A pubs manager who put his pounding headaches down to a busy life 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.
Putting it down to his busy work schedule, he tried to get more sleep and drink more water. It was only when he was furloughed because of Covid three months later and his life slowed right down but he continued to have headaches and also dizziness that he realised something was wrong and called his GP.
Ben, who lives with his NHS-worker partner, who he prefers not to name, said: “I’ve always tried to just look after myself rather than running to the doctor or thinking the worst. So, before lockdown, I’d just drunk more water and tried to get more sleep to deal with the headaches.
