Overview
- The 40-year-old school SEND director lost her speech during a May Teams meeting, then A&E scans and two seizures preceded an MRI that revealed eight brain tumours.
- Imaging showed seven tumours in the brain’s left hemisphere, which controls speech, plus one deep central lesion.
- Initial fears of terminal cancer eased after Royal Hallamshire specialists re-reviewed the scans and ordered tests that excluded both types of neurofibromatosis and seven meningioma markers.
- Surgeons plan to remove seven accessible tumours on 19 November, with tissue analysis expected to guide diagnosis and potential treatment.
- Partner Lee Vaughan is taking on Brain Tumour Research’s 99 Miles November, raising about £2,000 toward a £2,740 target as the family prepares their sons, aged 10 and 7, for her hospital stay.