A young boy was terrified to leave his mum to go to school in case she died while he was there after she was left writhing in pain by a brain tumour. What Anna Binks initially thought could be hormonal issues turned out to be her worst nightmare - a suspected low grade glioma that she was told she had in 2010 had progressed, leaving her sick and in pain.
While Anna was "absolutely terrified", she was most worried about how her illness would affect her children, Jacob, seven, and Esme, nine. Heartbreakingly, Anna said Jacob was scared to leave her to go to school in case she died and he wasn't with her, while Esme would regularly go to sleep with a bucket next to her bed and a tummy ache because of anxiety.
Anna, from Little Weighton, near Hull, explained how she was diagnosed with a low-grade form of brain tumour 12 years ago after blood tests revealed she had high prolactin levels, HullLive reports. She was suspected to have a low-grade glioma, which doctors decided to monitor.
