By Emma Innes A young brain tumour patient who was told she would die if she didn’t have an emergency procedure has made a remarkable recovery. Lois McLennan, 23, had continuous headaches and severe shooting pains in her arms and legs for six months before she collapsed while staying with friends in London. The studio administrator, from Stockport, Manchester, underwent a series of tests and doctors found she had fluid on the brain. Lois McLennan was diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumour after she collapsed while staying with friends As a result, she was transferred to The National Hospital For Neurology and Neurosurgery, in central London.
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Lois McLennan had severe headaches and pains in her limbs for six months
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She then collapsed while staying with friends in London and went to A&E
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A scan revealed abnormalities and she was transferred to a specialist centre
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Was told she would die unless a shunt was fitted to drain fluid from her brain
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She had further surgery and radiotherapy and is now doing well
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