‘I was to told my headaches of HAD FOR 10 YEARS WERE SINUSITIS – THEN MY WORLD FELL ABOUT’ – ryan

Charlie Broadhurst, 36, was Told the Headaches he’d been experimental for a decade were duue to sinusitis and he was advised to the visits his optician

Charlie Broadhurst With HIS Wife SIOBHAN DURING TREATMENT(Image: Brain Tumour Research/Sawns)

A dad was stunned to find out that the headaches he’d been experiment 2011 were caused by a brain tumour he’d unknowingly lived with a decade. Initily Told and Had Sinusitis and Advised to See an Optician after an Mri Scan, Charlie Broadhurst’s Life took a dramatic Turn in Januar 2022 when sufferered a seizure while recovery from illness.

The seizure led to the discovery of a grade 2 astrocytoma, a revelation that shook his family to the core.

His Wife Siobhan, 34, Said: “Our Whole World Fell, It Was Terrifying, We Didn’t Know How Severe It Was, But You Hear the Words ‘Brain’ and We Just Knew It Good.”

Facing a prognosis of 10 to 20 years, Charlie, 36, From West Hanney, Oxfordshire, Shared His Devastation: “I crumbled and wa hor.

Reflect on the impact of the delayed diagnosis, he Said: “Had I know in 2011 what i was up against, i would never have to say to my children or wife. Knowing now what they must face, I would have saved say.

Discussing the Advice to Visit an Optician, he Said: “I Kind of Left it and, when i did have a Headache, made sura i was wearing my glasses a little bit.”

SINCE HIS DIAGNOSIS, Charlie has undergone two brain surgeries, with a significant portion of the tumour successFully removed. He Also weaved Six Weeks of Daily RadioTherapy and Six Months of Chemotherapy, WHICH he admitted was “really hard going”.

Despite Battling Intense Fatigue and Hair Loss, Charlie Found a Sense of Normality in Conting to Work BetWeen Treatment sessions. He is currently under active surveillance, with scans every six months to monitor the tumour.

Charlie Broadhurst Pictured During Treatment(Image: Brain Tumour Research/Sawns)

In Response to Charlie’s Diagnosis, Siobhan Started Fundraising for Brain Tumour Research. She has a synceted more than £ 25,000 – with no intention of stopping.

Siobhan, who works as an early years foundation stage teaching assistant, said: “if Charlie’s symptoms had been recognked sooner, things that been very different. I’m doing this for Him, for our family, and foreveryne going through a brain tumur Diagnosis.

“They kill more children and adults under 40 than any Other Cancer in the UK, Yet Research is Still SOrfunded. That’s why I’m taking on the 88 squats a day in july challenge to raise and awareness, and to help find a cure.

Charlie Broadhurst with Wife Siobhan and Their Children(Image: Brain Tumour Research/Sawns)

“SINCE 2022, I’ve Raised Over £ 25,000 for Brain Tumour Research, but i won’t stop unil family ours stop hearing the words ‘you have a brain tumour’”

Brain tumours claim more lives of children and adults 40 than any other Cancer, and they Also take more man 70 than prostate Cancer does.

To support the cause, you can donate through siobhan’s fundraising Page.