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Katie Williams

East Lothian son's warning after mum's slurred speech was actually incurable cancer

An East Lothian son has told how his mother's slurred speech turned out to be an inoperable brain tumour.

Colin Bone from Gullane, East Lothian, was left heartbroken after his mum, Lucille was diagnosed with stage four cancer after doctors found a tumour on her brain.

One evening in 2018, Lucille started to slur her words. Only after getting a brain scan, it was revealed she had a brain tumour. Doctors then told her the tragic news that she had stage four cancer and it was incurable.

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