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“I was diagnosed with an Acoustic Neuroma brain tumour in September 2021, two days after my 48th birthday. It was 2.4cm in size and was pressing on my brain stem. My journey started a few years before. I first noticed a change in my hearing, when listening to sounds through my right ear became distorted.Continue reading “Mark’s Story”

On 1st October 2019, I stood on the summit of Jebel Toubkal, the highest mountain in North Africa. My journey didn’t begin there though; it started 506 days earlier, as I lay in a bed on a neuro high dependency unit, unable to walk and struggling to adapt to my new normal. Almost a yearContinue reading “Beyond Recovery…”