Brain Tumour facts- 10 things you should know about brain tumours
A TEENAGE boy discovered he had a brain tumour after months of being misdiagnosed with mental health conditions - and told to stop using his phone.who, to Natalie's shock, said he had a migraine and needed "putting in a dark room for four days without his phone", she said.Scans show woman's brain tumour almost completely disappear in 5 days
She said Oscar had been "an absolute superhero" throughout the ordeal and added she was grateful to his older brother Harry, 20, for supporting the teen.Oscar's first symptoms began in September 2022 when he complained that he had a funny feeling in his arm. "You cannot tell me, from looking at a child when a mum is saying to you that his heart is pumping out of his chest and he's got weakness in his arm that it's mental health," Natalie said.SOME children may have symptoms for a few weeks or months before they’re diagnosed with ependymoma.
After being told by a GP Oscar's severe headaches was because of a migraine, a "stunned" Natalie was fed up and went to Southend Hospital."The doctor asked Oscar to smile and one side of his face didn't move. I was convinced it was aGruelling treatmentHe had six more surgeries to remove other cancerous lumps on his head.
The trial involved Oscar was enrolled in involved him having chemotherapy every fortnight for four months."So we then had a meeting with the radiotherapy surgeon again and they're now giving him 54 volts of radiation over 30 days.Natalie has since been told that if Oscar's cancerous lumps continue to be active they may be resistant to radiation.
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