A mum who was told she had just a year to live after medics discovered a golf ball sized tumour on her brain has defied the odds to survive for eight years. Suzanne Davies, 44, was diagnosed with a glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) brain tumour in 2014 after mistaking her symptoms for hay fever.
Mum-of-two Suzanne first noticed something was wrong when she became tired, started having headaches and problems with her speech. But a GP gave her a full check-up and agreed her condition was likely being caused by allergies or stress.
Her symptoms didn’t improve and Suzanne, from Aberdeen, decided to see a second doctor who sent her for an urgent brain CT scan at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. Medics found the mass on Suzanne’s brain and on April 30 she underwent an awake craniotomy surgery which removed 95 per cent of the tumour.
