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From seizures to sudden weakness or speech disturbances, these are some of the red flags that could indicate the onset of the condition

From seizures to sudden weakness or speech disturbances, these are some of the red flags that could indicate the onset of the condition

Jane said her optician saved her life

Despite being wheelchair-bound and unable to pursue his dream retirement playing golf, cycling and gardening, Mr Fairweather decided to take to the skies to raise funds for the Brain Tumour Charity.

Despite being wheelchair-bound and unable to pursue his dream retirement playing golf, cycling and gardening, Mr Fairweather decided to take to the skies to raise funds for the Brain Tumour Charity.

The 46-year-old's optician immediately noticed the spasms and sent her for an MRI, where doctors found a 3cm low grade meningioma on Jane’s brain stem which was lying on the optical nerve and had wrapped itself around the carotid artery.

Jamie Fairweather was diagnosed with a type of brain cancer which results in an average life expectancy of 12 months.

The mother-of-three had assumed the eye issues were caused by tiredness

Jane had been experiencing eye spasms prior to visiting an opticians, before an MRI test revealed a brain tumour pressing her optic nerve and wrapped around her carotid artery