A pub manager who put his pounding headaches down to his busy lifestyle was shocked to discover he actually had a brain tumour. Ben Wilson, 36, from Ackworth, West Yorkshire, was working long hours as the area manager of 10 pubs when he first started suffering daily headaches in January 2020.
After deciding the headaches were caused by his busy work schedule, Ben tried to get more sleep and drink more water. It was only when his life slowed down as he was furloughed during the Covid pandemic and his headaches continued that he realised something was wrong.
Ben, who lives with his NHS-worker partner, said: “I’ve always tried to just look after myself rather than running to the doctor or thinking the worst. So, before lockdown, I just drank more water and tried to get more sleep to deal with the headaches.
