A Scots mum initially thought her tumour symptoms were being caused by hay fever before medics discovered a golf-ball sized mass in her brain. Suzanne Davies was given just 12 months to live after being diagnosed with a glioblastoma multiforme in 2014 - but has beaten the odds to survive eight more years.
The busy 44-year-old told how she thought she was just tired and suffering from a pollen allergy when she began having issues with her speech and regular headaches. She sought help from a GP who gave her a full check up and agreed that her condition was likely being caused by the allergies or stress.
But after her symptoms worsened over the weekend, leaving her unable to get out of bed, Suzanne contacted a second doctor who found she had lost the ability to read and sent her for an urgent brain CT scan at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. After medics found the large mass, Suzanne underwent a gruelling surgery which saw doctors cut 95 per cent of the tumour out while she was awake on the operating table.
