A woman whose migraines stopped after her twin was diagnosed with a brain tumour said she has "always had this kind of twin thing" with her sister. Hilary Stockton was 18 when she began suffering with painful headaches and a change in vision.
At the same time, her identical twin, Hayley, was also suffering with migraines. Hilary went for an eye test and was referred to HM Stanley Eye Hospital in Abergele and was sent on to Glan Clwyd Hospital A&E in Rhyl, where a scan showed a mass on her brain.
She was diagnosed with a low-grade tumour diagnosed a month before her 19th birthday on December 27, 1993. The next day she had an operation at the Walton Centre in Liverpool to remove the tumour, and once out of surgery both Hilary’s and Hayley’s migraines stopped.
