Since 2011, Charlie Broadhurst has complained about violent headache. His doctor diagnoses him with chronic sinusitis and advises him to consult an ophthalmologist after spending an MRI. But his life changed in January 2022 when we discover a brain tumor after he had an epilepsy crisis.
Doctors diagnose him with an astrocytoma of grade 2, a tumor that affects the glial cells that surround the neurons. This type of tumor quickly believes over time and most often develops in young adults. “”Our whole world collapsed, it was terrifying, we did not know how serious it was, but when we hear the words ‘brain tumor’ we know that it is not good“, He explained his wife Siobhan to Mirror.
We tell him a life expectancy from 10 to 20 years old
Charlie’s vital prognosis is committed and a life expectancy is announced to him from 10 to 20 years. I was collapsed and horrified. So many thoughts overwhelmed me. I had already lost 11 years due to a bad diagnosis. I was so angrysaid the 36 -year -old young man. Since his diagnosis, Charlie has been operated twice in the brain, which has made it possible to remove a large part of the tumor. In addition, he suffered radiotherapy for six weeks, one session per day, and six months of chemotherapy. Treatments he admitted to be “very trying”.
An open kitty for research on brain tumors
But Charlie did not let herself be killed. He continued to work between treatment sessions, despite fatigue and hair loss. It benefits from specific medical supervision, with scanners every six months to monitor the evolution of the tumor.
To help her husband, Siobhan launched an online prize pool to collect funds for research on brain tumors. In three years, she managed to collect more than 25,000 pounds. The young woman says it does this for her husband and family, but also for coughing those who receive a diagnosis of a brain tumor. “” “Brain tumors kill more children and adults under the age of 40 than any other cancer in the United Kingdom, and yet research is still largely sub-financed”She was indignant.