A mum who thought she had toothache was shocked when she was diagnosed with a brain tumour and said she was “ready to plan her funeral". Emma Webster, 29, went to the dentist in April 2018 with toothache.
The mum-of-one was awaiting root canal surgery, so was rushed through to see if that was what was causing her pain. After the pain didn’t go away, doctors thought she was experiencing neuralgia, a stabbing pain due to an irritated or damaged nerve, and she was treated for it for six months.
But after still struggling with numbness on the top her mouth, pain and blurred vision she was referred to the neurology department at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow. Following an MRI scan she was given the news that she had a brain tumour behind her right eye in January 2019.
