doctor and he checked every single

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