Tracy Flynn, 51, was diagnosed after a routine eye test

A mum who blamed her headaches and exhaustion on the menopause was actually suffering from something that left her 'crying at home'. Tracy Flynn, 51, initially brushed off her symptoms until a routine eye examination in May 2024 uncovered a large tumour.

The mum-of-three, from Eastleigh, Hampshire, said: "Ten days went by, and I didn't hear from the hospital, so I thought no news was good news. I was terribly wrong.

"When the neurologist told me that I had a brain tumour over the phone, I was stunned. I went home and cried. I was convinced I was going to die."

An acoustic neuroma is a tumour which sits on the vestibular nerve, connecting the inner ear to the brain. Tracy underwent major surgery carried out by three surgeons at Sou

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