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Runner's Giddiness Hid Satsuma-Sized Brain Tumor
10 Mar
Summary
- Fitness enthusiast experienced giddiness during runs, initially thought to be anxiety.
- A suspected stroke led to a CT scan revealing a satsuma-sized brain mass.
- Ollie was diagnosed with a grade 2 astrocytoma after surgery.
Initially experiencing blurred vision and dizziness during exercise, a fitness enthusiast was advised it might be anxiety stemming from lockdown.
However, a suspected stroke in April 2021 led to urgent hospital treatment. A CT scan at Luton and Dunstable Hospital uncovered a mass the size of a satsuma within his brain.
He was subsequently transferred to London's National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery for a craniotomy. Following the surgery, he received a diagnosis of grade 2 astrocytoma, a type of brain cancer.
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