Doctors blamed menopause for my tiredness but now I've got weeks to live

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Doctors blamed menopause for my tiredness but now I've got weeks to live
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A WOMAN whose tiredness was blamed on the menopause has been told she has weeks left to live. Sonia Scott, 48, said she was “frustrated” when her symptoms were disregarded due to her age. It wasn’t…

“Then on August 25th 2021 I was driving when I had my first seizure,” Sonia said.

Twelve days later, on 6 September, former gym worker Sonia was brought back into hospital for an urgent MRI.The biopsy was performed by specialists at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. The doctor explained how Sonia has a grade four IDH-wildtype glioblastoma which means it is fast-growing and aggressive.Doctors estimate that life expectancy is between 12-24 months with treatment or just five months without.and I couldn’t take it in – I was numb with shock.”

“I can say this to explain to them why I’m tired or why my speech can be slurred. They accept it – my son says ‘you’ve got a hole in your head’, and that’s true. I’m open with them as much as I can be.

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