Brain Tumour facts: 10 things you should know about brain tumours
A MUM who thought her colleagues had started speaking a different language in a work meeting was diagnosed with a brain tumour.Lucy says she believes her meningioma tumour is linked to the contraceptive injections, rounds of IVF and HRT medication she took - all of which contain the hormone progesterone.
Meningiomas, the most common type of brain tumour, are a mostly non-cancerous brain tumour and are nearly twice as common in women compared to men. . They were disabling headaches - I would be doubled up on all fours on my bed rocking and trying to get rid of it."The mum-of-three first started noticing symptoms around December 2023 and first went to the doctors on 19 February this year after experiencing a particularly bad headache while visiting London.
In May, she underwent major surgery to remove the tumour - which was growing just three millimetres from her optical nerve and could have caused her to go blind."I've got a scar now, but I'm doing really well," she said."When I was diagnosed I was beside myself and one of the hardest things was telling the kids - that was really difficult.
Dr Mangesh Thorat, of King's College London, said: "This large study using French national database confirms association between certain progestogens and meningioma risk.
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