I had headaches my whole life before a brain tumour was found – a change in my symptoms finally led to a diagnosis

NIAMH Rose Mulheron had experienced headaches since she was a child.

It wasn’t until years later, when other symptoms she initially mistook for flu appeared, that her brain tumour was discovered.

SWNSNiamh felt like her whole world was crumbling when it was discovered she had a brain tumour[/caption] SWNSShe’d experienced headaches since she was a child[/caption]

The 26-year-old’s headaches were “never taken seriously” and were brushed off as school stress or puberty when she went to see her doctor.