Glenn walking on after brain tumour diagnosis

WOMAN WAS GIVEN SIX MONTHS TO LIVE - FOUR YEARS AGO

- By ANNETTE BELCHER

A PLYMOUTH woman's missed brain tumour diagnosis has sparked a walk to support a national campaign. Glenn Lilley, aged 73, has outlived her brain cancer prognosis by four years and is now walking to raise awareness of brain tumours.

The grandmother was diagnosed with a meningioma in 2021 after collapsing at home and experiencing sudden memory loss. An MRI scan revealed a large mass on her brain, leading doctors to give her a life-limiting prognosis unless emergency surgery was performed.

Glenn said: “My doctor told me that the mass could be seen on a scan from 2017 and the ear, nose, and throat specialist had missed the then grape-sized mass. He commented on how aggressively the tumour had grown since that scan. I was shocked and horrified.”