Woman, 30, put double vision down to flight before 'terrifying' diagnosis

Abi Smith in 2020 (Image: Abi Smith/Brain Tumour Research/SWNS)

A woman who put her double vision down to air pressure on a flight was diagnosed with a brain tumour. Abi Smith, 30, first realised something was wrong during a flight to the US when she began to lose her vision in June 2019.

At first she put it down to the cabin pressure, but then began to lose mobility in her legs. After losing the ability to hold things, such as kitchen utensils, Abi, from Stirchley, West Midlands, went to the hospital in the US, where a CT scan didn’t detect any abnormalities.

However, once she was back in the UK, an MRI scan at Queen’s Hospital in Burton upon Trent revealed a glioma, a type of brain tumour, revealed that she had glioma, a type of brain tumour. Abi had surgery to remove the spinal com