Doctors stated I used to be ‘a bit confused’ earlier than realising I had a tumour
A girl who went to A&E as a result of she saved listening to imaginary music was advised she was simply ‘a bit confused’ – although she truly had a mind tumour.
Healthcare employee Emma Bond, 33, went to Warrington Hospital’s A&E when folks’s phrases began sounding like lyrics and making her hear music that wasn’t enjoying.
Doctors advised her she was merely ‘a bit confused’ however exams at close by St Helens Hospital revealed she truly had a grade two glioma.
Devastated Emma was pressured to postpone her wedding ceremony to have surgical procedure per week earlier than the massive day.
Surgeons have been fortunately in a position to take away 95 per cent of the mass and Emma has remained secure ever since.
Healthcare employee Emma Bond, 33, (pictured with associate Edd) went to Warrington Hospital’s A&E when folks’s phrases began sounding like lyrics and making her hear music that wasn’t enjoying
Doctors advised her she was merely ‘a bit confused’ however exams at close by St Helens Hospital revealed she truly had a grade two glioma
Devastated Emma was pressured to postpone her wedding ceremony to have surgical procedure per week earlier than the massive day
Yet it was nonetheless solely after six weeks of radiotherapy and a 12 months of chemotherapy that she and her associate Edd Blake, 34, have been in a position to get married.
Emma, from Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside, stated: ‘I simply began listening to music in my head.
‘When folks spoke, it was like they have been singing lyrics to me.
‘The similar factor occurred after I was with my mum later that day. I may see she was speaking to me, however in my thoughts I may hear music, and I could not perceive what she was saying.
‘When I came upon it was as a result of I had a mind tumour, I used to be terrified. I simply needed to know the way it will have an effect on me bodily and mentally.’
Emma was working at North Manchester General Hospital when she first heard the music in June 2019.
Surgeons have been fortunately in a position to take away 95 per cent of the mass and Emma has remained secure ever since
It was nonetheless solely after six weeks of radiotherapy and a 12 months of chemotherapy that she and her associate Edd Blake, 34, have been in a position to get married
Emma, from Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside, stated: ‘I simply began listening to music in my head. ‘When folks spoke, it was like they have been singing lyrics to me’
Emma’s husband Edd and her brother Jack, 28, (left) from Warrington, Cheshire, are actually making ready to run the TCS London Marathon on April 21, in help of the charity Brain Tumour Research
She stated: ‘I wasn’t confused, and the unusual music and singing occurred many times.
‘A scan at St Helens Hospital confirmed there was one thing on my mind.’
She was recognized with a grade two glioma in June 2019, and had surgical procedure on August 9, one week earlier than her wedding ceremony.
Surgeons managed to take away 95 per cent of the tumour.
Emma then underwent radiotherapy and chemotherapy on the Clatterbridge Cancer Centre on The Wirral.
‘Having to postpone the marriage was simply one other factor added to an inventory of unlucky issues and it made me very unhappy,’ she stated.
‘Many of the marriage friends nonetheless came visiting me although, which was so beautiful.’
She stated: ‘The medical doctors thought I used to be listening to the music as a result of I used to be having focal sensory auditory seizures, so I now take anti-seizure treatment.
‘Since the surgical procedure, it hasn’t occurred once more.
‘My advisor in Liverpool, Dr May, is sensible. She all the time has the time to debate the whole lot completely and actually with me. She is a superb help.’
Emma and Edd re-arranged their wedding ceremony and tied the knot on 17 July 2021.
She now has MRI scans each six months. Her most up-to-date scan in February, confirmed she has remained secure.
Edd stated: ‘When Emma was recognized, I used to be so scared. When she went into surgical procedure, I used to be nervous how it will have an effect on her however as quickly as I noticed her afterwards, she smiled and I knew she was okay.’
Emma’s husband Edd and her brother Jack, 28, from Warrington, Cheshire, are actually making ready to run the TCS London Marathon on April 21, in help of the charity Brain Tumour Research.
Edd stated: ‘I’m operating the London Marathon with Jack as a result of we need to elevate cash to discover a treatment for mind tumours.
Carol Robertson, nationwide occasions supervisor for Brain Tumour Research, stated: ‘With one in three folks understanding somebody affected by a mind tumour, Emma’s story is, sadly, not distinctive.
‘Brain tumours kill extra youngsters and adults beneath the age of 40 than some other most cancers, but only one per cent of the nationwide spend on most cancers analysis has been allotted to this devastating illness since data started in 2002.
‘We’re decided to alter that but it surely’s solely by working collectively we will enhance remedy choices for sufferers and, finally, a treatment.
‘We’re actually grateful for Edd and Jack’s help and will probably be there to cheer them throughout the end line in April.’
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