Overview
- Nikita Sterling’s migraines, long infrequent since age 18, escalated in late 2024 with severe pressure, visual disturbances, loss of speech, blackouts and vomiting.
- After struggling to secure rapid investigation, she paid £400 for a private MRI in April that led to an urgent call to attend A&E.
- Imaging showed a large frontal-lobe mass later confirmed as a meningioma, prompting referral to King’s College Hospital for surgery.
- Surgeons removed the tumour in a four-hour operation on April 22, with doctors saying it may have been growing for up to two decades.
- Sterling reports fewer migraines but increased fatigue, expects a six-month post-op scan in the coming weeks, urges patients to advocate for themselves, and notes her husband is fundraising for The Brain Tumour Charity.