Young Tia Bradbury (25) she suffered from severe headaches that literally confined her to bed. Although her doctors claimed that it was just a symptom of a migraine, she soon developed other serious symptoms. , experts her finally they diagnosed a brain tumor that required immediate surgery.
Tia from the English county of Cheshire started in December 2023 suffer from severe headaches and unusual flickering in the eyes. So she decided to see her doctor, who said she probably had a condition called hemiplegic migraine.
A young woman who works as a prison officer, however she pointed out that later the vision in her left eye began to deteriorate day by day and she was constantly irritated. Before long, she was having migraines several times a week, leaving her unable to get out of bed and sometimes unable to speak. The worst thing was that in addition, she had to deal with the arrival of the child, while she was 22 weeks pregnant.
It turned out he had a tumor in his head
Everything finally changed in April 2024. Tia she woke up to find that she was completely blind in her left eye. She therefore quickly made an appointment at a local optician, thinking she needed glasses. Her specialist, however explained that her left eye was not responding to light at all and urged her to go to the hospital. “My vision kept getting worse. I went completely blind in one eye and my right side also started to get a little weak,” she said.
Despite her worsening symptoms Tia had to push the doctors to order an MRI. They were still convinced that he was suffering from hemiplegic migraine. Examination revealed that a young woman has a three-centimeter tumor in the center of her brainwhich it was pressing on her left optic nerve and growing rapidly, causing blindness.
The doctors got rid of the tumor
In May 2024 Tia underwent a grueling 12-hour operation in which surgeons tried to remove a tumor the size of a grape. She admitted that she was worried about her child because she did not know how he would react to the anesthesia. Intervention was ultimately successful, with the woman’s sight restored and the child perfectly fine.
Despite the positive results, the expectant mother she pointed out that her mental health deteriorated after the operation. The reason was that her doctors had to shave off half of her hair, and the removal of the tumor left her with a huge scar on her head. “I struggled with it a lot because I’m still just a young girl. She was a huge change that I was not prepared for“, she explained.
Tia now urges other people with similar symptoms to trust their gut and see a doctor. “You know your body best and you have to keep trying until you are taken seriously. If I had left it at that and not gone back to the hospital, I probably wouldn’t be here anymore“, she concluded.
