A brave woman is working tirelessly to fundraise for a cure after being diagnosed with a brain tumour called a glioblastoma. Verity Phillips, 34, from Grimsby , started feeling unwell in 2020 and was diagnosed with fibromyalgia. The married mum-of-four began taking prescribed medication in 2021 but noticed she was getting headaches so her treatment plan was changed.
In early 2022, Verity lost her appetite and felt sick and exhausted. Her headaches intensified and she started vomiting but kept working as a pharmacy technician, believing her symptoms were probably due to an infection. READ MORE: ‘Travelling Veteran’ discovers ‘biggest and best Armed Forces Day’ at Cleethorpes Keep up to date with all the latest breaking news and top stories from Grimsby with our free newsletter She told Grimsby Live: "I carried work as expected directing everyone, only I started getting weaker and weaker, constant sit-down breaks, my speech and memory kept going.
The next day I kept feeling like I was going to pass out." Verity said by February 9 that year, her daughter's 7th birthday, she was "hobbling and couldn't speak". The night before, she'd been in so much pain she hadn't slept.
Her husband took her to A&E but sadly he wasn't able to stay with her because of the Covid regulations. She said: "I remember I was hooked to machines where they thought I was having a stroke so I was rushed to Scunthorpe Hospital and there I had a series of scans. "A few days later my husband and sister-.