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Wales Online
Kelly Ashmore & Nisha Mal

Asda worker given shocking diagnosis after thinking scary symptom was due to Covid stress

An Asda worker who was suffering from seizures in her sleep thought it was down to the stress of working throughout the Covid pandemic. But when the mum-of-two plucked up the courage to visit the doctors she discovered she'd got a brain tumour

Helen Green suffered with the episodes for two months before she built up the courage to speak to a doctor. The 58-year-old said she'd also become forgetful and had trouble relaying information, Birmingham Live reports.

She was referred for an MRI scan at Walsall Manor Hospital, which showed a 6cm tumour growing on the left temporal lobe of her brain. Due to the size and placement of the tumour, doctors were baffled the 58-year-old was still able to walk and talk.

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