To mark National Brain Tumour Awareness Month, 3 young women explain how their lives have been changed forever by an unexpected brain tumour diagnosis.

What is it like to have a brain tumour?

negative

It feels like a ticking time bomb, I’m constantly waiting for that one scan where there has been a change

Clumps of my hair started coming out. I looked in the mirror just thinking it wasn’t me

Life after treatment can be even harder, you’re not going to hospital all the time but I still didn’t feel normal

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“Clumps of my hair started coming out. I looked in the mirror just thinking it wasn’t me.”

Brain Tumour Awareness Month: 3 women reveal what it’s like to be diagnosed with a life-changing brain tumour