tumors<\/a> pressing on her optic nerve.<\/p>\nAt a recent follow-up appointment, Kerry was told two of the tumors started to re-grow and she is having radiotherapy as a result.<\/p>\n
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(Brain Tumour Research via SWNS)<\/p>\n
By Talker<\/p>\n
Kerry, a production manager, from Hull, Yorkshire, said: “Looking back, the first signs were hot flushes and a warm, tingling sensation that would pass through my body.<\/p>\n
“I thought it was just the menopause, but then I’d go pale, start slurring my words and feel overwhelmingly tired. I didn’t think it was anything serious.<\/p>\n
“I was having these episodes for a couple of years. Then I noticed what felt like a thumbprint over the vision in my right eye.”<\/p>\n
It transpired the ‘hot flushes’ Kerry had associated with the menopause were actually seizures.<\/p>\n
An optician at Specsavers referred Kerry to hospital after detecting swelling behind her eye.<\/p>\n
An MRI scan followed and days later she received a phone call asking her to attend hospital urgently.<\/p>\n
She said: “I remember walking in and seeing pictures of brains on the wall and thinking ‘this can\u2019t be good’.<\/p>\n
“The consultant asked whether I’d been having headaches and if I could walk upstairs, before explaining they had identified four brain tumors.<\/p>\n
“I was completely stunned. My partner, Gary, was with me, and thankfully he stayed calm.<\/p>\n
While the tumors were low-grade, because two of them were more than two centimetres wide, they needed removing during surgery.<\/p>\n
Kerry said: “When I woke up after the surgery, they told me they hadn’t found four tumors \u2013 they’d found 10.<\/p>\n
“I remember joking ‘every time I speak to you, you find more’ – but inside, I was terrified.<\/p>\n
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(Brain Tumour Research via SWNS)<\/p>\n
By Talker<\/p>\n
“I spent about five days in hospital and the tumors were confirmed as meningiomas \u2013 the most common form of adult primary brain tumor.<\/p>\n
“I continued to have seizures and was placed on steroids and anti-seizure medication.<\/p>\n
“One of the biggest impacts was on my sight because the tumour at the front of my head had been pressing on my optic nerve.<\/p>\n
“They hoped that removing it would release the pressure, but it didn’t. The nerve continued to die, and I’m now blind in my right eye.<\/p>\n
“I had to go through the DVLA process again just to be allowed to drive with one eye.”<\/p>\n
Kerry is now fundraising for Brain Tumour Research to raise awareness of the disease and highlight the underfunding of research.<\/p>\n
She said: “Knowing how underfunded research into brain tumors is, and having experienced this first-hand, really motivated me.<\/p>\n
“I know what it’s like to go through this. I’ve lived it.<\/p>\n
“If sharing my story helps raise awareness or helps someone else feel less alone, then it\u2019s worth it.”<\/p>\n
Ashley McWilliams, community development manager at Brain Tumour Research, said: “Kerry’s experience highlights how symptoms of a brain tumour can be mistaken for more common conditions, leading to delays in diagnosis.<\/p>\n
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