Clare Dresdon (37) from Torquay British admitted that after what Her vision began to disturb flashes of light and rainbow patterns, she didn’t even realize she was a mother. Soon her doctors diagnosed Aggressive brain tumor – astrocyomoma 4. Grade. The report only came a few weeks after her son Teddy celebrated his first birthday, he says.
“I thought I wouldn’t live to see the day when Teddy went to school,” recalls Clare. Two years later, however, she exceeded all the expectations and could see her four -year -old son joined school.
The first symptoms appeared at the beginning of 2022. In July, its magnetic resonance imaging revealed a 7-centimeter tumor. In August, she underwent an operation followed by six weeks of intense radiotherapy and chemotherapy. “When they told me a diagnosis, I remember I thought I was just giving birth to a baby. I forgot I was my mom. Teddy spent more time with his father and we moved away from each other. That was heartbreaking, ”she explained.
Despite treatment, her doctors reported in the summer of 2023 that she was only two to three years of life. “The idea that I will not be here when Teddy is growing is destroying me,” confesses Clare.
In addition to health problems, it also highlights insufficient support for patients with brain tumor: “There are few treatment options, they are invasive and often changing. Clinical trials abroad are financially unavailable to most families. I am angry that research is going so little money for research,” added.
Clare has now joined the Brain Tumour Research campaign and will participate in the Walk of Hope charity march. The aim of the organization is to enforce an increase in an annual budget for brain cancer research to £ 35 million – To balance other cancer types such as breast cancer or leukemia.
