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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Douglas Whitbread

Woman with 'terrible headaches' says optician 'saved her life' after brain tumour found

A woman whose “terrible headaches” and low energy was dismissed as depression says a trip to the opticians saved her life after she was diagnosed with a brain tumour.

Debbie Organ, 45, had visited medics constantly for eight weeks with a range of health concerns.

Her symptoms began with headaches and low energy while she was on holiday in July last year - which doctors suggested was depression, in the aftermath of family deaths of family members, and medics gave her medicine to improve her mood.

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