Helen Hannam, of Towcester, began suffering from headaches and experiencing tunnel vision in 2015
A woman told she had an ocular migraine, low blood pressure and depression before finally being diagnosed with a brain tumou.
READ MORE: Plans to remove asbestos and demolish Northampton's former BHS, M&S and Jobcentre buildings It was about a week later that Helen experienced a strange sensation in her chest and became paranoid she was being watched and followed. She went to bed early but woke up shortly after to be sick and then suffered her first seizure.
Following an 11-and-a-half-hour surgery, her tumour was identified as a Grade 3 astrocytoma. She went on to have 33 sessions of radiotherapy and five cycles of chemotherapy, and is grateful to still be alive almost eight years later. Helen said: “We both feel it would be unfair to bring a child into the world knowing how uncertain my future is. I’ve still got brain cancer, I’ve still got a hole in my head and I still have seizures. It’s been an incredibly difficult decision, though.
The charity is calling on the Government to ring-fence £110 million of current and new funding to kick-start an increase in the national investment in brain tumour research to £35 million a year by 2028.
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