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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Olivia Williams & Charlie Jones

Mum who began to smell burning and other 'weird' odours given just 12 months to live

A mum who began to smell burning and other "weird smells" was later given a devastating cancer diagnosis.

Years after the strange symptoms started appearing doctors discovered a fast-growing brain tumour and was told she had just 12 months to live.

Karen Rigby, from St Helens, was finally diagnosed with glioblastoma stage four in November 2020.

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