Woman Has Brain Tumour But Doesn’t

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Woman is going blind due to a brain tumour that doesn’t exist

https://metro.co.uk/2021/09/08/woma...ZGVCp_LmR26pyJbaRy1mr0G8rBSCxDO-kb6lw0OIo8u_Y

(Please move if there’s a thread that this would fit in already).

 

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Needs context -

Kim Slater is slowly going blind and spends most days stuck in bed with exhaustion.

That’s all due to a brain tumour… that isn’t actually there.

Kim, 30, from Bristol, has a rare condition where her body acts as though she has a dangerous tumour. This has left her debilitated.

Kim was diagnosed with idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH), a condition that occurs when high pressure around the brain causes tumour-like issues – in December 2019, six months after symptoms including headaches and vision distortions began.

 

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She is the opposite of this lady, who was told by voices in her head that she had a brain tumour and insisted on a scan -
(Safe Irish Times link)

Voices `told woman' she had brain tumour

A woman was correctly told she had a brain tumour by voices in her head, doctors in Britain have said.
The woman, who had no previous psychological problems, first heard a voice while at home reading, which asked her not to be afraid and said it and a friend wanted to help her.
Fearing she had gone mad, she sought medical help.

This isn't a yarn, it's an account of a real patient's treatment told by the respected consultant psychiatrist who treated her.
Mr Ballen also tells the story well!

 

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She is the opposite of this lady, who was told by voices in her head that she had a brain tumour and insisted on a scan -
(Safe Irish Times link)

Voices `told woman' she had brain tumour



This isn't a yarn, it's an account of a real patient's treatment told by the respected consultant psychiatrist who treated her.
Mr Ballen also tells the story well!

That is just amazing.